Paul 🌍
@ploguey.bsky.social
Head of Geography and Teaching & Learning Leader, founder of @GeogChat, NPQSL 22-24, Staff Governor 🔗 https://geogpaul.wordpress.com
We typically go for articles as the wider application these days. Geography review is also good.
September 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We typically go for articles as the wider application these days. Geography review is also good.
Thank you for coming Alice! And right back you to you and Alex. That was such a well needed insight into Detroit.
April 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thank you for coming Alice! And right back you to you and Alex. That was such a well needed insight into Detroit.
I have also added in this piece on the controversy in Bristol over consultation plans to reduce bin services and the public response.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Makes me better that it's going to be a little more engaging and relevant to students this year! 2/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Makes me better that it's going to be a little more engaging and relevant to students this year! 2/2
https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
March 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have also added in this piece on the controversy in Bristol over consultation plans to reduce bin services and the public response.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Makes me better that it's going to be a little more engaging and relevant to students this year! 2/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Makes me better that it's going to be a little more engaging and relevant to students this year! 2/2
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February 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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One of the questions in their investigation was on the impact of the pandemic on the high street- they started their theory using your work geogramblings.com/2020/03/31/t...
The ‘Downward Spiral’ and the Coronavirus
How the coronavirus pandemic is causing a ‘downward spiral’ in local ecomonies and what we can do about it.
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February 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of the questions in their investigation was on the impact of the pandemic on the high street- they started their theory using your work geogramblings.com/2020/03/31/t...
A shoutout to the work of the Decolonising Geography collective in producing this fantastic resource on Niger, which all students have now read: decolonisegeography.com/resources/ni...
Niger and globalisation - Decolonising Geography
Decolonising Geography challenges the reproduction of colonial practices of knowledge in our classrooms. It contributes to developing curricula that challenge ‘universal truths’ and objective knowledg...
decolonisegeography.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A shoutout to the work of the Decolonising Geography collective in producing this fantastic resource on Niger, which all students have now read: decolonisegeography.com/resources/ni...
So we now have a couple of examples for each: North Korea as a country switched off to globalisation from a political & economic perspective and the role of colonialism and other factors in creating a detachment from globalisation for locations within countries, such as Niger.
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
So we now have a couple of examples for each: North Korea as a country switched off to globalisation from a political & economic perspective and the role of colonialism and other factors in creating a detachment from globalisation for locations within countries, such as Niger.
This is how we differentiate between the two terms.
Even on reflection, I can see how embargoes could be perceived as 'detached from' as they can sometimes be short-term and isolate countries from certain, but not all, globalisation flows.
Even on reflection, I can see how embargoes could be perceived as 'detached from' as they can sometimes be short-term and isolate countries from certain, but not all, globalisation flows.
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
This is how we differentiate between the two terms.
Even on reflection, I can see how embargoes could be perceived as 'detached from' as they can sometimes be short-term and isolate countries from certain, but not all, globalisation flows.
Even on reflection, I can see how embargoes could be perceived as 'detached from' as they can sometimes be short-term and isolate countries from certain, but not all, globalisation flows.
Oracy is a strength of my department so my students engaged with it well, giving some good insights into differences in the wordplay and coming up with some clear examples of places that could be perceived as 'switched off' and 'detached from'.
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Oracy is a strength of my department so my students engaged with it well, giving some good insights into differences in the wordplay and coming up with some clear examples of places that could be perceived as 'switched off' and 'detached from'.
I still like the term 'switched off' because of its application to many aspects of the spec, and, honestly, I have been teaching that terminology for over a decade now, so I will be unlikely to make an immediate swap, so I had my classes discuss the differences between the terms
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM
I still like the term 'switched off' because of its application to many aspects of the spec, and, honestly, I have been teaching that terminology for over a decade now, so I will be unlikely to make an immediate swap, so I had my classes discuss the differences between the terms