Upcoming conferences
IGU-CCE 2024 Research Symposium, University of Galway, Ireland, August 22-24, 2024
In our December Newsletter, we highlighted the upcoming IGU Commission on Geographical Education pre-Congress symposium in Galway, Ireland. The symposium is focused on “Rethinking praxis for a world of difference in geography education.” It presents an important opportunity to reevaluate and redefine the essence of geography education and its implications for future educational practices in this field.
We’re excited to share an update as we approach the symposium scheduled for August. We have received enthusiastic responses, with approximately 50 applicants now assigned to one of five specified research areas, ensuring a comprehensive and diverse discussion:
- Teaching geography with AI and other modern technologies.
- Transformative learning in formal and informal settings of geography education.
- Developing young people’s geographical thinking through curriculum, pedagogical strategies, and tools.
- Geography education for a resilient society.
- Recontextualization of geography and curriculum-making in various educational contexts.
Participants will begin with preliminary discussions on these topics before the symposium. During the event, they will present their findings and work collaboratively to co-author and publish papers related to their discussions and presentations. For more information on the symposium and to stay updated, please visit the official symposium website: Pre-Congress Workshop on Geography Education.
We eagerly anticipate a fruitful symposium in Galway this August, aiming to contribute significantly to the advancement of geography education.
Sessions organized by Commission on Geographical Education at IGC, Dublin, Ireland, August 24-29, 2024
The 35th International Geographical Congress is scheduled to take place in Dublin, Ireland, in August 2024. In conjunction with this event, the Commission on Geographical Education will organize sessions dedicated to research presentations in geography education. The sessions will cover specific topics, which are outlined below:
- Beyond traditional geography education in schools – inquiry, problem and project-based learning with GIS
- Climate change and sustainability: key colours in the geography Rubix cube
- Decarbonising field courses: pedagogic practices for the climate emergency
- EUROGEO actively engaging with geography education
- Exploring current issues and events through primary/elementary and lower secondary geography education
- Fieldwork pedagogies: Reflections and future opportunities
- From real fieldtrip to virtual fieldtrip: a learning experience
- Future direction of pedagogies within geography in higher education
- Geography teachers and the challenges of the Anthropocene
- GIS vendor feudalism and colonialism in GIS education and its impact on geospatial science
- Grounds for hope in geography
- New voices in creative methods to geography education and education for/as sustainable development
- Outdoor learning in geography education
- Project-based learning and research methodologies in geographical education
- The integrative power of geography education
- The socio-spatial dimensions of teaching and learning situations/processes/interactions in geography (at the primary, secondary, and higher education levels)
35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland, August 24-29, 2024
The 35th International Geographical Congress 2024 will be held in Dublin, Ireland next year. The Opening Ceremony will be on the evening of Saturday 24th August and the closing ceremony will be on the afternoon of Thursday 29th August 2024. Fieldtrips to other places outside of Dublin will take place from the 29th-30th. The local organising committee looks forward to welcoming you to Ireland! See more details, visit the website: https://igc2024dublin.org/ The International Geography Olympiad will take place outside Dublin, the week before the Congress.