Geography Education Online

COVID-19正在以重要的方式扰乱英国教育。突然转向家庭学习为地理教师和学生带来了独特的挑战，因为该学科的一个组成部分涉及实地考察和第一手调查。在接下来的一年里，大量的GCSE和A级学生将需要准备他们的资格，并以新的和新颖的方式进一步研究。在变化和不确定的时候，地理教师传统上指望他们的专业学科协会，地理协会，支持和领导。GA的地理教育在线（GEO）项目将直接向年轻人提供地理知识和理解方面的支持。它将建立一个免费的专门网站，提供：* 在线指导和辅导，帮助A级和普通中等教育证书地理专业的学生安全、独立地在自己的地方进行高质量的地理实地考察;* 一个“虚拟GA分支”，将大学学者与14至19岁的地理专业学生联系起来，使学生能够进行在线讲座、接触最新的学术知识以及学生与学者之间的对话;* 为准备进一步学习的学生提供在线材料和活动;\* 一个在线论坛，将学生与同龄人联系起来，讨论地理思想和研究;\* 在线和移动的测验和活动，以建立位置和空间知识，作为地理能力基础的一部分。GEO将于2020年夏季上线\。在接下来的几个月里，GEO将发展壮大，为285，000名英国学生中的许多人提供宝贵的支持，这些学生将在2021年参加地理考试，他们的学习经历受到COVID-19的不利影响。该项目将得到英国研究与创新的一部分Innovate UK的支持，并将由地理教师的学科社区GA提供。GA的目的是通过教育促进地理知识和理解。它的期刊、出版物、专业活动、网站以及本地和在线网络为教师提供支持，并分享他们的想法和实践。GA代表地理教师的观点，并在有关地理和教育的公共辩论中发挥主导作用。GEO项目扩展由Innovate UK支持，允许GA与学校合作，根据他们的反馈意见审查和修改我们正在提供的产品，继2020年9月成功推出GEO之后。在项目延期期间，GEO将在其网站上增加更多的高质量内容，以涵盖更多的课程领域，并将增加受欢迎的在线讲座、教程和可供学生下载的教育材料的范围。通过进一步开发网站功能并直接接触学生受众，GEO的参与程度也将大大提高，并为GEO成为未来的自我维持服务做好准备。

COVID-19 is disrupting UK education in significant ways. The sudden shift to home learning creates unique challenges for geography teachers and students, since an integral part of the discipline involves fieldwork and first-hand investigation. Over the coming year, large numbers of GCSE and A level students will need to prepare for their qualifications and for further study in new and novel ways.At times of change and uncertainty, teachers of geography have traditionally looked to their professional subject association, the Geographical Association, for support and leadership. The GA's Geography Education Online (GEO) project will extend support for geographical knowledge and understanding directly to young people. It will create a free, dedicated website, providing:\* online guidance and tutoring for A level and GCSE geography students to conduct high-quality geography fieldwork safely, independently and in their own locality;\* a 'virtual GA Branch' connecting university academics with geography students aged 14-19, enabling online lectures, engagement with up-to-date academic knowledge and dialogue between students and academics;\* online material and activities for students preparing for further study;\* an online forum, to connect students with their peers to discuss geographical ideas and research;\* online and mobile quizzes and activities to build locational and spatial knowledge, as part of the foundation of geographical capability.GEO will go live by the summer of 2020\. Over the following few months, GEO will grow to provide invaluable support to many of the 285,000 UK students, due to take geography examinations in 2021, whose experience of learning is being adversely affected by COVID-19\.The project will be supported by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, and will be delivered by the GA, the subject community for teachers of geography. The GA's purpose is to further geographical knowledge and understanding through education. Its journals, publications, professional events, website and local and online networks support teachers and share their ideas and practice. The GA represents the views of geography teachers and plays a leading role in public debate relating to geography and education.---ADDITIONAL INFORMATION---The GEO project extension, supported by Innovate UK, allows the GA to engage with schools to review and revise our ongoing offering in line with their feedback, following the successful launch of GEO in September 2020. During the project extension, GEO will add further high-quality content to its website, to cover more areas of the curriculum, and will increase the range of popular online lectures, tutorials and downloadable educational materials for students. By further developing the website functionality and reaching out directly to a student audience, the levels of engagement with GEO will also be significantly ramped up and prepare the way for GEO to become a self-sustaining service for the future.