Conference Archive
2024
IGU-CCE 2024 Research Symposium, University of Galway, Ireland, August 22-24, 2024
In our December Newsletter, we highlighted the upcoming IGU Commission on Geographical Education pre-Congress symposium in Galway, Ireland. The symposium is focused on “Rethinking praxis for a world of difference in geography education.” It presents an important opportunity to reevaluate and redefine the essence of geography education and its implications for future educational practices in this field.
We’re excited to share an update as we approach the symposium scheduled for August. We have received enthusiastic responses, with approximately 50 applicants now assigned to one of five specified research areas, ensuring a comprehensive and diverse discussion:
- Teaching geography with AI and other modern technologies.
- Transformative learning in formal and informal settings of geography education.
- Developing young people’s geographical thinking through curriculum, pedagogical strategies, and tools.
- Geography education for a resilient society.
- Recontextualization of geography and curriculum-making in various educational contexts.
Participants will begin with preliminary discussions on these topics before the symposium. During the event, they will present their findings and work collaboratively to co-author and publish papers related to their discussions and presentations. For more information on the symposium and to stay updated, please visit the official symposium website: Pre-Congress Workshop on Geography Education.
We eagerly anticipate a fruitful symposium in Galway this August, aiming to contribute significantly to the advancement of geography education.
Sessions organized by Commission on Geographical Education at IGC, Dublin, Ireland, August 24-29, 2024
The 35th International Geographical Congress is scheduled to take place in Dublin, Ireland, in August 2024. In conjunction with this event, the Commission on Geographical Education will organize sessions dedicated to research presentations in geography education. The sessions will cover specific topics, which are outlined below:
- Beyond traditional geography education in schools – inquiry, problem and project-based learning with GIS
- Climate change and sustainability: key colours in the geography Rubix cube
- Decarbonising field courses: pedagogic practices for the climate emergency
- EUROGEO actively engaging with geography education
- Exploring current issues and events through primary/elementary and lower secondary geography education
- Fieldwork pedagogies: Reflections and future opportunities
- From real fieldtrip to virtual fieldtrip: a learning experience
- Future direction of pedagogies within geography in higher education
- Geography teachers and the challenges of the Anthropocene
- GIS vendor feudalism and colonialism in GIS education and its impact on geospatial science
- Grounds for hope in geography
- New voices in creative methods to geography education and education for/as sustainable development
- Outdoor learning in geography education
- Project-based learning and research methodologies in geographical education
- The integrative power of geography education
- The socio-spatial dimensions of teaching and learning situations/processes/interactions in geography (at the primary, secondary, and higher education levels)
35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland, August 24-29, 2024
The 35th International Geographical Congress 2024 will be held in Dublin, Ireland next year. The Opening Ceremony will be on the evening of Saturday 24th August and the closing ceremony will be on the afternoon of Thursday 29th August 2024. Fieldtrips to other places outside of Dublin will take place from the 29th-30th. The local organising committee looks forward to welcoming you to Ireland! See more details, visit the website: https://igc2024dublin.org/ The International Geography Olympiad will take place outside Dublin, the week before the Congress.
2023
2023 IGU-CGE conference Oxford
The next IGU-CGE conference is planned to be held in Oxford, United Kingdom, from July 5-7, 2023
The call for papers is open until Monday, February 20, 2023
More information can be found here. https://www.gereco.org/2023-igu-cge-conference/
2024 Dublin IGU Congress
The next IGU Congress is planned to be held in Dublin, Ireland, from August 24-30, 2024.
The first circular can be found here:
The call for sessions is open until September 9, 2023 and the call for abstracts until January 24, 2024.
2022
2022 IGU CGE Conference, Rennes France, July 12-13 2022
On behalf of the Commission on Geographical Education of the IGU and of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite geographical education researchers and teachers to 2022 CGE International Conference to be held in Rennes, France July 12-13 2022. The conference under the theme of “Teaching Geography: Past and Future Challenges” will provide an important channel for the exchange of knowledge and experiences among researchers. The Organizing Committee has launched the conference homepage, has set key dates and is now inviting papers.
Link to the conference website
Deadline for abstract has been extended to February 15, 2022
2020
Prague, Czechia, 11-14 August, 2020.
‘MAKING CONNECTIONS: COOPERATIN AND NETWORKING IN GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION‘
– Veune: Albertov, Prague (Campus of the Faculty of Science, Charles University)
– Registration opens: January 10th
– Abstract submission deadline: March 2nd
– Detail information will be available soon
The next conferences after that will be
- 2021 IGU CGE Conference South Africa
- 2022 IGU International Geographical Congress (100 year anniversary), Paris, France
- 2023 IGU CGE Conference London, UK
- 2024 IGU International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland
MAKING CONNECTIONS: COOPERATION AND NETWORKING IN GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION,
IGU-CGE Conference,
Prague, Czechia,
August 11؎14, 2020
On behalf of the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union and of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to invite geographical education researchers, teacher trainers, teachers and everyone interested in geographical education to participate in the CGE 2020 International Conference with the main theme: Making connections: Cooperation and Networking in Geographical Education.
The main goal of this conference is to support the networking of researchers who investigate geographical education from different perspectives around the world.
More information about the conference can be found on the conference website:
The call for sessions, panel discussions, workshops, papers and posters is now open. Participants are welcome to submit their proposals using the form on the conference website till January 31 (for sessions) and March 2 (for discussion panels, workshops, papers and posters). When submitting a proposal, please, follow the instructions on the web page. All submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the conference. The decision on abstract acceptance will be made on March 16, 2020. Participants will be informed immediately after the decision is made.
Registration of the participants (for the conference, as well as for social events) will open in mid-February.
Important dates:
Call for proposals opens 10th January
Deadline for paper session proposals 31st January
Registration opens 17th February
Deadline for proposals of discussions, papers, posters and workshops
2nd March
Decisions on abstract acceptance 16th March
Early bird registration closes 15th April
Registration closes 31st July
Conference 11th–14th August
We look forward to seeing you in Prague!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Martin Hanus
2019
IGU Conference, London, April 15-17 2019
https://www.geographymaeducation.com/
2018
IGU Regional Conference, Quebec City Canada August 6 to 10 2018
The theme of the conference is “Appreciating Difference / Apprécier la difference”.
This regional conference will be the joint meetings of the 2018 IGU Regional Conference, Annual Meeting of the CAG, and the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE). These joint meetings will offer a range of sessions in geography education, field trips, workshops and other opportunities for social engagement.
The deadline for abstract submission is March 15, 2018.
Conference website: http://igu2018.ulaval.ca
2017
IGU-CGE Lisbon Symposium 26-28 October 2017:
Theme: Integrating Knowledge and Understanding in Geography Education
The main theme of the symposium — Integrating Knowledge and Understanding in Geography Education — is an opportunity to reflect upon the challenges that geography education faces in many parts of the world.
Lisbon Symposium website:
https://sites.google.com/view/cgelisbonsymposium2017
2016
IGU-CGE Conference 2016: Main conference in Singapore, 14 – 16 August 2016; Fieldtrip and special symposium in Shanghai, 17 – 19 August 2016
The theme of the conference is Geography that matters – empowering learners for a diverse world. As a prelude to the main congress theme of Shaping our harmonious worlds, the organizers are proposing that a deeper understanding of the diversities in our world will be a necessary condition to shape our harmonious future.
The IGU-CGE 2016 conference is organized by the Southeast Asian Geography Association in collaboration with the Geography Teaching Society of China. The conference features an interesting transect from Singapore to Shanghai, and for delegates going to the main congress, onwards to Beijing. True to the nature of Geography, the programme allows the delegates an opportunity to engage a diversity of landscape and contexts while discussing key issues of geography education.
The main conference will take place in Singapore (15 – 16 August 2016) followed by a fieldtrip to Hangzhou and Suzhou with a special symposium held at East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai (17 – 19 August 2016). On 18 August, there will be a special symposium on “Geography that matters – achieving the capability of solving problems” with special sessions to understand the state of geography education in China as well as a visit to the Geography Education Laboratory and school visits. This will be followed by a sightseeing tour of Shanghai. On 19 August, the delegation will visit the ancient town Tongli that is in Suzhou.
Delegates who intend to join the main congress will then travel to Beijing on 19 August on 5 hour high-speed rail.
Delegates will have one of 3 options:
- Attend both Singapore and Shanghai legs before heading to Beijing
- Attend Singapore conference only
- Attend both Singapore and Shanghai legs but leave from Shanghai.
Details on call for papers and registration process are available at www.seaga.info/events/forthcoming-events/igu-cge-2016.
For information on the Main Congress In Beijing, please visit www.igc2016.org.
2015
IGU Regional Conference Moscow
We are pleased to announce a range of Commission sessions on Geography Education have been accepted into the Moscow Programme. Full details can be found on the Congress website but to whet your appetite session titles include:
- Geography Teacher Education: the need for a well-prepared professional body of knowledge.
- Geospatial technologies in geographical education: implications for geographical lessons.
- Integrated school discipline and geography: new challenges and capacities.
- National curricula and international standards for geography education.
- National and international assessment in geography education.
- Empirical and classroom research in geography education
- International links and innovations in geography education
- Sharing the Russian experience in geography education and making connections for schoolteachers
- Special session about The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU).
We like to bring all sessions under the umbrella of the Commission on Geographical Education to avoid confusion and to optimize discussion. The session about The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) is organised together with Professor Benno Werlen (IYGU), Professor Vladimir Kolossov (IGU), Professor Henk Ottens (EUGEO) and Karl Donert (EUROGEO). The panel discussion in this session will focus on the role for geography education in the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU).
2014
IGU Regional Conference, Krakow Poland – Commission for Geography Education
Please find below the 4 sessions proposed for the Commission for Geography Education. When registration opens, we invite colleagues to submit abstracts for these sessions via the main conference website: www.igu2014.org.
Session 1 : Changes, Challenges and Responsibility in the School Geography Curriculum
Many countries around the world have established a state-wide curriculum statement for school geography. Questions can be raised around what should be included in such a state-endorsed definition of school geography and what should be left out? What geography should young people be learning? And whose responsibility is it to decide? State endorsement can lead to status and prestige for a school subject; however, many teachers are unhappy with the geography curriculum they have been given. Papers are invited to explore the contents of the school geography curriculum, along with issue of how that curriculum is read, interpreted and enacted by geography teachers.
Session 2 : Changing practices in geography education: meeting the challenges of the future
The Rome Declaration on Geographical Education in Europe states: “Geographical education provides students with essential capabilities and competences needed to know and understand the world”. The challenge for geography educators is how to teach geography effectively in this day and age. Research in this area may look at geographical enquiry, innovative pedagogical approaches to teaching geography, or curriculum questions about the role of geography education in the teaching of sustainable development or geospatial technologies. Papers are invited to consider the future implications of these approaches and how they can develop the field of geography education to meet the demands of the future.
Session 3 : Research findings and challenges in Geography Education
The publication of the Road Map report on Geography Education Research (in the USA) raised many issues around the role and function of geography education research. The papers in this series provide an opportunity to discuss the key topics in geography education research: what has been learnt from research in this field, and what further research needs to be conducted? A key theme in this series of papers will be who undertakes research in the field, and whether there is space in such a small field for practitioner and large-scale research, and how different research approaches may complement each other.
Session 4 : IGU, EUGEO and EUROGEO, a challenging network of Geographers in Education
The Rome Declaration on Geographical Education in Europe agreed at the IV EUGEO Congress 2013, states that “the teaching of Geography in schools is fundamental for the future of Europe.” Papers in this session are invited to explore how the three organizations: IGU, EUGEO and EUROGEO, may work together to create a network of geographers in education to realize this goal.