Category Archives: Teaching

Teaching Social Deprivation and Poverty in UK cities

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

I have recently taught a lesson on social deprivation and poverty in UK cities and this post outlines the key activities in the lesson and provides the resources used. This lesson was designed to fit the IGCSE specification, but could … Continue reading →

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A wealth of maps – Mapping Manchester through time

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

A quite exciting development from the University of Manchester library this week: “Over 300 historical maps spanning 200 years of Mancunian history have been digitised and published online by The University of Manchester Library. One of the bomb damage maps … Continue reading →

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Getting the theory across: Critical perspectives in Human Geography

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

I have mentioned before a course I teach called ‘Geographical Imaginations’, it aims to introduce A Level students to university learning but also to introduce them to some of the different aspects of the subject which they may not know … Continue reading →

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Water: A Policy Brief Challenge

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

On a course I have recently taught on Environment and Society one session focused on water and the associated problems related to its use and distribution. This lecture and exercise focuses on exploring different water management issues,  with one example … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on Growth: Growing up in China and the Super-rich

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

I’ve recently discovered a number of films on the Al Jazeera website based on the growth of China. First, a film by Bruno Sorrentino focuses on Kay Kay the Girl from Guangzhou. “Kay Kay is the face of modern day … Continue reading →

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Living with sustainability

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

This week I had the chance to take students to visit Hockerton Housing Project a sustainable housing project in Nottinghamshire as part of an environment and society course for Gifted and Talented students. The project was started after a group … Continue reading →

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Twitter for Geography Teachers and Students: GA Conference

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Today I presented some ideas about the uses of Twitter for Geography teachers and students at the Geographical Association Annual Conference held this year at the University of Manchester. The slides from the presentation are shown below: The main point … Continue reading →

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Identity: From Europe to You

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Back in March I wrote a post about some resources produced by the European Commission, a poster entitled ‘United in Diversity’, and a booklet with images for each country in Europe. The images show a map of Europe/each country with … Continue reading →

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Tintin Geographies: A glimpse of the past

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Tintin, a young Belgian investigative journalist who travels the world and has amazing adventures, is one of the most successful comic book characters ever made. Originally starting off as a weekly installment comic strip in the Belgian newspaper Le Petit … Continue reading →

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Geography with Tintin: Exploration through comics

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

While watching the BBC’s Tintin’s Adventures with Frank Gardner  which attempts to trace the journey of the first Tintin adventure (available on iplayer at the moment) I began to think about how the books could be used in the classroom. … Continue reading →

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