Commission on Geographical Education: about the Commission

Guidelines of the IGU-CGE

The IGU Commission on Geographical Education functions under these guidelines: Guidelines for Commissions and Study Groups (PDF)

Aims of the IGU-CGE

The IGU Commission on Geographical Education has set the following aims:

To implement the purposes of the International Geographical Union as defined in its statutes to promote geographical education around the world.
To enhance the place of geographical education in school, higher, vocational and community education, to develop higher international standards in geographical education, and to improve its status, role and image in school and university education, by disseminating the International Charter on Geographical Education and the International Declaration on Geographical Education for Cultural Diversity.
To develop an international research culture to conduct both local and cross-cultural investigations into issues of concern in geographical education.
To investigate and develop environmental education and education for development.
To investigate ways technology can enhance geographical education.
To develop the www-site of the Commission with internet standards and with refereed material.
To collaborate with other IGU Commissions to produce high quality teaching and learning materials incorporating research-based pedagogy.
To develop the capacity for citizens in all countries to increase awareness of geographical education as an important medium for promoting an active and informed citizenry and a more fulfilling life.
To improve communication amongst geographical educators across the world to enhance the Commission on Geographical Education as a community of scholars, and to promote and contribute to the scholarship of teaching in geographical education at all levels.

Steering Committee of the IGU Commission on Geographical Education


Co-chair • John Lidstone Professor Faculty of Education, Cultural and Language Studies in Education Queensland University of Technology Victoria Park Road Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland 4059, Australia Email: j.lidstone@qut.edu.au Website:staff.qut.edu.au/staff/lidstone/ Editor IRGEE		Co-chair • Joop van der Schee Professor in Geography Education (KNAG) Faculty Earth and Life Sciences VU and Centre for Education FPP/VU De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands tel. +31 20-5989213 email: j.a.vander.schee@vu.nl Website: www.onderwijscentrum.vu.nl www.joop.vdschee.nl/

Secretary • Clare Brooks Senior Lecturer in Geography Education Institute of Education University of London 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6047 Email: C.Brooks@ioe.ac.uk Website:www.ioe.ac.uk, www.clarebrooks.com		Treasurer • Michael Solem, PhD Educational Affairs Director Association of American Geographers 1710 Sixteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20009-3198, USA Tel: 202-234-1450, ext. 143 Fax: 202-234-2744 Email: msolem@aag.org


• Daniela Schmeinck University of Cologne Professor Institute of Primary Science and Social Sciences Immermannstraße 49-51 50931 Köln Germany Tel: +49.(0)221.470.4216 Mail: Daniela.Schmeinck@uni-koeln.de Website: www.Daniela-Schmeinck.de, www.sachunterricht.uni-koeln.de		• Ali Demirci, PhD Associate Professor of Geography Head of the Department of Geography Fatih University 34500, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 866 34 08 E-mail: ademirci@fatih.edu.tr

• Fernando Alexandre Geography Coordinator - Department of Social Sciences S. João do Estoril High School & Education and Development Research Unit Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Lisbon Rua Brito Camacho, 2769-501 Estoril, Portugal Tel: +351 214658440 Fax: +351 214658447 Email: fernando.alexandre@essje.pt		• Osvaldo Muniz-Solari Professor of Geography Department of Geography Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666, USA Tel. 512-245-0375 Email: o.muniz@txstate.edu

• Ivy Tan Associate Professor Humanities & Social Studies Education Academic Group National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616 Tel: (65) 6790 3415 Fax: (65) 6896 9410 Email: ivy.tan@nie.edu.sg		• Sirpa Tani Professor of Geography and Environmental Education Department of Teacher Education, Applied Sciences of Education P.O. Box 9 FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358-9-19129572 Email: sirpa.tani@helsinki.fi

• Eje Kim Gyeongin National University of Education Department of Social Studies Education 430-040 San 6-8 Seoksu-Dong Manan-Gu, Anyang-Si Gyonggi South Korea Email: hockie44@hotmail.com

Advisory Members

• Sarah Bednarz Department of Geography Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843-3147 United States Tel: 979 845 1579 Fax: 979 862 4487 Email: s-bednarz@tamu.edu		• Simon Catling Oxford Brookes University School of Education Harcourt Hill Campus OX2 9AT Oxford United Kingdom Email: sjcatling@brookes.ac.uk

• Joseph Stoltman Department of Geography College of Arts and Sciences Western Michigan University 3219 Wood Hall Kalamazoo MI 49008-5424 USA Office: (269) 387-3410 Fax: (269) 387-3442 Email: joseph.stoltman@wmich.edu Editor IRGEE		• Lex Chalmers University of Waikato Geography Hillcrest Road 3240 Hamilton New Zealand Email: lex@waikato.ac.nz

• Sibylle Reinfried University of Teacher Education Central Switzerland Lucerne Dep. of Teaching and Learning Frohburgstrasse 3 6002 Lucerne Switzerland Email: sibylle.reinfried@phz.ch


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