David Alcock
@davidalcock1
Optimist, #Geographyteacher in Bradford. Writes on progress/futures educ/ESD/hope: see Hopeful Education @HopefulEd. PhD student @IoE_London. Orienteer.
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http://www.alcock.blog 02-01-2009 00:32:06
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London, Mar 26: A Symposium on Knowledge, Education & Progress at UCL Institute of Education. Only £10 for students! Alex Standish David Alcock onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-an…
Does #geographyteacher pay enough attention to technological ‘progress’ and China’s role in particular? open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion… Noah Smith 🐇
Are you attending Geographical Association #GAConf25? The GA's Geography Education Research SIG has created a research pathway for anyone carrying out or interested in geography education research. Come and meet GERSIG members on Thursday morning break, and follow us to the session at 11:30!
Why we should discuss progress - in today’s The Yorkshire Post to complement today’s conference at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society - yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…
I am looking forward to attending Geographical Association #gaconf25 next week and delivering a session on ‘Geography Revision: Connecting Facts with Concepts’ sponsored by Oxford Secondary at 0900 on Thursday. geography.org.uk/events-cpd/ga-…
🌍 Join #GERSIG Geographical Association Conf! 🌍🗓️ Next week: 📍 11:00-11:30: Meet GERSIG members @ The Forum 📍 11:30-12:20: "Meeting in the Middle" - Collaborative futures for teachers & researchers (Room 201) 📍 12:30-13:00: Lunch @The Forum #GTE #GeographyTeacher #ITE docs.google.com/document/d/1r-…
Thanks David Alcock for visiting us on the Oxford Secondary stand today at #GAConf25 and sharing in the success of the Geographical Association publishers silver award for #OxfordRevise #Alevel #Geography We look forward to your session at 9am on 17th. Revision: Connecting facts with concepts
THANK YOU Geographical Association for presenting us with the Silver Publisher's Award for our #OxfordRevise A Level Geography revision guides! 🥳 Here's author David Alcock with the award! Don't miss his session starting at 9am #GAConf25 🌍 Geography Revision: Connecting facts with concepts
Fantastic Geographical Association Conference this week! We loved catching up with our series editors and authors Bob Digby Geography Alice @geogriffi.bsky.social David Alcock & Catherine Owen 🌍 Thank you to the GA team for a great conference & for our Silver Publisher's Award! 🏆 #GAConf25 #OxfordRevise #GeographyTeacher
"I have been inspired by the work of #geographyteacher David Alcock on a hopeful education. He suggests that a curriculum should allow students to: evaluate progress, believe in humanity, and create a sustainable future" Mark Enser 🌍 writing in Tes magazine tes.com/magazine/teach…
The Oxford Revise A Level Geography guides are now award-winning, having picked up a Silver Publishers Award at the Geographical Association conference! #OxfordRevise uses #cogsci principles to make revision stick and boost confidence. You can find out more here: ow.ly/cxRG50VGYLy
Curriculum refinement = leading to a new curriculum thread developing 📈 Are we teaching a geography curriculum of doom or is there hope in our teaching? Where is it? 👀👩🏻💻 Mark Enser 🌍 + David Alcock + Hannah Ritchie = the kickstarter combo
There's notion that if students do not study geography they've become ‘lost’ from the subject. But, recognising how they take geography with them, regardless of where or what they do, is critical in demonstrating our subject’s value Kate Otto Geographical Association ga-blog.org/2025/06/06/tak…
