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- Title
The Australian Geography Teachers' Association: A Review.
- Authors
Biddle, Don
- Abstract
This article consists of five sections: the first considers the educational environment in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which alerted geography teachers to support their discipline as an essential component in the secondary school curriculum; the second traces the events leading to the foundation of AGTA between 1962 and 1971; the third discusses the period of consolidation when all State Associations and the New Zealand Board of Geography Teachers became affiliated with AGTA from 1972 to 1984, and its growth nationally and internationally; the fourth period 1985-2006 refers to changes in the format and objectives of Geographical Education, the development of administrative structures appropriate for a large organisation, the increase of publications sponsored by AGTA, the limiting of financial liabilities for members, the success of the biennial national conferences, and the strengthening of relationships with national and international educational institutions. A conclusion summarises significant influences.
- Subjects
GEOGRAPHY teachers; TEACHER organizations; PUBLICATIONS; CONFERENCES &; conventions; INTERORGANIZATIONAL relations
- Publication
Geographical Education, 2006, Vol 19, p13
- ISSN
0085-0969
- Publication type
Article