GTE Conference 2023

Geography Teacher Educators Conference 2023

Trinity College Dublin

27th – 29th of January 2023

I have attended quite a few GTE Conferences over the years. Unfortunately I am going to have to prioritise the GA Conference and the Charney Manor Conference this year, but I recommend this event to you, and the venue is a lovely one. 

The GA has helped with the administration of this event, and numerous former GA Presidents have spoken at the event. I've always offered a session when attending over the years, which have included talking about ERASMUS and also the development of my GA Presidents blog.

I've done a couple of events in Dublin over the years including a Google Teachers' Institute and a trip for the Geography of Happiness project with Simon Renshaw.

The GTE brings together researchers, lecturers and teachers involved in research and scholarship in Geography Teacher Education.

The draft programme is below so that you can see rough timings. Conference fee includes all coffees and lunches within Trinity College. 

Well done to the conference team for putting the programme together.

  
Friday 27th January 2023

• 15:30 Welcome and coffee in the Education Department in the Arts Building, TCD – included

• 16:00-17:30 Session A: 6 presentations of 15 minutes

• 17:30-18:30 Keynote 1: Dr Ruth McManus, President of the Geographical Society of Ireland and
Associate Professor in Historical Geography at Dublin City University

• 18:30-20:00: Break

• 20:30 Dinner and networking upstairs at Café Amore, George’s Street – €20 (approximately £17)

• 22:00 Optional pint of Guinness in the Stag’s Head – cost €7 (approximately £5)

• Return to accommodation

Saturday 28th January 2022

• 8:00-9:00 Breakfast at the hotel or elsewhere

• 9:30-11:00 Session: 6 presentations of 15 minutes

• 11:00 Coffee – included

• 11:00-11:45 Session: Lived experiences of Geography in Ireland, from a panel of ITE student geography teachers

• 11:45-12:45 Keynote 2: Zainab Boladale TV presenter on RTÉ, Ireland’s National Broadcaster

• 12:45-13:30 Lunch - included

• 13:30-14:30 Session: 4 presentations of 15 minutes

• 15:00-15:30 Coffee break – included

• 15:30-!6:30 Session: 4 presentations of 15 minutes

• 16:30-18:30 Tour of Trinity College followed by reception in the Department of Geography, Museum

Building hosted by Professor Iris Moeller, Head of Geography

• 18:30 Dinner at the Cedar Tree, St Andrew St, Dublin 2 – cost €30 (approx. £27)

• Return to accommodation

Sunday 29th January 2023

• 8:00-9:00 Breakfast at accommodation

• 9:30-11:00 Session: 6 presentations of 15 minutes

• 11:00 Coffee – included

• 11:30-13:00 Session: 6 presentations of 15 minutes

• 13:00-14:00 Lunch and future plans for GTE – included

• 14:00 Optional trip to the National Museum of Dublin: Antiquities and National Museum of Dublin: Natural History Museum www.museum.ie/en-ie/home All free admission

Conference costs

• Hotel - €120 (approximately £100) per night, includes breakfast

Conference Fee:

Face to face 2 days - £140 or Conference, 3 days – £160, includes coffees and lunches

Online – £60

Accommodation and some meals (and the Guinness) extra.

Booking and more details here.

Image: A pint of Guinness in Dublin, Alan Parkinson, shared under CC license