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Steve Brace

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Chief Exec @geographicalassoc.bsky.social. All things #geography & #Geographerinthenews. Chiefexec@geography.org.uk. Reposting doesn't = endorsement

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EYPPC - GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION EY+PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY COMMITTEE @primarygeogeyppc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The reviews are in for GeogLive! 29 Designing your Curriculum in the light of the @educationgovuk #Curriculum #Assessment #primary review Thanks to @geopaula.bsky.social @sharonwitt17.bsky.social and @helen55.bsky.social @geographicalassoc.bsky.social + many + colleagues youtu.be/Fez78ooH8PE?...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Read more about how geography has changed over recent decades from this @geographicalassoc.bsky.social piece for @teachsecondary.bsky.social drawing on the GA's Standards in School geography 1991 - 2023 geography.org.uk/a-world-of-c...
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A world of change - geography education over recent decades - Geographical Association
'A World of Difference' by GA Chief Executive Steve Brace for Teach Secondary explores positive changes and concerns in geography teaching...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Read more about how geography has changed over recent decades from this @geographicalassoc.bsky.social piece for @teachsecondary.bsky.social drawing on the GA's Standards in School geography 1991 - 2023 geography.org.uk/a-world-of-c...
geography.org.uk
A world of change - geography education over recent decades - Geographical Association
'A World of Difference' by GA Chief Executive Steve Brace for Teach Secondary explores positive changes and concerns in geography teaching...
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Jason Sawle @gis4schools.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Still my favourite "What is GIS" video explainer. 60 seconds long, great animation and interesting narrative. Perfect as a class starter or refresher #geographyteacher #GIS
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Naomi Andersson 🌍🌱 @naomiandersson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The @geogpost16he.bsky.social Post 16 FE HE committee have a Substack called Geog Matters open.substack.com/pub/geogmatt... it’s a fantastic way to collaborate and have multiple threads/authors. I like that I can subscribe to those that interest me in one place. Mobile interface is user friendly.
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GeogMatters | Substack
Geog Matters is the newsletter for the GA Post 16 and HE Phase Committee sharing ideas and links to support the teaching of Geography to 16-19 year olds in schools, colleges and universities. Click to...
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Post-16 and Higher Education Committee GA @geogpost16he.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
New post just out! Meaningful and Effective Outreach for A Level Geographers open.substack.com/pub/geogmatt...
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Meaningful and Effective Outreach for A Level Geographers
Kate Otto, Co-Chair of the Post-16 Sub-committee for CEIAG and Skills, offers some advice on where you can begin with, and even excel, in exposing geography students to careers organically in KS5
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EYPPC - GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION EY+PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY COMMITTEE @primarygeogeyppc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
www.ticketsource.co.uk/eyppc/geogli... Join us next Wednesday 4pm for GeogLive 29!
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Sharing this graph mostly because my beloved #geography appears to be an attractive university degree. That’s the kind of data I can get behind. Study geography folks! Source: buff.ly/dOPRU44
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Alice Griffiths @geogriffi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Love this new video from @metoffice.gov.uk for GCSE geography. Ideal for teaching about natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change #geographyteacher #womeninSTEM www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MY...
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08/03/2025 - What is climate change, and how does it impact our planet? - Met Office explains
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Happy to have talked about the @orkneylibrary.bsky.social library and ‘Wintering well boxes’ in loan in Orkney and East Dumbartonshire for BBC news at 7 in Scotland last night - catch up at around 22minutes in @uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgges.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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@GeoBlogs @geoblogs.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Start the Week - Maps – lost, secret and revealing - BBC Sounds
James Cheshire, Jerry Brotton and Jenny Uglow, with Tom Sutcliffe.
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social 's Bottoms of Britain ... www.instagram.com/reel/DPZRBiN...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#geographer Prof Mark Maslin @uclgeography.bsky.social used climate modelling to examine the low-end and top-end damage at each location. View before & after images in below #geographerinthenews www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images predict how tech could harm our planet
From Venice to the Iguaza Falls, an exhibition in London illustrates the hidden cost of our gadgets and devices
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
"The curriculum must be updated so that young people are well prepared - for their future lives but also the changes we already see around us in our climate, technology and world events." Prof Becky Francis writing in TES on forthcoming Curriculum Review www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Becky Francis: 5 reflections on the curriculum and assessment review
With the curriculum and assessment review due to publish its recommendations ‘very soon’, chair Becky Francis writes exclusively for Tes about what she has learned through the process
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Which aspects of #Geography have improved/or not since 1990? This @geographicalassoc.bsky.social review, by Dr John Hopkin, of draws on @ofstednews.bsky.social inspection evidence over 30 years to highlight change, challenge & continuity within geography. Read ⤵️ geography.org.uk/standards-in...
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Standards in school geography, 1991–2023 - Geographical Association
The new GA Research Report considers findings from a series of Ofsted reports on standards in school geography going back to the 1990s...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Primary & secondary #geographyteachers do use #FloodActionWeek to see if your school faces flood risk & check @departmentforedu.bsky.social advice & guidance & @geographicalassoc.bsky.social worked with EA to publish flood risk SOW for primary & secondary geog. ⤵️ geography.org.uk/flood-risk-a...
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Flood Risk – a natural hazard facing many schools - Geographical Association
To raise awareness for Flood Action Week the GA and Environment Agency have developed a range of free resources about flooding...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Primary & secondary #geographyteachers do use #FloodActionWeek to see if your school faces flood risk & check @departmentforedu.bsky.social advice & guidance & @geographicalassoc.bsky.social worked with EA to publish flood risk SOW for primary & secondary geog. ⤵️ geography.org.uk/flood-risk-a...
geography.org.uk
Flood Risk – a natural hazard facing many schools - Geographical Association
To raise awareness for Flood Action Week the GA and Environment Agency have developed a range of free resources about flooding...
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Sandra Patterson @sandyzpatterson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🌎Geographical Association Northern Ireland Branch 🌎Hybrid Lecture 📆 21st October 📍 QUB Geography and Online Sylvia Knight (RMetS) will be speaking on 'El Nino Southern Oscillation & Associated Changes to Global Weather' REGISTER HERE- www.eventbrite.com/cc/as-a2-geo... #GeographyTeacher
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AS & A2 Geography Talks - 2025/26
The Belfast Branch of the Geographical Association has organised a series of talks for school pupils and their teachers to support the delivery of CCEA's AS and A2 specification. These talks take pla...
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EYPPC - GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION EY+PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY COMMITTEE @primarygeogeyppc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Join us Wednesday 12th November 4pm GeogLive! 29 Designing Your Curriculum www.ticketsource.co.uk/eyppc/geogli...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Which aspects of #Geography have improved/or not since 1990? This @geographicalassoc.bsky.social review, by Dr John Hopkin, of draws on @ofstednews.bsky.social inspection evidence over 30 years to highlight change, challenge & continuity within geography. Read ⤵️ geography.org.uk/standards-in...
geography.org.uk
Standards in school geography, 1991–2023 - Geographical Association
The new GA Research Report considers findings from a series of Ofsted reports on standards in school geography going back to the 1990s...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Thanks @alanparkinson.bsky.social 's blog on @geographicalassoc.bsky.social work, + others: "Geography is curriculum heartland for climate edu, sustainability & green skills. Its distinctive approach focuses on interactions between people & environment" livinggeography.blogspot.com/2025/09/clim...
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Climate Change in the Curriculum
The Geographical Association has worked with the Council for Subject Associations, UCL’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Educa...
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Geographical Association @geographicalassoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Looking for professional support as a primary teacher for your geography class? Below are the CDP events that the GA has lined up to enhance the quality of geography teaching for primary teachers. Click this link to learn more about the courses: the-ga.org/CPDevents
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Geographical Association @geographicalassoc.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
5 things to do during Flood Action Week Check out the 5 things you can do this #FloodActionWeek to be better prepared for a flood. Take action to protect yourself, your family and your home now: www.gov.uk/prepare-for-...
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Teach Secondary @teachsecondary.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@stevebracegeog.bsky.social considers the framing at work when geography classes study ‘natural disasters’ – and why even the term itself is up for debate…
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Geography and natural hazards – How should you frame them?
Explore natural hazards in geography, their human impacts, and how vulnerability, risk, and preparedness shape disasters locally and globally
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Hina Robinson @robbogeog.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Thank you Primary Geography @geographicalassoc.bsky.social for asking me to write this article!
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
#CoastCraft now added to #MineCraft #Geographyteachers do see new resources developed by @environmentagency.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy An innovative way of engaging young geographers with impact of climate change and coastal management - with focus on Bude, Cornwall. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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CoastCraft to inspire next generation of environmental champions to fight virtual coastal erosion
Educational game CoastCraft launched to help schoolchildren aged 9 to 14 learn more about climate change and coastal management
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Flood Action Week 13–17 Oct raises awareness & supports communities at risk of flooding. ~6.3M homes & businesses face flood risk & many unaware/unprepared @geographicalassoc.bsky.social working with @environmentagency.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy to raise flood awareness geography.org.uk/flood-action...
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Flood Action Week 2025 - Geographical Association
To raise awareness for Flood Action Week the GA and Environment Agency have developed a range of free resources about flooding...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Flood Action Week 13–17 Oct raises awareness & supports communities at risk of flooding. ~6.3M homes & businesses face flood risk & many unaware/unprepared @geographicalassoc.bsky.social working with @environmentagency.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy to raise flood awareness geography.org.uk/flood-action...
geography.org.uk
Flood Action Week 2025 - Geographical Association
To raise awareness for Flood Action Week the GA and Environment Agency have developed a range of free resources about flooding...
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Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This week saw the last of the GCSE Geography Field Trip action for Y11; this time it was a trip to Guildford for this bunch, to study urban regeneration. Of course there might have been time for a cheeky @mcdonaldsuk too 💜😉🍔🌎💜 #FieldWork #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #BigMacPlease
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
#Geographer Matthias Huss on glacial retreat and climate change #Geographerinthenews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
#Geographer Matthias Huss on glacial retreat and climate change #Geographerinthenews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Risk-y terminology: @stevebracegeog.bsky.social on the framing of 'natural' hazards and disasters www.teachwire.net/news/geograp...
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Geography and natural hazards – How should you frame them?
Explore natural hazards in geography, their human impacts, and how vulnerability, risk, and preparedness shape disasters locally and globally
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thank you Maya Chukujama for blog for @geographicalassoc.bsky.social on positive impact of her training "I’m excited to keep growing, learning, immersing myself in the geography teacher community & inspiring young people to explore the incredible world around them" ga-blog.org/2025/09/22/t...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"if you have children of an age to study geography, you’ll know that it’s the topic with all the best field trips ... I got it into my head that my daughter had to go on a field trip to see some neoliberalism in action" Zoe Williams in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A school field trip to see neoliberalism in action? Count me in | Zoe Williams
It wasn’t quite what I was expecting from my daughter’s A-level geography class, but I had plenty of ideas, writes Zoe Williams
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
#geographer Prof Steve Carver “Land lost to development is one of the primary drivers of wilderness loss & biodiversity decline. But we're also losing cropland & productive land as our cities expand into the green belt & agricultural land” #geographerinthenews www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
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Geography at Bangor University @bugeography.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
If you're a #geographyteacher check out our colleague Dr Lynda Yorke's article in the latest @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Teaching Geography Autumn issue on #inclusive and #accessible #fieldwork
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
#geographer Prof Steve Carver “Land lost to development is one of the primary drivers of wilderness loss & biodiversity decline. But we're also losing cropland & productive land as our cities expand into the green belt & agricultural land” #geographerinthenews www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"if you have children of an age to study geography, you’ll know that it’s the topic with all the best field trips ... I got it into my head that my daughter had to go on a field trip to see some neoliberalism in action" Zoe Williams in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
A school field trip to see neoliberalism in action? Count me in | Zoe Williams
It wasn’t quite what I was expecting from my daughter’s A-level geography class, but I had plenty of ideas, writes Zoe Williams
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Rachel Hawke @geogenquirer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My 2nd Teaching Geography article (the last one was over 10 years ago...),so I'm feeling pretty proud today 🤓
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Stockport Academy @stockportacademy.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🌍 Our geography students explored microclimates around the school on Thursday! 📊 They used anemometers to measure wind speed and temperature at various locations. #Geography #Fieldwork #Microclimate #OpportunityToSucceed #Aspiration #Stockport
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Thank you Maya Chukujama for blog for @geographicalassoc.bsky.social on positive impact of her training "I’m excited to keep growing, learning, immersing myself in the geography teacher community & inspiring young people to explore the incredible world around them" ga-blog.org/2025/09/22/t...
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Amy.Dev @amydev.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
A lovely morning of fieldwork, investigating the river Burbage, until the torrential rain came 🌧️ #gcsegeography #fieldwork
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
A new @geographicalassoc.bsky.social blog on Place based pedagogy for primary geography & history Steph Jach and Jen Huntsley @yorkstjohn.bsky.social ITT Read more in below ga-blog.org/2025/09/12/b...
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Building belonging: Place-based pedagogy to connect geography and history  - The GA Blog
Steph Jach and Jen Huntsley from York St John University explore place-based pedagogy, belonging, and connecting geography and history...
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Geographical Association @geographicalassoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Congratulations❤️🎉
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
#geographyteachers the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social comments on non-specialists teaching at KS3 covered in TES piece - see link. + info on the GA’s Geography Subject Specialist Scholarship programme supporting trainees & teachers without 1st degree in geog geography.org.uk/which-year-g...
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Which year groups are commonly taught by non-specialist teachers? - Geographical Association
Our Chief Executive, Steve Brace, has contributed to a TES article on which year groups are commonly taught by non-specialist teachers...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
#geographyteachers the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social comments on non-specialists teaching at KS3 covered in TES piece - see link. + info on the GA’s Geography Subject Specialist Scholarship programme supporting trainees & teachers without 1st degree in geog geography.org.uk/which-year-g...
geography.org.uk
Which year groups are commonly taught by non-specialist teachers? - Geographical Association
Our Chief Executive, Steve Brace, has contributed to a TES article on which year groups are commonly taught by non-specialist teachers...
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Looking forward to catching up with @geographicalassoc.bsky.social colleagues for Education Group meeting today
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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Delighted to contribute to TES piece on non specialists "The @geographicalassoc.bsky.social said, the ideal would be for all geography lessons to be taught by passionate & expert subject-specialist geography teachers - who can bring the subject to life for their pupils. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Year 7s commonly taught by non-specialist teachers
Some 36 per cent of secondary teachers report that a non-specialist is teaching children who have just moved up to their school, a Teacher Tapp poll for Tes shows
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