Guidelines of the IGU-CGE

The IGU Commission on Geographical Education functions under these guidelines: Guidelines for Commissions and Study Groups (PDF)

Aims of the IGU-CGE

The IGU Commission on Geographical Education has set the following aims:

  • To implement the purposes of the International Geographical Union as defined in its statutes to promote geographical education around the world.
  • To enhance the place of geographical education in school, higher, vocational and community education, to develop higher international standards in geographical education, and to improve its status, role and image in school and university education, by disseminating the International Charter on Geographical Education and the International Declaration on Geographical Education for Cultural Diversity.
  • To develop an international research culture to conduct both local and cross-cultural investigations into issues of concern in geographical education.
  • To investigate and develop environmental education and education for development.
  • To investigate ways technology can enhance geographical education.
  • To develop the www-site of the Commission with internet standards and with refereed material.
  • To collaborate with other IGU Commissions to produce high quality teaching and learning materials incorporating research-based pedagogy.
  • To develop the capacity for citizens in all countries to increase awareness of geographical education as an important medium for promoting an active and informed citizenry and a more fulfilling life.
  • To improve communication amongst geographical educators across the world to enhance the Commission on Geographical Education as a community of scholars, and to promote and contribute to the scholarship of teaching in geographical education at all levels.

 
Commission Members
Chair

Professor Lex Chalmers
The University of Waikato
Department of Geography
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton New Zealand
Tel: +64 7 838 4436
Fax: +64 7 838 4633
E-mail: lex@waikato.ac.nz
   
Executive Secretary

Dr Margaret Robertson
Associate Dean Research
Faculty of Education
LaTrobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3086
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9479 5616
Fax: +61 3 9479 3070
Email: M.Robertson@latrobe.edu.au
Brisbane Symposium Convener and
Editor, IRGEE

Associate Professor John Lidstone
Faculty of Education
Queensland University of Technology
Victoria Park Road
Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Queensland 4059
Australia
Email: j.lidstone@qut.edu.au
Vice-Chair

Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz
Department of Geography
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3147
United States
Tel: 979 845 1579
Fax: 979 862 4487
Email: s-bednarz@tamu.edu
    Chair, Olympiad Committee

Associate Professor Joop van der Schee
Centre for Educational Training, Assessment and Research
Free University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105,1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Email:j.vanderschee@ond.vu.nl
Fax +31 20 5989250


Members of 2004-2008 Commission
   

Wang Min
Professor of Geography
Beijing Normal University
No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street
Beijing 100875
People's Republic of China
Tel: 86 10 62206307
Fax: 86 10 58836093
Email: wangmin@bnu.edu.cn
   
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Reinfried
Department of Geography 
Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland Lucerne
Museggstrasse 37
6004 Luzern, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)41 228 70 34
Home: +41 (0)44 382 27 87
Email: sibylle.reinfried@phz.ch
Yoshiyasu Ida
Doctoral Program in School Education, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences,(Institute of Education)
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8572
Japan
Tel/Fax:+81-29-853-6731
Email: ida@human.tsukuba.ac.jp
    • Vladimir A. Gorbanyov
Ass. Prof.;Lecturer
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)  of  Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MGIMO (U)  MID RF),  Dep. of World Economy
MGIMO-MO, 76, Prospect Vernadskogo,  119454 Moscow, Russia
Tel/Fax:  + 7. 095. 334.1537
E-mail: gorbanyov@is-net.ru   
E-mail: mirec@mgimo.ru   
• Manuela Ferreira
Universidade Aberta
Rua da Escoloa Politecnica, 147
1250 Liboa, PORTUGAL
Tel: + 351 13972334; Fax: + 351 13969293
e-mail: Manuelaf@univ-ab.pt

    Ashley Kent
Institute of Education
University of London
20 Bedford Way
London WC1HOAL, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 44 02076126437; Fax: + 44 02076126456
e-mail: a.kent@ioe.ac.uk

Tammy Kwan
Faculty of Education
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, HONG KONG
Tel: +852 28592792; Fax: 852 28585649
e-mail: tylkwan@hkucc.hku.hk
   


Christine Lee
Department of Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group
National Institute of Education
1 Nanyang Walk, SINGAPORE 637616
Tel: +65 7903427; Fax; +65 8969135
e-mail: clee@nie.edu.sg


Lea Houtsonen
Counsellor of Education
Finnish National Board of Education
P.O.Box 380
FIN-00531 Helsinki, FINLAND
Tel. +358-9-7747 7280; Fax. +358-9-7747 7335
Docent, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki
e-mail: lea.houtsonen@oph.fi
   
   
 

2004 IGU
Commission on
Geographical Education