When I started teaching it was only the 'authoritative' voices that tended to feature in my planning: which were textbooks, or perhaps fiction books. The change to more temporary and ephemeral sources is one that has happened quite recently. There's also a tension between the desire to be contemporary and engaging, against the need to develop the acquisition of 'powerful knowledge'.
I've been blogging for well over a decade now, and written tens of thousands of posts which have been viewed millions of times.
Here's one blog (not mine) as an example of how they can help with pedagogy and developing your teaching practice.
Emma Rawlings-Smith's presentation on her research so far into how place is represented in textbooks was part of the GTE Conference a couple of years ago. I was interviewed by Emma a few years ago as part of this research, with respect to how we wrote the AQA 'A' Level textbook for CUP and the OCR 'A' and 'B' books for Hodder.
Emma has a blog which is used to show her progress in her research.
The blog is called GeoPlaces and is on the Weebly platform.
The blog is connected with her PhD research. It's also very useful to connect the academic ideas on place with the teaching that is involved in the new 'A' level Changing Places topic. Emma interviewed me on my decision-making process when writing and editing the draft of this chapter in the Cambridge University Press textbook.
There is a useful set of resources here.
You could also usefully watch Alan Smith's TED talk below:
I've been blogging for well over a decade now, and written tens of thousands of posts which have been viewed millions of times.
Here's one blog (not mine) as an example of how they can help with pedagogy and developing your teaching practice.
Emma Rawlings-Smith's presentation on her research so far into how place is represented in textbooks was part of the GTE Conference a couple of years ago. I was interviewed by Emma a few years ago as part of this research, with respect to how we wrote the AQA 'A' Level textbook for CUP and the OCR 'A' and 'B' books for Hodder.
Emma has a blog which is used to show her progress in her research.
The blog is called GeoPlaces and is on the Weebly platform.
The blog is connected with her PhD research. It's also very useful to connect the academic ideas on place with the teaching that is involved in the new 'A' level Changing Places topic. Emma interviewed me on my decision-making process when writing and editing the draft of this chapter in the Cambridge University Press textbook.
There is a useful set of resources here.
You could also usefully watch Alan Smith's TED talk below:
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