The Society offers five grants of up to £800 each to fund innovative geography teaching for all geography teachers working in secondary schools.
The grants will enable geography teachers to develop imaginative, innovative or creative teaching materials and teaching methods. The aim is to serve both geography pupils and the wider teaching community.
Deadline: To be confirmed
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Innovative Geography Teaching Grant guidelines (PDF)
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Innovative Geography Teaching Grant recipients
2011: Rachel Atkins (Bristol Grammar School). 'Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) Templates – Interactive Geographers'
The templates focus on interactive techniques to encourage pupil participation with the IWB. the creation of templates which illustrate easy and effective techniques in Smartboard, can be easily modified according to the aims of lessons, and therefore supply resources that are ready to go, needing minimal adoption
2011: Samantha Coulson (William Farr CE School). 'Geography of Film – Scheme of Work'
The project developed Year 9 pupils’ ability to relate their experience of films to their knowledge of the real world, and in doing so opening their eyes to what film has to offer and giving context to reality. Pupils can investigate how film instils, a sense of place, culture and change over time
2011: James Mutton (Featherstone High School). 'The whole world (wide web) in my hands'
The project used mobile technology to enhance the delivery of geography education.This enables faster access to data and personilising provision to individuals, demonstrating how relevant and cutting edge Geography education
can be
2011: Jo Debens (Priory School Specialist Sports College). 'International link between Priory School, UK and the Cape Fear Centre for Enquiry, USA'
Pupils compare their personal geographies of their home areas and explore how living near the coast affects their lives.Using new technologies students are able to collaborate with others, therefore developing their communication skills.
2010: David Rogers (Priory School Specialist Sports College, Portsmouth). How can school grounds be used effectively to explore space?
2010: Paul Hunt (The Appleton School, Essex). GCSE Revision Video casts
2010: Lynsey Balls (St Peter & St Paul High School, Lincoln). The GeoScience News Channel
2010: Nathan Morland (Higham Lane School, Nuneaton). Interactive Geography Wheels
2010: Dion Burgess (Darrick Wood School, Kent). For flips sake! Using flip videos to capture the true essence of a city
2010: Joanna Walls (Norham Community Technology College, North Shields). Come into my world
2010: Joanna Perkins (Westminster Special School, West Bromwich). How can we improve our environment for our new School?