CHALLENGING GEOGRAPHY - A PERSONAL VIEW

This article begins by exploring the links between the University of L ondon Institute of Education, the Geographical Association and geograp hy education. The author then considers why he has found geography so challenging and focuses on three 'places of meaning' for him, and for each case a particular people-environment issue is described. First, f or Blackpool, it is the issue of sand extraction; second, for west Lon don, the development of the Ealing Broadway Centre; and third, for Sed bergh it is the construction of a golf course. A number of challenges faced by geography are then discussed: image; communication between ge ographers; keeping up-to-date; and professional development. The artic le concludes by considering some of the challenges faced by the Geogra phical Association.