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Activities/Events/Conference: Joint event with IGU-CGE UK: Changing Geographies-Innovative Curricula Institute of Education, London, UK, 10-12 April 2007

Final programme - Main Page - Introduction - Keynotes - Other Presentations Abstracts (zip file 214Kb)	Proceedings for the conference will be available at the event. Selected papers will be published after the event.
Session Presentations
Developments in Fieldwork Practice – 1 Chair: Andrew Powell Field Studies in Higher Education – Some Implications for Teacher Training Courses Odd Ing Steen, University of Bergen, Norway Geography Fieldwork as an Interdisciplinary, Multipurpose Teaching Instrument for Schools Daniela Dumbraveanu & Liliana Dumitrache, University of Bucharest, Romania Developing Transitional Geographies through Fieldwork John Schembri & Maria Attard University of Malta, Malta	The Changing Geography Curriculum Chair: Claire Whewell Can Geography Lead New Age Thinking about Schooling? Margaret Robertson La Trobe University, Australia Changes in Geography Curricula in Spanish Compulsory Secondary Education [ESO]: Where Do We Go Now? Jose Samoza Medina, University of León, Spain Could we Designate Some Concepts in Czech Geography Textbooks as Problematic? Peter Knecht Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Geography in Higher Education Chair: John Halocha Learning Geography and Skills for the Labour Market: Project Work - an Active Way of Learning Viggo Plum, Roskilde University, Denmark Geography Curricula for a Changing World Manual Mollá & Covadonga Escandón Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Geografis y Geomática, Mexico A Geographical Paradox: Less students vs more jobs Alberto Marti Ezpeleta, Miguel Pazos Otón & Xosé Santos, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Students and the Bologna process Emiel Dopper European Geography Association, Utrecht, The Netherlands	Experiencing Geographies Chair: Margaret Roberts Exploring Geographies of the Senses: The role of smell in geographical experiences Hakhee Kim, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Paths through Time, Space and Life: Methodological Reflections on the Meanings of environment Sirpa Tani, University of Helsinki, Finland Geocinema: A New Experince for Geography Mayté Banzo & Valérie Kociemba University of Bordeaux, France Poetic Geography or Geographic Poetry – A Way to European Cultural Literacy Olivier Mentz HDG Scientific Association for Geography Education, Germany

Geographical Education and Sustainable Development Chair: Ashley Kent Geography Education for Sustainable Development, Hartwig Haubrich HERODOT External Evaluator, Germany Sustainable Geography Learning and ICT, Yvonne Schleicher Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany Teaching Geography in Tibetan Homes School Tsering Paljor Tibetan Home School, India Challenges and Pitfalls of Project-based University Study of Geoinformatics Marko Krevs University of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Group 1: Spatial Thinking Chair: Margaret Robertson Teaching and Learning Geography with Maps: A conceptual framework Kostis Koutsopoulos & M Pigaki, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Aspects of Spatial Thinking in Geography Textbooks Injeong Jo Texas A & M University, USA Thinking Spatially – A new mainstream in teaching geography Alfons Koller, University of Pedagogic of the Diocese Linz, Austria Geographic Learning in Social Web Environments Josef Strobl, Salzburg University, Austria

Developments in Fieldwork Practice - 2 Chair: Hannele Cantell Vienna’s Heldenplatz, the Czech Republic and Carinthian Problem: Education in Geography – Historically Determined Problem, Christian Matzka, Teacher Training College of the Archdiocese of Vienna, University of Vienna, Austria Changing Circumstances, Changing Technologies, Same Values: Maintaining the centrality of fieldwork with increasing numbers Susan Hegarty, St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland Citizenship and Democracy: Geography fieldtrips in Boyne Valley – Symbolic places and contested spaces Gerry O’Reilly St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland	The Challenge of Geography Curriculum Development – 2 Chair: Graham Butt A European Project for Geography and English Integrated Learning Aleksandra Zaparucha Polish Adult Educators, Poland Innovation in the Assessment of Geography Education Graham Butt University of Birmingham, UK Geographies of Enquiry: Contextualising Questioning Claire Whewell University of Stirling Children Constructing Place Chair: Fran Martin The Representation of Southern Italy in Geography Textbooks Margaret Roberts University of Sheffield, UK Constructing Distant Place: Children’s Representations of Japan Liz Taylor, University of Cambridge, UK Young People’s Global Awareness and Geographical Education Tine Béneker & Rob van der Vaart Utrecht University, The Netherlands Controversial Issues: Exploring Nationalism with European Geography Students Margaret Keene, St Mary’s University College, UK

The Challenge of Geography Curriculum Development – 1 Chair: Tine Beneker Innovations in Geographical Education in Poland – Cultural and Intercultural Education (in the light of the national curriculum, needs and challenges in the contemporary world) Danuta Piróg Pedagogical Academy of Krakow, Poland The Teaching of Geography In Turkey: New Roles for a Renovated Subject Eyüp Artvinli, Ihsan Bulut & Niyazi Kaya Board of Education, Turkey The Competencies of Geography Teachers and Innovation in the Geography Curriculum Tatjana Resnik Planinc University of Ljubljana, Slovenia	GIS in Higher Education Geography Chair: Margaret Keane Geoinformation Teaching and Research at Universities – Commercial, non-commercial or free SW? Vladimir Zidek Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Czech Republic GIS as a Multidisciplinary Bridge in Geography Åke Sivertun Linköpings University, Sweden Learning GIS in the Distance Learning Environment – Students’ Perspectives Aneta Szablowska-Midor Jagiellonian University, Poland The Expanding Importance of GIS in the Academic Geography Curriculum Alexander Kotsev & Anton Popov, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria

Contested Geographies Chair: Sirpa Tani Geographical Education and ‘Environmental Well-being’: Opportunities arising from developments in England Simon Catling Oxford Brookes University, UK Ethnogeography: Liberating the Learner in Primary Geography Fran Martin University of Exeter, UK Primary Geography – A model for the 21st Century Daniela Schmeinck, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Intercultural Learning in European Primary Classrooms: Some Theoretical Issues John Halocha Bishop Grosseteste University College, UK	The Challenge of Geography Curriculum Development – 3 Chair: Daniela Schmeinck Recent Changes in Geography Education in Finland Hannele Cantell University of Helsinki, Finland Skills Education through the Geography Curriculum in Turkey, Salih Sahin, Servet Karabag & Mustafa Ozturk, Gazi University, Turkey; Gazi University, Turkey; Ercyes University, Turkey Multicast Broadband and Research in Geographical Education Lex Chalmers University of Waikato, New Zealand

GIS in School Geography Chair: Clare Brooks The Implementation of an Integrated Introductory Geospatial Science Course Gita Pupedis, Colin Arrowsmith, Chris Bellman, Lucas Holden & Christine Ramos RMIT University, Australia GIS Education in European Upper Secondary Schools: A need for curriculum support? Tino Johansson, University of Helsinki, Finland The Earth from Above – An International study on Remote Sensing in Modern School geography: Challenges and Possibilities Alexandra Wolf & Alexander Siegmund Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany Modern Technology in German Geography Curricula – The Gap between Theory and Reality Gregor Falk, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany	Conceptualising the World Chair: : Liz Taylor The Concept of Place in the US National Geography Standards and the Czech Geographical Curriculum Jaroslav Vavra Technical University of Liberec, The Czech Republic The Place of New Geography Curriculum in Developing Students’ World Perception Servet Karabag, Salih Sahin & Mustafa Ozturk, Gazi University, Turkey; Gazi University, Turkey; Ercyes University, Turkey GIS as an Artefact in Geography Education: Some Future Challenges Lene Møller Madsen & Carl Winsløw University of Copenhagen, Denmark

CONCLUDING REMARKS Dr Lex Chalmers, Karl Donert & Professor Simon Catling	Other links UK Committee IGU-CGE IGU (International Geographic Union) Bologna Process Thematic Networks in Europe HERODOT News Latest newsletter

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