GA Conference and Exhibition 2025

This session presents the findings of my MA research paper which explores the role of Initial Teacher Education in supporting teachers to decolonise geography. The presentation provides a review of recent literature and decolonial efforts in geography, outlines a vision of a transformative decolonial geography for building global solidarity, and explores the role of Initial Teacher Education in supporting student teachers in engaging in this work. The theoretical framework for decolonising geography explores how teachers can foster solidarity between those in the classroom and the oppressed, supporting children to become more connected to the world around them.

This session is for those engaged in teacher education, and early career and more established geography teachers. It offers teachers insights into recent efforts to decolonise efforts, and an ambitious perspective for decolonising the subject in their lessons. It offers teacher educators insight into current efforts to support teachers with this work, and to consider the role they play in connecting with schools to decolonising geography.