GeoLog

Friedrich Barnikel

Friedrich Barnikel works at a high school in Munich, Germany, where he teaches Geography, History and English. In addition, he serves as an Educational Coordinator for Geography for the municipal schools in Munich. In 2003 he obtained his PhD for his studies on natural hazards in the Alps. He has edited several books with teaching units for Geography and numerous papers on natural hazards, spatial orientation and didactics. Since 2002 he is also a member of the Education Committee of EGU.

Bringing scientists and teachers together for the Cape Town GIFT workshop

Bringing scientists and teachers together for the Cape Town GIFT workshop

Many teachers follow path writ by a particular diction, which reads “lifelong learning”. There is no other way, actually, to keep track of all of these fast changing issues and challenges of today’s world, which, in many ways, touch geoscientific topics (climate change, food security, geopolitics, to name but a few). Consequently many teachers are eager to learn from science as much as they can in ...[Read More]