Title: From Hawaii to Glasgow: The International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT) Five Years On
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines and reflects on the activities of the International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education (INLT) from its founding at the Association of American Geographers' Annual Conference in Hawaii in 1999 to the post-International Geographical Congress workshop in Glasgow five years later. It provides a context and introduction to the following six papers, which resulted from the Glasgow workshop. It is suggested that, despite some of the proposals in Hawaii proving over-ambitious, several other projects have emerged and the INLT continues largely to meet the goals and purposes set out in 1999. Although the desire of the INLT to move beyond its Anglo-American and Australasian origins largely remains a challenge to be met, the INLT has established itself as a valuable forum for the geography higher education community to identify and reflect on similarities and differences in national practices, to engage in debate virtually and face-to-face on issues concerned with learning and teaching, and to bring geographers from different countries to work together on educational projects. Keywords: International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher EducationINLTdiscipline-based networkscholarship of teaching and learningcommunity of practicecollaborative projects Acknowledgements The author is very grateful to all those who have participated in the activities of the INLT over the last five years and particularly those who were involved in person or at a distance in the INLT Glasgow 2004 workshop. Special mention should be made of Iain Hay, Ruth Healey and Eric Pawson for their comments on an earlier version of this paper. Notes 1 The website subsequently moved to the University of Colorado. This site has now been archived. Current information on the INLT, along with copies of past Newsletters, may be found on the INLT Web pages on the Geography Discipline Network site at the University of Gloucestershire (see Table 1). The site for the INLT pages is due to move to the University of Canterbury, New Zealand by early 2006. 2 The Glasgow INLT workshop was organized by Mick Healey (INLT), Brian Chalkley (GEES), Martin Haigh (JGHE) and Pauline Kneale (RGS-IBG HERG). Steve Gaskin (GEES) was the pre-conference manager and Ruth Healey managed the event itself. Mike Sanders (GEES) designed the workshop web pages and managed the web discussion. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of GEES and JGHE. 3 As the titles of the following papers indicate these topics were interpreted by each group. 4 An exact figure is not possible because approximately 5 per cent of INLT members use non-country-specific email addresses, such as hotmail.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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