Managing Changing Geography - Convenor: Stelian Dimitrov
Manuel Mollá (Department of Geography, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) The Relationship between Geography and Other Disciplines
Moira Buttigieg (Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, Msida, Malta) The Role of the Geography Teachers’ Association (Malta) in the Professional Development of Teachers
Gert Ruepert, Anouk Adang, Sandor Kreuze (Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands) The evolution of a European Student Network
Xosé Constenla-Vega, Miguel Pazos-Otón, Xosé Manuel Santos-Solla, Luis Mª Ulloa-Guitián (University of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain) Networking and social diffusion of Critical Geography in Galicia (Spain): The “Abalar” Project.
Leo Paul, Tine Béneker, Rob van der Vaart (Department of Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands) A multilevel approach to professional development The example of the Department of Human Geography and Planning in Utrecht
IT and Geography - Convenor: Maria Attard
Yvonne Schleicher (Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, University of Education, Weingarten, Germany), Mark Lawrence (Bemidji State University, Department of Geography & Political Science, Bemidji, Minnesota, USA) GIS-Use in Geography Lessons at Schools, Colleges and Universities – Innovation and Challenge
Vladimir Herber (Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography, Czech Republic) Multimedia learning of geographical subjects
Lieselote Vandenhoute (KATHO department RENO, Torhout, Belgium) Remote Sensing in Geography Education, illustrated by a vegetation dynamics study
Harry Rogge (KNAG), Karl Donert (Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, England) The use of ICT in Geography departments in European higher education
Mary Fargher (London University, London, UK) Exploring the benefits of GIS-assisted geography in UK secondary schools
Fred J.Toppen, (University of Utrecht, Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Geography and Planning) E-Learning and E-Teaching: An opportUnity to match different learning and teaching styles
Techniques and fieldwork - Convenor: Barbara Gambini
John Halocha (Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln, England) Primary Childrens’ Understanding of Fieldwork Experiences
Iwona Piotrowska (Department of Geography Teaching and Ecological Education, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland) Observation and presentation of phenomena in Geography education
Jaromír Kolejka (Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Brno, Czech Republic), Eduard Hofmann (Masaryk University, Faculty of Education, Brno, Czech Republic) Geographical fieldwork in forests
Change and professional development- Convenor: Anne Wheeler
Teresa Barata Salgueiro (Departamento de Geografia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal) Geography programs and Bologna
Tatjana Resnik Planinc (Department of Geography, University of Ljubliana, Slovenia) Times of change for Geography education in Slovenia
Salih Şahin, Servet Karabağ (University of Gazi, Gazi Faculty of Education, Department of Geography; Turkey) Evaluation of geography and geography education in Turkey
Arild Holt-Jensen (University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway) The status of Geography in Norway; an issue of grave concern
Gábor Mezősi (Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics - University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary) New Training Structure in the Geography Education in Hungary
Technology and Geography - Convenor: John Halocha
Stelian Dimitrov, Anton Popov (Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski”,Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia, Bulgaria) The place of Geoinformation technologies in the education and professional development of the European geographers
Donatas Burneika (Vilnius university, Department of General Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania) International collaboration in distance education for geography students – experience of Vilnius University
Maria Attard (GIS Laboratory, Geography Division, University of Malta) Developing Undergraduate GIS Study-units – The Experience of Malta
Eila Jeronen and Sirpa Anttila-Muilu (Department of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education University of Oulu, Finland) Effective Practices in Distance Education in Upper Secondary Level Geography in Finland
International Aspects - Convenor: Juri Roosaare
A. Wheeler, J. Smith (School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK), A. Rydant (Department of Geography, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, USA), S. Larin (Faculty of Ecology and Geography, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russian Federation) The Role of International Staff and Student Collaboration in the Enhancement of the Geographic Curriculum
Tine Béneker, Leo Paul, Rob van der Vaart (Department of Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University,Utrecht, The Netherlands) The added value of international students groups in geography classrooms
Rob van der Vaart, Tine Béneker, Leo Paul (Department of Human Geography and Planning, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands) Getting geography students involved in European integration
Margaret Keane (St Mary’s University College Belfast, UK) Geography Forum: Intercultural Learning Online’
Mireia Baylina and Maria Prats (Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) What Europe do We Teach? A View from the Spanish Geography
Global and environmental geography - Convenor: Andrew Powell
Daniela Zlatunova, Nina Nikolova (Department of Climatology, Hydrology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria) Studying Climate and Water \resources Management in Bulgaria in the context of global environmental Management
Barbara Gambini (Istituto di Geografia, Università di Urbino, Urbino, Italy) Sustainable development: let geographers take the lead (with a little help from some friends
Alois Hynek (Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography, Brno, Czech Republic) Nikola Hynek (The University of Plymouth, School of Politics, Sociology and Law, United Kingdom) Sustainability, Development and Security in Landscape Field Practice
Jesus Granados (Department of Didactics of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) The contribution of Geography teachers to Education for Sustainability. A case study.
Massimo De Marchi (Università di Padova, Padova, Italy) Developing geographical professional abilities: experiences in Egypt and Brazil
Schools and training - Convenor: Nina Nikolova
Daniela Schmeinck (University of Education Karlsruhe, Department for social and scientific studies in primary education) Europe in geographical education – An international comparison of factors influencing the perceptions of primary school pupils
Aikaterini Klonari, Kostis Koutsopoulos (University of the Aegean, Department of Geography, Lesvos, Greece; National Technical University of Athens, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Athens, Greece) Primary and Secondary Educators’ Attitudes on School Geography
Maria Villanueva ( Faculty of Education.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) To have and to have not. Some questions on secondary Geography in Spain
Finn Møller (University College of West Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark) Evaluation, assessment and geographical education
Kees de Heus, Adwin Bosschaart (Educatieve Faculteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Geographical excursions in Europe for prospective teachers
Global and cultural aspects - Convenor: Massimo de Marchi
Andrew Powell and Urszula Basini (Kingston University, School of Education, UK) Developing global citizenship through geographical education : examples from Kerala, India
Danuta Piróg (Pedagogical Academy in Kraków, Faculty of Geography, Department of Didactics of Geography, Kraków, Poland) Geographical education vs. cultural education and education of culture in Polish school – theoretical reflection
Peris Persi, Erica Roccato (Institute of Geography, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy) Italian geographers for intercultural education
Valérie Kociemba, Mayté Banzo (Université de Bordeaux 3, Bordeaux, France) Making European citizens: studying Europe in French secondary school
Geography and employability - Convenor: Rob van der Vaart
Miroslav Marada, Dana Řezníčková (Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, dept. of social geography and regional development, Prague, Czechia) Charles University graduates from geographical disciplines in practise: a relation between conception of education and a professional successfulness
Kliment Naydenov, Petar Slaveykov (Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia, Bulgaria) Why Managers from Multinational Companies Must Have Specialization in Geography
Jose Somoza Medina (Universidad de León, León, Spain) The position of geographers in the marketplace of Castile and León |
