Dr Rebecca Kitchen CGeog (Teacher)

Biography

Becky taught for sixteen years at Aylesbury High School before taking up the position of Secondary Curriculum Leader at the Geographical Association in September 2015. She has since become a member of the Senior Leadership Team at the GA and taken on the role of Head of Professional Development. During her time as Head of Geography, the department achieved the Secondary Geography Quality Mark Centre of Excellence on three occasions. Becky was also awarded the Royal Geographical Society Ordnance Survey Award for excellence in teaching geography in 2009 and the Geographical Association Award for excellence in leading geography in 2014. Becky has significant experience in designing and leading CPD courses and has also written a range of educational resources including the Discover Geography series for for Collins and textbooks for GCSE, iGCSE, A level and international A level qualifications. She has consultancy experience in a range of contexts. For example, she was involved as an international expert in a British Council funded project to support curriculum reform in Croatia. Becky also has a background in geographical education research. In 2018 she received a doctorate from the University of Cambridge; her thesis focused on exploring ethnic minority representations of geographical knowledge.