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Description: This group is to encourage teachers in Australia to discuss matters relevant to the teaching of 21st Century geography in schools.  The group aims to develop a network of like-minded teachers to promote the incorporation of spatial technology and spatial literacy ideas into the geography curriculum.

 

Australian Curriculum: Geography presentation from last weeks GTASA conference in Adelaide 
  Go to Google docs at [link] to view the presentation of Malcolm McInerney (AGTA Chair) to the GTASA conference on May 24th 2012. The presentation set out to provide an update of the development of the Australian Curriculum and... more »
By Malcolm M  - May 27 2012 - 1 new of 1 message    

IB Diploma Geography curriculum 
  Hi Malcolm As promised, please find the IBO's Diploma Geography course guide attached. Be interested to hear your thought's. cheers Paul R ______________________________ __________ ...Sent: Thursday, 24 November 2011 3:36 PM To: 21st Century Geography in Australian schools ...The AGTA 2013 Conference page has gone active on the AGTA Website at... more »
By PAUL RIDGE  - Nov 29 2011 - 1 new of 1 message    

AGTA 2013 is underway - great keynotes from UK 
  The AGTA 2013 Conference page has gone active on the AGTA Website at [link] The conference titled, ‘Geography’s New Frontier’, will be a crucial event in relation to the introduction of the Australian Curriculum for geography in 2013 (to be held in Perth from January 7th-10th 2013)... more »
By Malcolm M  - Nov 23 2011 - 1 new of 1 message    

Climate change and geoengineering 
  If you haven't listen to or read David Keith's views on geoengineering you may find these two sites interesting Climate change and geoengineering BBC World Service Hardtalk programme discussion with Professor David Keith on climate science at [link] Synopsis Few branches of science divide opinion as sharply as that championed by... more »
By David Butler  - Nov 16 2011 - 1 new of 1 message    

Draft geography F-12 Australian Curriculum: Geography is on-line for consultation 
  Tonight the draft geography F-12 Australian Curriculum: Geography went live on-line for consultation. If you want to have a look at the draft scope and sequence for geography just go to [link] and log-in. The draft includes the Rationale, Aims, Concept definitions, General... more »
By Malcolm M  - Oct 20 2011 - 4 new of 4 messages    

Update on Spatialworlds 
  A recent posting on Spatialworlds at [link] called 'Australian Curriculum: Geography on track.' Hope that is of use. Malcolm
By Malcolm M  - Sep 20 2011 - 1 new of 1 message    

GTAQ Conference presentation: AC: Geography update 
  Hi all Congratulations to Rebecca Nicholas and team up in Brisbane for a great GTAQ conference last Saturday. Over 180 educators attended on Saturday to hear and experience all things geographical. As promised at the confernce I have put my Keynote presentation, titled "Are we there yet" up on Google docs at... more »
By Malcolm M  - Jul 31 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Call for Papers: Special Edition of RIGEO,,, 
  *R*eview of *I*nternational *G*eographical *E*ducation *O*nline (*RIGEO*) Call for Papers: Special Edition of RIGEO can be found at: [link] On Behalf of Editorial Board; Editor of RIGEO *Eyüp Artvinli, Ph.D* In Geography Education *[link] <[link]>*... more »
By Eyüp Artvinli  - Jul 2 2011 - 1 new of 1 message    

A one-stop 21st Century geography resource now available 
  A resource to support 21st Century geographical thinking and approaches As you know this Google Group does not normally dabble in advertising any products. However because of the role of the Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA) as a non-profit organisation in promoting geographical education in Australia I have made this one exception.... more »
By Malcolm M  - Jun 7 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Presentation Powerpoint on progress as of May 2011 
  Hi all This Powerpoint was presented at the recent (May 27th) GTASA conference in Adelaide. It contains a past, present and future focus regarding the AC: geography - titled "Are we there yet?". Hope it is useful to keep your staff, friends and you updated on the progress of the Australian Curriculum: geography. We continue to move forward to... more »
By Malcolm M  - May 31 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages    

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