2013 Conference
Program
Field Trip 1 – Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre – Geography Beyond the
Classroom – 9:00 – 3:00pm
Coordinator: Representatives from the Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre
Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre (BUEEC) provides engaging excursions and incursions
specifically designed to support the Australian Curriculum in the areas of History, Science and Geography.
At BUEEC expert teachers deliver programs utilising digital technologies to maximise student engagement
and cater for a variety of learning styles. Our programs provide innovative, practical activities designed to
build on the students’ current knowledge and encourage higher order thinking and deep learning that
engages them in further exploration.
During this fieldwork day representatives from BUEEC will explain how to organise and integrate
meaningful fieldwork into the primary and middle school classroom to satisfy the requirements of the new
Australian Geography Curriculum. The day will include an inside look into the Geography-based programs
run by the centre. Our teachers will also present a range of geographic skills to give teachers the
confidence to undertake fieldwork within their own local environment. Parking is available at the centre.
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Field Trip 2 – GeoSpatial Technologies in the Real World – 10:00 – 3:30pm
Coordinator: Mick Law, Contour Education
Take a look at how geospatial technologies are making a difference in our world as we visit three locations
in Brisbane that use these tools in different ways. We will start our day with a visit to a licensed surveyor to
get a demonstration of data collection. An educational institution will take us through some of their
research and talk about how geospatial technologies are useful before the Queensland Department of
Natural Resources and Mines will showcase some of their critical work using geospatial technologies across
the state. If time permits we will finish the day with a geocache search.
Field Trip 3 – Connecting Coastal Processes to the Australian Curriculum through
Fieldwork – 8:30am – 3:30pm
Coordinator: Chris Audley, Second Nature Asia Pacific
If you have somehow not noticed the incredible changes our SEQ coastline has undergone over the past
year, you must have had your head in the sand!
Join us on a fascinating field trip to the Central Gold Coast and explore beaches and coastal areas subject
to a great variety of management issues. We will visit sites from Palm Beach north through to The Spit,
and undertake a simulated field trip using one of our curriculum-based work-booklets. This field trip is
relevant for Grades 7-12.
All participants will be provided with a work-booklet, morning tea, lunch, Gold Coast Beaches (CoastED)
DVD and ‘Its All About Sand’ CD, and all transportation from Brisbane State High School return.
The conference dinner will be held at a restaurant in South Brisbane. Dinner will cost
approximately $30 not including drinks. Please bring payment on the night. More detail will
provided once registrations are finalised.
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Time: 9:00am – 12pm
Location: Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane
This three-hour workshop, run by Malcolm McInerney (AGTA Chair) will provide an overview of
resources for the implementation of the Australian Geography curriculum at a whole school level.
The workshop will concentrate on GeogSpace, a resource developed by the Australian Geography
Teachers Association (AGTA).
The workshop is aimed at teachers who will be required to provide professional development on
the curriculum at their school or in their region. A professional development package will be
provided to attendees to take back to their school.
This workshop is primarily for teachers who teach in schools outside of metropolitan Brisbane.
Another workshop will be offered to teachers in Brisbane in Term 4.
There is no cost for this workshop.
If you are interested in attending, please register for this event as part of your conference
registration.
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Registration - 8:00 – 8:40am
Conference Opening and Welcome to Country – 8:40am – 9:00am
Keynote Speaker – 9:00am – 10:00am
Dr Iain Hay – Geographies of the Super-Rich
The super-rich currently number about 11 million globally and have collective wealth in excess of
US$42 trillion (i.e. about the same as the market value of the world’s 16 largest companies,
including Apple, Exxon, and General Electric). As a result of our discipline's typical, and not
unjustifiable, focus on the poor and middle class, and our neglect of the super-rich, geographers
may both be overlooking potentially valuable insights to the institutions, practices, and cultural
values of our society and gaining only a partial view of global capitalism. This talk will discuss work
in areas that embrace relationships between the super-rich, place, and mobility; links between
wealth and (geo)politics; new philanthropy; and some of the social and environmental
consequences of ‘luxury fever’.
Iain Hay is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Geography at Flinders
University and former Australian Learning and Teaching Council Discipline Scholar
for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. He completed his PhD at the
University of Washington as a Fulbright Scholar and received a LittD from the
University of Canterbury for 20+ years of post-doctoral work on geographies of
domination and oppression. He is author or editor of ten books including Qualitative
Research Methods in Human Geography (3rd edn Oxford 2010) and Geographies
of the Super-Rich (Elgar 2013) and has had editorial roles with journals including
Applied Geography; Ethics, Place and Environment; and Social and Cultural
Geography. In 2006, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Australian
University Teacher of the Year. Iain is immediate past-President of the Institute of
Australian Geographers.
Morning Tea – 10:00am – 10:30am
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Session 1 – 10:30-11:30am
Session 1.1
Using
Infographics in
the Geography
Classroom
Julie Davis,
Villanova
College
ICT
Session 1.2
Digital
Magazine:
ISSUU
Greg Sikich, Mt
Alvernia
College
Session 1.3
Planning
Matters to
Geography
students and
teachers! How
town planning
works in
Queensland
ICT
Davina Braid
and Michael
Papageorgiou,
Planning
Institute of
Australia (PIA)
Senior Geography
Session 1.4
Session 1.5
Teaching about
Landscapes
and Landscape
Hazards in the
National
Geography
syllabus
The Great
Barrier Reef
Marine Park
Authority's Reef
Guardian
Schools
Program:
Working
Together Today
for a Healthier
Reef Tomorrow
David
Lergessner,
Queensland
University of
Technology
Junior Secondary
Implementing
the Australian
Curriculum
Geography for
Primary
Teachers
Caroline Hollis,
Queensland
Studies
Authority
Primary
Carolyn Luder,
Great Barrier
Reef Marine
Park Authority
Middle School
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Session 1.6
Session 1.7
Session 1.8
The Dreaming:
How to Teach it
Within the
National
Curriculum
Linking
Affordable
Cultural
Education Field
Trip & Incursion
Options to the
Australian
Curriculum
Nola Turner
Jensen
CrackerJack
Education
Australian
Curriculum
Chris Audley,
Second Nature
Australian
Curriculum
Session 2 – 11:35-12:35pm
Session 2.1
How to Use
Excel in
Geography
David
Lergessner,
Queensland
University of
Technology
ICT
Session 2.2
Session 2.3
Best of Both
Worlds: New
Resources for a
New
Curriculum
Geography and
the QCS Test
Alex Rossimel,
Jacaranda
Dr. Terri Bourke,
Queensland
University of
Technology
Senior Geography
ICT, Australian
Curriculum
Session 2.4
Educating the
Educators –
Disaster
Resilience
Education
Heather Bailie
and Sally
RandallSimpson,
Australian Red
Cross
Session 2.5
Session 2.6
Session 2.7
Livability: Unit 2,
Year 7
Australian
Curriculum
GeogSpace, a
multi-faceted
resource for the
teaching of
geography in
the primary
school
Understanding
the concepts of
Place and
Space in the
Geography
Classroom
Implementing
the Australian
Curriculum
Geography for
Secondary
Teachers
Anne-Marie
Gerlach, St.
Margaret’s and
Elizabeth Peat,
St Columban’s
College
Caroline Hollis
QSA
Marita Tripp,
Pearson
Middle School
Malcolm
McInerney,
AGTA Chair
Primary
Australian
Curriculum
Lunch – 12:35-1:30pm
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Session 2.8
Australian
Curriculum
Session 3 – 1:30-2:30pm
Session 3.1
Queensland
Globe,
Steve Jacoby,
Department of
Natural
Resources and
Mines
ICT
Session 3.2
Session 3.3
Best of Both
Worlds: New
Resources for a
New
Curriculum
Do You See
What I See?
PeopleWatching as a
Means to
Bolster
Numeracy and
Communication
Skills through
Geography
Curriculum
(Repeat of 2.2)
Alex Rossimel,
Jacaranda
ICT, Australian
Curriculum
Session 3.5
Session 3.6
Developing
global
citizenship
through an
understanding
of human
wellbeing
Australian
Curriculum Year 8 Unit
2 Reshaping
Nations: Let's
work together!
Navigating the
Year 7 Water
Journey
Alissa Cleary,
Global Learning
Centre
Greg Sikich, Mt
Alvernia
College
Mary Rowland
Primary
Session 3.7
Session 3.8
GeogSpace, a
multi-faceted
resource for the
teaching of
geography in
the secondary
school
Teaching about
biomes and
food security in
the National
Geography
Curriculum
Malcolm
McInerney,
AGTA Chair
Middle School
Mellini Sloan,
Queensland
University of
Technology
Senior Geography
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Session 3.4
Junior Secondary
Australian
Curriculum
David
Lergessner,
Queensland
University of
Technology
Session 4 – 2:35-3:35pm
Session 4.1
Using
Infographics in
the Geography
Classroom
Julie Davis,
Villanova
College
Session 4.2
Keeping it
Simple: Spatial
Technologies
for Primary
School
Teachers
Repeat of 1.1
Mick Law,
Contour
Education
ICT
ICT, Primary
Session 4.3
Session 4.4
Brisbane City
Council
Interactive Draft
City Plan
Brisbane Urban
Environmental
Education Centre
– Geography
Beyond the
Classroom
Representatives
from the
Brisbane
Environmental
Education
Centre
Marcus
Mulholland,
Brisbane City
Council
Senior Geography
Session 4.5
Session 4.6
Session 4.7
Session 4.8
Teaching
Geographical
Skills
‘Make a World of
Difference: A
Guide to the
Global Citizen’,
Marita Tripp,
Pearson
Global Kidz
Goals
Geography: The
Field Good
Experience –
How to turn
great fieldwork
into a great
assessment task
AustraliaIndonesia: A
new resource
from AGTA and
World Vision
Middle School
Australian
Curriculum
Junior Secondary
Mark Camman
and Mike
Railton, Maleny
State High
School
Alissa Cleary,
Global Learning
Centre
Australian
Curriculum
Australian
Curriculum
Forum – Resources for the Australian Geography Curriculum – 3:40-4:10pm
This session will provide an overview of the online resources available to teachers in the implementation of the Geography curriculum.
Conference Drinks and Prize Draws– 4:15pm - 5:15pm
A number of prizes have been donated for participants of the conference. These prizes will be drawn and presented at the conference drinks.
You must be there to win!
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Session 1 – 10:30-11:30am
Session 1.1 – Using Infographics in the Geography Classroom, Julie Davis, Villanova
College
As a teacher of geography for the past 11 years I am very excited by the future of technology not only for
geography, but also for teaching broadly, especially with the emergence of the one-to-one classroom. Nomore ‘death by power-point’. In this workshop we will explore using the Infographic as a 21st century multimodal tool. An Infographic is a graphic visual representation of information, data or knowledge. It is a
fabulous tool for teaching students to present concise information to convey meaning, especially useful for
data representations. This is a practical workshop – you will make an Infographic that you can access from
any computer. You can bring some data of your own if you want to make something specific, or use the
information provided.
Session 1.2 – Digital Magazine: ISSUU, Greg Sikich, Mt Alvernia College
Having a toolbox of Web 2.0 technologies can go a long way when crafting assessment instruments or
creating classroom learning experiences. This workshop will explore Web 2.0 digital magazine tool ISSUU
and how it has been applied to a Year 10 assessment piece. This workshop is aimed at Middle School
teachers.
Session 1.3 - Planning Matters to Geography students and teachers! How town planning
works in Queensland, Davina Braid and Michael Papageorgiou, Planning Institute of
Australia (PIA)
The Planning Institute of Australia declares that good planning is the best way to manage urban growth,
secure necessary infrastructure investment and determine appropriate settlement patterns for our cities and
towns. Good planning can also generate economic development that contributes to the wellbeing of
individuals and communities and to our natural and built environments. We all know ‘bad’ planning when
we see it, but how is ‘good’ planning achieved? We can be certain that knowledge of geography and the
application of geographical skills to understand our environment are important for achieving successful
planning outcomes. This workshop will examine the guiding principles of planning, link these to the tools
used by professional planners and apply these to a Brisbane case study (easily adapted for local use). We
will provide tips on useful websites and ideas for fieldwork and local case studies.
Session 1.4 - Teaching about Landscapes and Landscape Hazards in the Australian
Geography Curriculum, David Lergessner, QUT
The relationships between people and the environment form a significant part of the Year 8 national
Geography syllabus. This session introduces the concept of landscapes, the world's major landscapes,
their location, characteristics and how people around the world interact with the landscape around them to
provide the basics of life - food and shelter - in some instances. Not all landscapes can be used for
sustenance or commercial gain. Some have to be preserved while other landscapes have to be avoided
because of the dangers they pose to life and limb. David will explore the varying nature of 'landscapes' in
this session.
Session 1.5 – The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Reef Guardian Schools
Program: Working Together Today for a Healthier Reef Tomorrow, Carolyn Luder, GBRMPA
Our Great Barrier Reef is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, and it plays an important
role in the lifestyles and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders. While our Great Barrier
Reef continues to be known as one of the healthiest coral reef ecosystems in the world, it faces some
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challenges that impact on its health and resilience. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's
(GBRMPA) Reef Guardian stewardship program is based on GBRMPA building relationships and working
closely with those who use and rely on the Reef for recreation and business. The GBRMPA values
partnerships with organisations, industries, Traditional Owners, government, community and schools in the
protection of the Marine Park. Education on the key threats to the Reef as outlined in the Great Barrier Reef
Outlook Report 2009 is a key component of the Reef Guardian stewardship program. This workshop will
introduce some of GBRMPA’s education resources to help support teachers to embed learning about the
Reef and sustainability into the curriculum The session will also feature the new Reef Beat education series
– the amazing Great Barrier Reef, let’s keep it great, which includes activities linked to the Australian
Curriculum: Geography P-10, 2013.
Session 1.6 - Implementing the Australian Curriculum Geography for Primary Teachers,
Caroline Hollis, Queensland Studies Authority
This workshop will provide teachers with strategies for implementing the Australian Curriculum: Geography
P-6.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
• develop knowledge and understanding of the Australian Curriculum: Geography
• explore the QSA resources developed with teachers to support implementation of Australian Curriculum:
Geography. These include templates, year plans and unit overview exemplars, and assessment advice and
guidelines.
• review approaches for aligning curriculum and assessment when introducing and implementing the
Australian Curriculum: Geography
Session 1.7 – The Dreaming: How to Teach it within the National Curriculum Nola Turner
Jensen, CrackerJack Education
The Dreaming began at the dawn of time; remains bound up in the present, and will endure forever. Learn
how Aboriginal parents, Elders, or Aunts and Uncles use/d their Dreaming stories as the first part of a
child’s education. Understand the importance of these stories and develop strategies to imbed them within
your Geography lessons and scaffold to other subject areas. Learn to link stories with different regions of
Australia. Explore who the Ancestral beings are and how they fit into today’s education. Discover the
themes of Dreaming stories and watch some examples to understand the cultural components within these
ancient stories. Most importantly we will have fun and stay positive.
Session 1.8 - Linking Affordable Cultural Education Field Trip & Incursion Options to the
Australian Curriculum, Chris Audley, Second Nature
The new curriculum contains units within each year level (P-10) investigating the interconnections between
people, places and environments. Most units explore aspects of cultural diversity, with a focus on the
Asia/ Oceania region (people of Southeast Asian/ Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander descent). How are we
going to create these connections in a relevant and meaningful way for our students? What resource
options can we draw upon to best engage students into this fascinating, yet seemingly poorly resourced
unit? This workshop is designed to provide teachers with practical tools and innovative ideas to create an
engaging link between the geography of the natural environment and formation, existence, distribution and
decline of traditional and modern cultures and societies, through field trips, incursions and on-line
resources.
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Session 2 – 11:35-12:35pm
Session 2.1 – How to Use Excel in Geography, David Lergessner, QUT
Drawing and interpreting graphs are an important part of the Geography teacher's armoury. At QUT, preservice teachers are taught how to draw graphs from scratch using graph paper, working out scales and
providing their own BOLTSS-type finish. They are also taught how to use the Microsoft program Excel to
draw graphs ranging from simple bar graphs to climate graphs to population profiles. In the time available,
this session will look at bar graphs and population profiles.
Session 2.2 - Best of Both Worlds: New Resources for a New Curriculum, Alex Rossimel,
Jacaranda
Presented by Alex Rossimel, specialist Geography teacher and Jacaranda publisher, this session will
introduce you to Jacaranda’s innovative suite of new print and online resources for Australian Curriculum
Geography: Geography Alive for the Australian Curriculum, Geography Skillbuilders, Jacaranda Atlas for
the Australian Curriculum, 8e and Jacaranda myWorld Atlas. Focusing on the new Geographical Inquiry
approach, Alex will demonstrate how Jacaranda’s new resources comprehensively meet the requirements
and aspirations of the curriculum, provide practical ways to ignite curiosity in students and improve learning
outcomes and arm teachers with a wealth of engaging, differentiated and time-saving support materials to
assist you in implementing the new curriculum. Sample material will be provided and all attendees will
receive a complimentary Jacaranda Atlas 8e upon publication on 1st August. Come and see why
Jacaranda continues to be teachers’ first choice for Geography resources.
Session 2.3 – Geography and the QCS Test, Terri Bourke, QUT
Geography is a very important subject for teaching skills. In fact, it is one of the most relevant subjects for
teaching the Common Curriculum Elements (CCEs), the skills that underpin the senior syllabi in
Queensland. This presentation illustrates ways in which one of the most tested QCS skills, analysis, relates
to Geography and how by explicitly teaching this skill, students become more fluent in answering questions
with an analytical focus.
Session 2.4 – Educating the Educators – Disaster Resilience Education, Heather Bailie and
Sally Randall-Simpson, Australian Red Cross
Every year, Australian communities face devastating losses caused by disasters. Bushfires, floods, storms
and their associated consequences have significant impacts on communities, the economy, infrastructure
and the environment (2011 National Strategy for Disaster Resilience). Research shows that educating
students in disaster resilience contributes to a culture of preparedness in the community. The Educating the
Educators project is funded by the federal National Emergency Management Projects program; the goal is
to develop teacher confidence in the teaching of disaster resilience education and thus develop disaster
resilience within primary and secondary school students. The new Australian Curriculum for Geography
presents a range of opportunities for the inclusion of Disaster Resilience Education (DRE). This workshop
will explore just what disaster resilience is, highlight opportunities to include DRE in geography and
examine resources that support the teaching of DRE.
Session 2.5 – Livability: Unit 2 Year 7 AC, Marita Tripp, Pearson
This workshop links to Unit 2 of the Australian Curriculum: Geography Year 7. This session will focus on
how to provide students with an understanding of the term Liveability and details on how you can organise
a fieldwork activity – ‘Investigating your local neighbourhood’. The session will also incorporate the
Australian Curriculum: Geography key geographical terms and cross-curricular perspectives.
Session 2.6 - GeogSpace, a multi-faceted resource for the teaching of geography in the
primary school, Malcolm McInerney, AGTA Chair
The workshop will link the new GeogSpace resources into the Australian Curriculum: Geography. In
particular, the workshop will explore using the resource to design a professional learning program for staff
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and some guidance in using the resource to develop geography programs in the classroom. The workshop
will enable teachers to become familiar with the many aspects of GeogSpace and discuss the potential of
the resource to be more than just classroom activities.
Session 2.7 – Understanding the concepts of Place and Space in the Geography
Classroom, Anne-Marie Gerlach, St. Margaret’s and Elizabeth Peat, St Columban’s
College
Geography is the study of places – their biophysical and human characteristics, their interconnectedness
and interdependencies and their variation across space. In this presentation we will discuss the widely
articulated but seldom defined concepts of place and space. As the big key concepts in Geography from
which more concrete ideas flow, this workshop will deconstruct these terms and link them to the
Geographical inquiry process. This presentation will provide classroom practitioners with a theoretical
reference point or framework. Practical examples will be provided to give participants an understanding of
these big concepts and explain how they can use the language of the discipline, its skills and
methodologies effectively in a number of classroom contexts.
Session 2.8 - Implementing the Australian Curriculum Geography for Secondary Teachers,
Caroline Hollis, Queensland Studies Authority
This workshop will provide teachers with strategies for implementing the Australian Curriculum: Geography
7-10.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
• develop knowledge and understanding of the Australian Curriculum: Geography
• explore the QSA resources developed with teachers to support implementation of Australian Curriculum:
Geography. These include templates, year plans and unit overview exemplars, and assessment advice and
guidelines.
• review approaches for aligning curriculum and assessment when introducing and implementing the
Australian Curriculum: Geography
Session 3 – 1:30-2:30pm
Session 3.1 – Queensland Globe, Steve Jacoby, Executive Director, Land & Spatial
Information, Department of Natural Resources and Mines
Launched in April 2013, the Queensland Globe for Google Earth provides immediate access to all of the
Queensland Government’s latest and most accurate spatial data in a simple, familiar application that
requires little or no training and is free. The workshop will cover how you can get started and get the most
out of the Queensland Globe, whether it be in the classroom or at home on a pc or on your mobile device
(tablet or smart phone). The workshop will also introduce a range of interesting ‘Open Data’ that can be
accessed and ‘mashed’ together with the Globe and your own data in Google Earth.
Session 3.2 - Best of Both Worlds: New Resources for a New Curriculum, Alex Rossimel,
Jacaranda
Repeat of session 2.2.
Session 3.3 - Do You See What I See? People-Watching as a Means to Bolster Numeracy
and Communication Skills through Geography Curriculum, Mellini Sloan, Queensland
University of Technology
In this workshop you’ll receive materials developed to help students transitioning from school to university
with linking urban theory to planning practice, promoting active engagement with ideas. With your guidance,
your students can contribute to ongoing research on the use of urban space and impacts of design features
and planning policies on people’s perceptions of place. Participation in these activities will intensify your
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students’ interest in geography and scaffold their numeracy skills as they people-watch, a quintessentially
human activity. Your students will never look at Queen Street Mall, or any other public place, in the same
way again.
Session 3.4 – Developing global citizenship through an understanding of human wellbeing,
Alissa Cleary, Global Learning Centre
An essential element of effective global citizenship is to understand the political, social, economic and
environmental factors, which influence the human condition. Issues such as poverty, gender equity and
social stability are complex and we need to have a true understanding of all the elements that contribute to
the situation. This presentation explores the year 10 Geography unit Geographies of Human Wellbeing
showing how it can be used to enhance students’ understanding of key global issues and how it can inspire
them to take action. Participants at this session will receive free resources to assist them in bringing a truly
global perspective to this important topic.
Session 3.5 - Australian Curriculum - Year 8 Unit 2 Reshaping Nations: Let's work together!
Greg Sikich, Mt Alvernia College
The Geography Australian Curriculum has been approved! Now what? This workshop will provide an
interpretation of the Year 8 Unit: Reshaping Nations as being trailed at Mount Alvernia College Term 3.
Participants will be provided with a stimulus unit plan and work together to collate additional resources,
discuss possible learning experiences and preview draft assessment instruments. This hands on workshop
is aimed at Middle School teachers and inexperienced teachers.
Session 3.6 – Navigating the Year 7 Water Journey
Year 7 is a big year for water in the Australian Curriculum: Geography. This session will explore how water
topics fit in the Australian Curriculum: Geography in Year 7. Fortunately there is a large suite of existing
curriculum resources out there to assist frantically busy Year 7 teachers get their head around the
implementation of the new curriculum. We will investigate a variety of freely available online units, lesson
sequences, videos, animations, games, learning objects, activities and digital assets to provide studentcentred, inquiry-based, place-based learning experiences for students.
Session 3.7 - GeogSpace, a multi-faceted resource for the teaching of geography in the
secondary school, Malcolm McInerney, AGTA Chair
The workshop will link the new GeogSpace resources into the Australian Curriculum: Geography. In
particular, the workshop will explore using the resource to design a professional learning program for staff
and some guidance in using the resource to develop geography programs in the classroom. The workshop
will enable teachers to become familiar with the many aspects of GeogSpace and discuss the potential of
the resource to be more than just classroom activities.
Session 3.8 - Teaching about biomes and food security in the National Geography
Curriculum, David Lergessner, Queensland University of Technology
For many of us food comes from the supermarket. Students need to know that the food, which reaches the
supermarket, comes from a wide range of sources. Students also need to know that many people around
the world have no idea what a supermarket is and their food comes from the resources - the animals and
crops - they have around them. This session will examine the different ways people around the world
provide their own food and look at the impacts which are affecting those sources of food production. This
session builds on Session 1.4 just as the national syllabus builds from year to year.
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Session 4 – 2:35-3:35pm
Session 4.1 – Using Infographics in the Geography Classroom, Julie Davis, Villanova
College
Repeat of Session 1.1
Session 4.2 – Keeping it Simple: Spatial Technologies for Primary School Teachers, Mick
Law, Contour Education
Primary teachers without a geography background will appreciate this look into some of the simple, free
and easily accessible tools they can use to enhance the teaching of geography. Geospatial technologies
are an essential part of the Australian Curriculum: Geography and students in primary years are required to
use these tools; it need not be a worry for you as these simple tools make it really easy.
Session 4.3 – Brisbane City Council Interactive Draft City Plan, Marcus Mulholland, Brisbane
City Council
Brisbane City Council is undertaking preparation of a new plan to replace the current City Plan 2000. The
draft City Plan is currently in the formal public notification stage with public submissions being sought.
While the scope of the draft City Plan is bound by State legislation (the Sustainable Planning Act 2009) and
has a key role in regulating land use development, the draft Plan seeks to establish a strategic land use
based vision for the city out to 2031. This vision is land use based, but seeks to understand the spatial
policy aspects of environmental, economic and social context and outcomes for the city. The draft Plan also
seeks to establish a strong relationship between achieving these outcomes with the framework of land use
and infrastructure. A particular focus of this relationship has been the land use and transport relationship
accounting for the projected travel demand created by the current and future land use patterns relative to
the current and planned transport infrastructure network. Council has also created a range of tools to
assist the community in accessing and understanding the draft Plan.
Session 4.4 Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre – Geography Beyond the
Classroom, Representatives from BUEEC
Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre (BUEEC) provides engaging excursions and incursions
specifically designed to support the Australian Curriculum in the areas of History, Science and Geography.
At BUEEC expert teachers deliver programs utilising digital technologies to maximise student engagement
and cater for a variety of learning styles. Our programs provide innovative, practical activities designed to
build on the students’ current knowledge and encourage higher order thinking and deep learning that
engages them in further exploration. In this session representatives from BUEEC will explain how to
organise and integrate meaningful fieldwork into your primary or secondary classroom to satisfy the
requirements of the new Australian Geography Curriculum. In showcasing the programs on offer, the
BUEEC team will share a ‘toolkit’ of geographic skills that teachers can use to support learning in their
classroom.
Session 4.5 - Teaching Geographical Skills, Marita Tripp, Pearson
This workshop will provide practical classroom activities on how to teach basic geographical skills (map
basics, weather maps, etc). This workshop links to Australian Curriculum: Geography Years 7 and 8 and
will incorporate key geographical terms and cross-curricular perspectives.
Session 4.6 – ‘Make a World of Difference: A Guide to the Global Citizen’, Global Kidz
Goals
“Make a World of Difference: A Guide to the Global Citizen” is an exciting new interactive Teacher / Student
Learning Program for Primary Years 4-6 and Secondary Years 7-10, developed with consultation from
Department of Education and Communities (NSW), ACARA, Global Education Office and the ASIA
Teachers Association, to achieve the learning outcomes of the National Curriculum. Heavily focused on
the Millennium Development Goals, ASIA, and Australia’s engagement with Asia, the resources are fully
audited to the new curriculum with a FREE Teachers Program available on order. A range of cross
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curriculum priorities are covered over a range of subjects, specifically Geography and Civics and
Citizenship,
Session 4.7 – Geography: The Field Good Experience – How to turn great field work into a
great assessment task, Mark Camman and Mike Railton, Maleny State High School
Field work is fundamental to Geography teaching. It is a way to apply class theory to practical situations; for
students to develop primary research skills; to solve problems and to engage students in “real world”
experiences”. This session, presented by Mark and Mike (a.k.a. The Dodgy Brothers), will focus on how to
identify and develop field work opportunities in your local area and how to convert these into great
assessment tasks. Examples will be provided of field work and assessment tasks so bring a flash drive and
stock up on resources.
Session 4.8 – Australia-Indonesia: A new resource from AGTA and World Vision, Rod Yule,
World Vision Resource
This workshop will explore Australia’s engagement with Indonesia and units in the new Australian
Geography curriculum Year 6-10: water, food, interconnections and global geographies of human wellbeing.
Presenter Biographies
Chris Audley
Christopher Audley is a sustainable tourism, environmental education and community engagement
consultant for Second Nature Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. Christopher has a background in Environmental Science,
Environmental Education and tourism. His 14-year industry experience has involved extensive work/ travel
through more than 60 countries. Christopher specialises in capacity-building projects for local (indigenous)
communities in Asia/ Oceania.
Heather Baillie
Heather Bailie has over 20 years experience as a Teacher Librarian, ICT Coach and Leading Teacher. She
has taken leave from Mill Park Secondary College in Melbourne to work at Australian Red Cross as Project
Officer for the Educating the Educators project.
Dr. Terri Bourke
Dr. Terri Bourke is a Lecturer and Unit Coordinator for a range of Education subjects at the Queensland
University of Technology. She has 25 years of experience teaching in the UK and Australia, holding
positions of Head of Department, House Coordinator and Deputy Principal Curriculum. Her research area is
teacher quality, professionalism and professional standards in education. She works all over Queensland in
schools across all sectors on the area of school performance.
Davina Braid
After 17 wonderful years of teaching geography an opportunity arose to undertake a Master of Urban and
Environmental Planning. Since then, Davina has worked across a range of areas including greenspace
planning and planning policy development in the Department of State Development, Infrastructure and
Planning and strategic transport planning in the Department of Transport and Main Roads. In her day-today work she sees planning resources that would have been SO useful back in her days in the classroom.
Davina is keen on working with PIA and GTAQ to bring together engaging planning resources for
geography teachers.
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Mark Camman and Mike Railton
Mark Camman and Mike Railton also known geographically as the Dodgy Brothers, joined together at
Maleny SHS in 1989 to fight the forces of evil (the Science Department). They are competing to see who is
the dodgiest – Mark the HOD Social Science or Mike the Senior Geography teacher. Mike and Mark first
came to the attention of the authorities through their work in telelearning in the early nineties. They then
took the world of GIS by storm presenting the aptly named GIS for Idiots by Idiots workshops for GTAQ as
well as fieldwork workshops for RGSQ in Noosa and Lamington National Park. During their most recent
release from custody they helped the RGSQ run the Geography Big Week Out at Noosa for the Australian
winners of the Australian Geography Competition.
Alissa Cleary
Alisa Cleary is an Education Consultant with the Global Learning Centre. Alisa has 12 years experience
teaching in secondary schools including undertaking the role of Geography coordinator at St Joseph’s
College. Alisa has also worked in refugee education at The River Nile Learning Centre, in the Stephanie
Alexander Kitchen Garden Program and for the Global Education Project in Victoria.
Julie Davis
For the past six years Julie has been the Subject Area Co-ordinator for the Senior Social Sciences at
Villanova College, prior to which she was Acting Head of Department (SOSE) at Wellington Point State
High School. Julie is originally form WA, where she obtained her first degrees in Social Science and
Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies, and Geography at Edith Cowan University. She moved to Queensland
in 2000 and completed a Bachelor of Education at the University of Queensland.
Anne-Marie Gerlach
Anne-Marie Gerlach is the Head of Humanities at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School. She is a passionate
teacher of Geography with 25 years of experience. She has previously been President of GTAQ and is the
current Vice President of the organisation. Anne-Marie’s extensive knowledge of Geography curriculum
and pedagogy is exemplified by her roles on the Geography State Panel, as a sessional lecturer in
Geographical education at the University of Queensland and as an author and editor of a number of
Geography text books and resources.
Global Kidz Goals
Global Kidz Goals is a small, independent organization that has developed a Teacher/Student Learning
Program in consultation with educational authorities from Department of Education and Communities
(NSW), ACARA and Global Education Office to achieve the learning outcomes of the National Curriculum.
An exciting and interactive program that is neither age, grade or subject specific and covers a range of
cross curriculum priorities.
Caroline Hollis
Caroline Hollis is a Principal Project officer at the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA). She works in the
Australian Curriculum branch to support teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum. Her
current project involves the development of curriculum and assessment advice, guidelines and resources
for the Australian Curriculum: Geography P-10. Her projects support alignment of curriculum and
assessment. She has 20 years of teaching experience in primary and secondary schools across
Queensland.
Steve Jacoby
Steve is an Executive-Director in the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, responsible for spatial
data, systems, services and infrastructure. Steve has a B.App.Sc (RMIT) and a research Masters (Melb
Uni). Commencing in the Victorian Lands Department as a trainee, Steve went on to lead its Land
Information Group for 7 years. In 2003, he moved to Queensland as Chief Information Officer for the
Department of Natural Resources and Water. In his present role since 2009, Steve chairs the Queensland
Spatial Information Council and represents Queensland nationally on a number of peak bodies dealing with
spatial information.
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Mick Law
Mick has taught at a number of Queensland secondary schools and has worked with dozens more in his
role with Contour Education. Mick is passionate about Geography and has developed a number of
resources in using ICTs in the Geography classroom. He is a currently a committee member on GTAQ.
David Lergessner
David Lergessner is Lecturer in Geography at QUT Kelvin Grove. David was a high school Geography
teacher at Redcliffe and Deception Bay Highs for over 30 years. Since retiring from teaching David has
lectured at Griffith University and is now full-time Lecturer in Geography in the School of Curriculum in the
Education Faculty at Kelvin Grove.
Carolyn Luder
Carolyn Luder has worked with the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority since 2010. She has a background
in Marine Biology and Zoology and Protected Area Management. She is passionate about getting people
excited about the amazing Great Barrier Reef and providing resources and support to teachers to educate
the next generation of Reef users, students, about actions they can take to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
Malcolm McInerney
Malcolm McInerney has worked as a teacher and curriculum advisor in South Australian Education
Department schools since 1976 and presently teaches at Thebarton Senior College in Adelaide. He
considers humanities education is critical in the school curriculum and has been heavily involved in the
teaching and promotion of geography over recent years. Malcolm has a keen interest in the use of spatial
technology in geography and his work introducing spatial technology into schools across Australia was
recognised in 2006 by a National Quality Schooling Award and in 2007 by a Churchill Fellowship to
research the educational application of spatial literacy and technology. Since 2008 Malcolm has been the
Chair of the Australian Geography Teachers' Association (AGTA) and closely involved with the
development of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. From 2009-2012 he was an advisor on the ACARA
Australian Curriculum: Geography writing groups and recently the Executive Director of the ESA/AGTA
GeogSpace project (resources) for the Australian Curriculum). Now that the curriculum and the supporting
resources have been developed, Malcolm’s focus is turning to the challenge to successfully implement the
new Australian Curriculum for geography in schools around Australia.
Marcus Mulholland
I have been a planner for 22 years, originally graduating from the University of Queensland. During my
career I have had public and private sector roles as well as working interstate and overseas. The scope of
work has been through research, policy development, strategic planning, develop assessment and
development management. I have worked for local and state government, in architecture and engineering
based firms and also doing site acquisitions planning, property and development for telecommunications
facilities in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. I have been with BCC for just over 3 years with the new
City Plan as the primary piece of work in that time.
Elizabeth Peat
Elizabeth Peat is a teacher of Geography with over 25 years of experience. Until recently, she was the
Academic Coordinator of Humanities at St Columban’s College Caboolture. She has taught at a range of
schools experiencing a wide variety of approaches to the teaching of the Geography curriculum. Elizabeth
has been a Panel member, a sessional lecturer in Curriculum at Griffith University and is currently studying
her Masters in Education at the University of Queensland.
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Michael Papageorgiou, Director, Arkadia Urban Planning
Mr Papageorgiou’s current role is principal of a town planning consultancy, providing advice and guidance
on urban planning strategies and the development of effective planning instruments. He has also
commenced a part time appointment as the foundation “Planner in Residence” in the School of Civil
Engineering and the Built Environment at QUT until December 2013. He was previously Executive Director,
Planning Policy with Growth Management Queensland in the State Government planning department. His
key responsibilities related to the development and implementation of urban and regional planning policy
for Queensland, including green space and outdoor recreation strategies, the state planning instruments
review program and climate change planning policy for land use and development. Mr Papageorgiou has
also held the position of Divisional Manager, City Planning and Sustainability, with Brisbane City Council
from 2008 until early 2010, and was Manager City Planning at the same Council since 2004. At Brisbane
City Council he was responsible for city planning, development assessment, economic development, and
natural resources policy. Prior to this, Mr Papageorgiou was with Gold Coast City Council for 8 years, as
Manager Strategic and Environmental Planning. He is a current member of the Queensland Divisional
Committee, Planning Institute Australia (PIA) and is Chair of the PIA Qld Education Committee.
Sally Randall-Simpson
Sally Randall-Simpson has worked in the emergency management field for over 15 years. Based in
Brisbane she is currently National Coordinator - Capacity Development in the Emergency Services program
of Australian Red Cross.
Alex Rossimel
Mary Rowland
Mary Rowland is a secondary science teacher currently working with the Australian Water Association’s
Australian Curriculum Project identifying and promoting quality curriculum resources for teachers and water
educators. Previously, Mary developed water-related curriculum resources and delivered teacher
professional learning for the Queensland Government’s Water: Learn it for life! program.
Greg Sikich
Greg Sikich is a Years 8-12 teacher at Mount Alvernia College, located in Kedron Brisbane. Mount Alvernia College is
Catholic day school for girls founded in the Franciscan tradition. Greg teaches in the Humanities department and is
most enthusiastic about Geography in the Middle School
Mellini Sloan
Mellini Sloan lectures in Urban & Regional Planning at the Queensland University of Technology. Among
other duties, she works with first year students as they commence studies, and researches the use of
active learning tools to foster student engagement with their studies in both “real” and virtual
environments.
Marita Tripp
I am a Geography Publisher at Pearson Australia. I have published the Heinemann Atlas 5 ed
and Geography VELS Level 6. Currently I am lead publisher for Pearson's new geography series for the
Australian Curriculum Geography. Prior to working at Pearson, I was a geography teacher for 10 years; and
have taught from years 7 to 10.
Nola Turner-Jensen
Ms Nola Turner-Jensen is an Aboriginal woman from the Wiradjuri language group on her Mother’s side
and Irish/ English on her Dad’s side. Nola has worked as a Social Worker, Indigenous Early childhood
consultant, business owner and web publisher. She is a published children’s author and owner of
Crackerjack Education (http://www.crackerjackeducation.com.au)
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