New in the library

Oxfam in Exeter had this yesterday so I had to purchase it.

A bit bulky for the luggage and return trip home, but had to get it as it features essays from at least nine former GA Presidents, all of them experts in the area they are writing about.

It also has an essay from Joy Tivy, Professor of Biogeography at Glasgow University.

Joy Tivy

Updated July 2023

In 2013, I was delighted to receive the Joy Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Assocation for Geography Teachers, presented to me by Professor Iain Stewart.
A more recent winner of the award was the late Sir Ken Robinson.



It is awarded for exemplary, outstanding and inspirational teaching, educational policy or work in formal and informal educational arenas. 

Joy Tivy after whom the medal is named, is a name that has cropped up several times during the production of this blog.
From her Wikipedia page, shared under CC license

Joy Tivy was a 20th century Irish physical geographer at the University of Glasgow. 

She specialised in biogeography and has been credited for having helped raise the profile of biogeography as a distinct sub-discipline of geography. She published over 40 papers, books and reports and she was often asked to advise government agencies and other organisations.

She was a strong advocate of the importance of field studies for providing essential skills for geography graduates.

Her capacity as a teacher was as highly regarded as her research — she was known to be enthusiastic and engaging to a wide range of audiences - a medal has been created by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in honour of her commitment to Geographical Education and Teaching.

She was the co-author of a book which I used during the early part of my teaching career when teaching 'A' level Geography. It is shown here. Some of you may recognise it. It's a classic, which helped biogeography become more recognised.

References

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Tivy
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/joy-tivy/

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UI7020CCNsoC&lpg=PA7&ots=NHbnZgpoRx&dq=the%20british%20isles%20ogilvie%201928&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q&f=false - Human Geography in the UK.

https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH4034&type=P - University of Glasgow page