GA Conference Report 15 - STARS programme

I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Boehm from the USA during the morning. Thanks to Mary Biddulph for the introduction.

Dick told me about the STARS programme. This is aimed at developing teachers in the USA, but has some scope to be used in the UK too.

The website is at GOTEACH.


You can find out more about the programme by visiting the website.
I liked the video materials and supporting resources for both Teachers and Students on the following themes so far:

  • Globalisation
  • Watersheds
  • Agriculture and Water



Many students of geography assert that there is no subject that has done more to broaden their intellectual outlook and to deepen their appreciation of nature and life generally than has the study of geography.”
—William James Sutherland, from The Teaching of Geography


We chatted about a few possibilities for developing something together in the future. We need to do more to connect educators across the Atlantic...

“Geography is the study of people, places, and environments, and how they interact. Good geography in our schools, however, requires good geography teachers.”—Dick Boehm

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