THE CAMPAIGN FOR GEOGRAPHY IN EDUCATION - THE WORK-OF-THE-GEOGRAPHICAL-ASSOCIATION 1893-1993

The beginnings of the Geographical Association are described, while no ting their relationships to the broader development of geography teach ing in the late nineteenth century. The key role of Herbertson in the development of the Association before the First World War is stressed, not least in the initiation of its journal The Geographical Teacher. During the inter-war period wide recognition of both the subject and t he GA was achieved under the leadership of Fleure, and the Association continued to grow in the post-war period.from its new Sheffield base. In the 1970s and the 1980s new journals were added, and the Associati on played a major part in the debate over the National Curriculum, whi le continuing to fulfil its twin roles in promoting the academic study of geography and developing geography teaching.