Lovely morning for a walk around Staunton Harold and Calke Abbey.
Emma Rawlings Smith
@geography-emma.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sustainability and Geography Education at the University of Southampton. Often found reading, writing or walking in the hills.
Are you a beginning / trainee #historyteacher? Think history can help young people reflect on issues of truth and justice in a complex world? Want to share your ideas with others? Why not contribute to the @1972shp.bsky.social Curriculum PATHS Planning Lab. padlet.com/cpaths/shp-c...
SHP Curriculum PATHS - ITE Planning Lab
On this page you can create and browse ethical history plans created by beginning teachers. We hope this is an opportunity for professional experimentation. Instructions on submitting your experimenta...
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What does good geography look like in a rapidly changing world? @geography-emma.bsky.social on lessons learnt from research into young people’s concerns and the GA’s Quality Mark scheme for schools. NB: it includes extra/co-curricular provision #GAConf2025
Great reflections on Primary and now Secondary Quality Marks with @geographicalassoc.bsky.social @geography-emma.bsky.social #GAConf25
The next stage of the Curriculum and Assessment Review will look to create a more inclusive and fair system, address subject-specific challenges, and assess available pathways beyond GCSEs. Find out more ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/p...
Curriculum and Assessment Review: interim report
An independent review of the curriculum and assessment system in England, with statistical analysis.
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New open access IRGEE publication - a multinational study exploring the barriers and enablers of curriculum thinking and teacher agency in geography education. Our paper was collaboratively developed at a CGE-IGU symposium in Galway by a fab group of GeogEd peeps! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The barriers and enablers of curriculum thinking and teacher agency in geography education: a multinational study
There is an increasing urgency, driven by global geopolitical, ecological and climate crises, for geography teachers to use their subject expertise as agents of change to empower children and young...
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Looking forward to reading Schooling Reimagined - is schooling for human reclamation ‘able to conserve and protect our own consciousness and mental space’?
Why are all these universities emailing me about the QS Global Academic Survey? Y'all would be great if, in the words of @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, you had fewer administrators and more faculty, and stopped operating like private equity and real estate empires with education as a side hustle.
Lovely to see the deer at Charlecote coming together for collective warmth.
Don’t you just love seeing images of places from above. London, curtesy of Mr Smith.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico by pointing to a 17th century map of greater Mexico and suggesting a new name for the US. “We are going to call it América Mexicana. It sounds pretty, no?” Trump is a global laughingstock. 🤣
For my first 🦋 post, I thought I would share a recently published paper written with the wonderful Diane Swift: Leading professional learning for sustainability in geography education through curriculum, JPCC doi.org/10.1108/JPCC... @openuniversity.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Leading professional learning for sustainability in geography education through curriculum design | Emerald Insight
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