Stanfords Blog

Stanfords is one of my favourite shops. It has a BLOG, which is written by a series of guest bloggers, and many recent posts are written by members of the Geography Collective.


Some great quotes from the blog post that would make useful additions to a display in a geography classroom...

Geography is everywhere… and geography is nowhere.

Geography is central, critical, inherent to all that happens in the world: from the big debates and events (climate change, Haiti earthquake, migration and immigration issues, energy consumption/needs, socio-economic inequalities across the world); to the mundane stuff that we all do daily (food shopping, walking the dog, commuting to work, checking Facebook); to those things in between, especially travelling (where to go, how to get there, sustainability and cost issues, impact on local communities)....

It then goes on to talk about the geography is then hidden and not mentioned explicitly.

It mentions the appointment of Michael Palin as an important aspect of the development of the work of the Royal Geographical Society.

It finishes with the release of Mission Explore. Of course this would help tackle the current issue with fieldtrips and children spending time outside of the classroom, as mentioned in this recent BBC NEWS article

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