ABSTRACT

Mentoring Geography Teachers in the Secondary School supports both new and experienced mentors in developing their knowledge and skills in mentoring in geography education. Within the book, chapter authors critically consider how mentoring has been conceptualised and represented in policy and academic debate, as well as examining how mentoring in geography education has been experienced and perceived in practice.

Chapters in the book explore a range of perspectives, experiences and aspects of mentoring geography teachers, including:

• Critical engagement with educational policy and practice

• Perspectives from beginning geography teachers

• Mentoring as a professional development opportunity

• The value of engaging with the geography education community in teacher education

• How mentoring meetings and conversations can support beginning geography teachers in their growth and development

This book is a vital source of support and inspiration for all those involved in developing the next generation of geography teachers. The themes of justice, agency and voice - raised and engaged with implicitly and explicitly throughout this edited collection - are of critical importance to mentors, beginning teachers and geography education more broadly in developing and enacting a progressive vision of mentoring.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

Mentoring matters in and for geography education
ByNicola Walshe, Grace Healy, Steve Puttick, Lauren Hammond

part Section 1|45 pages

Mentoring in geography education

chapter 2|18 pages

Navigating the policy landscape

Conceptualising subject-specialist mentoring within and beyond policy
ByGrace Healy, Nicola Walshe

chapter 3|11 pages

Mentoring as a spatial practice

ByClare Brooks

chapter 4|14 pages

What sort of mentoring for what sort of geography education?

ByJohn Morgan

part Section 2|78 pages

Perspectives and experiences in geography mentoring

chapter 5|16 pages

Working with the complexity of professional practice and development

ByPhil Wood, Aimee Quickfall

chapter 6|13 pages

Mentoring as a professional development opportunity

ByRichard Bustin

chapter 7|14 pages

Mentoring that makes a difference

Perspectives from beginning geography teachers
ByGemma Collins

chapter 8|17 pages

Mentoring within the geography subject community

ByAlan Kinder

part Section 3|105 pages

Being a geography mentor

chapter 11|17 pages

Planning in geography education

A conversation between university-based tutors and school-based mentors in Initial Teacher Education
ByFaizaan Ahmed, Lauren Hammond, Sara-Anne Nichols, Steve Puttick, Amy Searle

chapter 14|16 pages

Educative mentoring

A key to professional learning for geography teachers and mentors
ByMaria Palombo, Caroline Daly

chapter 15|16 pages

Well-being

Theory and practice for beginning geography teachers
ByEmma Clarke, Aimee Quickfall, Shaun Thompson

part Section 4|11 pages

Conclusion

chapter 16|9 pages

Mentoring matters

Contributing to a more just tomorrow in geography education
ByLauren Hammond, Steve Puttick, Nicola Walshe, Grace Healy