GeogPod

Episode #28: Paul Turner & John Huckle - Teaching critical school geography

This week John spoke to Paul Turner& John Huckle in a far-ranging episode which covered teaching critical school geography and what is it to be a radical school geographer.

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod. 

Links from the pod

John's website, where his book Critical School Geography can be downloaded.

Paul's website where you can find some of his great teaching resources + more.

Episode #27: Elizabeth Rushton, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther- Training to be a teacher during a pandemic

Dr Elizabeth Rushton of King's College London and two of her PGCE students, Charlotte Arulseelan & Darcy Beardmore-Crowther spoke to John about the challenges and opportunities of training to be a geography teacher during a pandemic. 

Many thanks to Edquas for sponsoring season 5 of GeogPod. 

Episode #26 - Dominic Dyer: Wildlife protection and animal welfare activism

In this episode, Wildlife Protection & Animal Welfare activist and Pearson World Changer ambassador Dominic Dyer talked us through some of his varied and influential work and activism. Dominic also touched on the Dasgupta Review, how young activists can become the decision makers of tomorrow, the badger culling debate, bees, and lots more besides!

Many thanks to Pearson for sponsoring season 4 of GeogPod.

Links from the pod

Pearson World Changer Awards

Badgered to Death: The People and Politics of the Badger Cull

The Dasgupta Review

 

Episode#25 - Simon Collis & Leanne Chorekdjian-Jojaghaian: SDGs, the primary curriculum and more!

This week John spoke to primary school teachers Simon Collis & Leanne Chorekdjian-Jojaghaian, about sustainable development goals, the challenges for non-specialists teaching geography at primary, their approach to the primary curriculum and many other things!

Some links from the pod: 

Leanne's BSL YouTube channel

GA publications that Simon has authored

SuperSchemes: Investigating Climate and Biomes

SuperSchemes: Investigating Latitude & Longitude

 

Episode #24 - Alastair Owens: Religion in inner cities and how Covid-19 has changed our relationship with home

This week John spoke to Alastair Owens, Professor of Historical Geography at Queen Mary University, London about his research on the role of the Church and religion more generally in the inner cities. Alastair also spoke about how the Covid pandemic has changed our relationship with our homes as well as some of his other projects.

Many thanks to Pearson for sponsoring season 4 of GeogPod.

Some links from the pod

Urban Vicarages project

Museum of the Home

Stay Home: Rethinking the Domestic during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alastair's article on the archaeology of poor Victorian households

Episode #23 - Harriet Ridley: Learning about the climate's future from its past

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This week John spoke to Dr Harriet Ridley, palaeoclimatologist and Production Coordinator at Time for Geography about how we can learn about the future of the climate from its past, her love of rock climbing and much more!

Many thanks to Pearson for sponsoring season 4 of GeogPod.

 

Some links from the podcast:

 

Harriet's article in The Conversation 

 

Time For Geography videos:

 

Evidence of climate change - Time For Geography 

Natural causes of Quaternary climate change - Time For Geography 

Human causes of climate change - Time For Geography

Episode #22 - Kit Rackley: Why climate change is a safeguarding issue

This week John spoke to Kit Rackley about why climate change is a safeguarding issue, eco-anxiety, how to navigate the politics of climate change, and teaching students to think critically about the climate.

Kit Rackley is a former geography teacher turned activist, consultant, author, blogger and most recently higher education champion. Take a look at more of Kit's work via the links below.

Links from the pod

Geogramblings - Kit's blog

'Climate change - a safeguarding issue', GA Magazine, p.20 

Why Not Now? - Kit's poem for the Youth Climate Summit 2020

Episode #21 - Joseph Kerski: How to incorporate GIS into your teaching

In this episode John spoke to GIS advocate and enthusiast Joseph Kerski. They discussed what GIS is, explored terms such as 'geospatial thinking' and 'the geographic perspective', as well as detailing a host of free GIS tools teachers can use in their lessons today.

Joseph Kerski is a geographer with a focus on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in education. Joseph gave a TED Talk on ‘The Whys of Where’. He holds 3 degrees in geography and has served as geographer in 4 sectors of society, including government (21 years at NOAA, US Census Bureau, USGS), academia (Penn State, Sinte Gleska University, University of Denver, others), private industry (as Education Manager for Esri for 14 years), and non-profit organisations (as President of the National Council for Geographic Education, and others). Find out more about Joseph's work on his website.

Many thanks to Pearson for sponsoring season 4 of GeogPod.

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Joseph's 'Our Earth' video channel.

Joseph's Twitter

Joseph's 'Thinking Spatially' podcast.

Esri UK schools site.

ArcGIS Online, 2D maps and 3D scene viewer and analytical tools.

Essays on spatial data, data quality, ethics, societal issues.

Wayback imagery app.

Story Maps.

Water Balance app.

Elevation profile app.

Joseph's walkability map, survey, dashboard, and story map.

Episode #20: Kate Stockings - How to speak like a geographer

Kate Stockings is head of geography at a London school as well as being an active blogger and sharer of ideas on Twitter. Kate joined John on the pod to discuss geographical literacy - teaching students how to speak and write like a geographer. 

Series 3 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oxford University Press.

Links mentioned in the pod: 

1. Card sort activity at 6th form 

2. Speaking Like A Geographer blogs: 
Speaking like a geographer
An update on speaking like a geographer

3. A blog in defence of textbooks!

Episode #19 - Mark Maslin: How to deal with climate change deniers and reasons to be hopeful.

Mark Maslin is a professor of climatology at University College London

Mark and John discussed dealing with climate change deniers, how climate change relates to human evolution and migration, and reasons for optimism in the fight against the climate crisis. 

Mark's new book, How To Save Our Planet: The Facts is available to preorder now. Read Mark's article for The Conversation, 'The five corrupt pillars of climate change denial'  as well as his interview with his own daughter about why she was striking for the climate.

Series 3 of GeogPod is kindly sponsored by Oxford University Press.