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Enquiry at the margins: where is the ‘geography’ in geography teaching job advertisements? Scott Newson looks at geography teaching job advertisements: what they're asking for, and how to find passionate teachers using key terms.

Congratulations to the students and teachers at Churchill Academy and Sixth Form who sent two teams to compete at the Geographical Association Worldwide Quiz, held at Bristol University on Wednesday. Well-done! 🎉🎉

Geography Makes A Difference! You can now book your tickets for GAConf26 on the GA website. Book your second release tickets now before the price goes up in January: the-ga.org/GAConf26

In the recent article on GA Blog, Jon Cannell explains that storytelling is a powerful way to teach geography because it engages pupils and connects learning to familiar places and experiences. Read the article for free here: the-ga.org/4agwVte

Using the GA Initial Teacher Education webpages to support professional reflection and conversations with novice teachers Vicki Pountney reflects on how to use the Initial Teacher Education webpages as GTEs to support novice teachers and their mentors.

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I’m really keen to have these difficult conversations as part of my ‘Geography makes a Difference’ theme. How can growing up in poverty put obstacles in the way of students studying geography? How can studying geography enrich these students’ lives? @geographicalassoc.bsky.social

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[email protected] Extremely pleased to see this published to celebrate GL29! If you have not watched, catch up now! www.youtube.com/@geoglive882... @primageographer.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social ga-blog.org/2025/12/15/d...

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Enjoyed talking to the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social about my book. "On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration." You can listen to the full podcast here: geography.org.uk/resources/ge...

I am really looking forward to the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social conference. My Y9 classes have been using sustainability stools to decide how sustainable it is to modernise salt mining in Ethiopia. I'll be sharing how I have used these throughout our curriculum in my session.

Catherine Owen

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EYPPC - GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION EY+PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY COMMITTEE

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Vicki Pountney reflects on how to use the Initial Teacher Education webpages as GTEs to support novice teachers and their mentors.

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Scott Newson looks at geography teaching job advertisements: what they're asking for, and how to find passionate teachers using key terms.

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Using the GA Initial Teacher Education webpages to support professional reflection and conversations with novice teachers

Enquiry at the margins: where is the ‘geography’ in geography teaching job advertisements?

Ed Armston-Sheret

Rachel Hawke

GeogPod is the Geographical Association's podcast. Each episode, our host John Lyon will chat to a guest from within the Geography community

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GeogPod - the GA's podcast series

My experience of working in various fields is that people are perfectly happy to do “diversity and inclusion” which involves minorities but really struggle to get to grips with how being poor affects things. Acknowledging the existence of poverty seems to make most middle class people uncomfortable.

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Alom Shaha

The “diversity” I bring to my work is less about being brown than it is about having grown up poor. Which had a much bigger negative impact on me.

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Alom Shaha

So much of my work as a writer is informed by my experiences growing up poor and from a household which was not of the type that usually produces writers. Some people have recognised this about my work (e.g., British Science Assoc) but the publishing industry doesn’t seem to give a fuck.

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Alom Shaha

Reading was central to my happiness as a kid. Didn’t grow up in a household with books but had an amazing local library with wonderful librarians, a safe place where I also did arts and crafts and other things I didn’t at home. Libraries should be at heart of any campaign to get more kids reading

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Alom Shaha

Given that so many of the gatekeepers of books - publishers, librarians, teachers etc - were bookish children themselves, it takes an act of imagination to think about pleasure for those who don't come to it easily. For kids who don't naturally immerse deeply in text. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

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Louie Stowell