GA Annual Conference 2026

The session will begin with a brief introduction to character education and its connection to enhancing geographical understanding, drawing on findings from my MA research in Character Education. This will be followed by a review of how my department has selected and mapped character traits within our geography schemes of work. Attendees will participate in a short group activity to discuss and prioritise character traits and begin matching them to topics in their current schemes of work. Next, there will be an overview of practical classroom strategies for building character through geography. Participants will have the opportunity to trial some strategies in small groups and use stimulus materials to explore how these strategies could be applied in other areas of the geography curriculum. The session will close with attendees sharing some of the ideas they plan to use to embed character in their own teaching.