| Ed.D. (University of Toronto)
Adjunct
Professor of Geography since 1998. Associate Professor, Department and
School of Education, Dalhousie University 1968-95; Chair 1969-72 and
Acting Director 1984-85. Visiting Fellow, Australian National University,
1975; and Visiting Faculty, Gambia College, West Africa 1991.
Chair,
Canadian Council for Geographic Education, 1998-2004
Chair, Education Committee, Canadian Association of Geographers, 1998-2003
Chief Examiner in Geography, International Baccalaureate Organisation,
1996-2001
Australian-born
Stuart Semple completed his undergraduate studies in geography at the
University of Sydney and his graduate work at the University of Toronto.
The year 2010 marks his fifty-fourth year of teaching geography and geographical
education, and training geography teachers, in a career that has spanned
all levels from grade 7 to university graduate courses.
He has received three national awards for his work: 1997-Excellence in Teaching (Canadian Association of Geographers); 2007-Camsell Medal (Royal Canadian Geographical Society); and 2010-Canadian Geographic Literacy (Canadian Council for Geographic Education). In addition, a fourth award, to be given annually, has been named for him by the Atlantic Division of the Canadian Geographers, in recognition of his work in the region. His international work in
geography has centred on his appointment as Chief Examiner in Geography
for the International Baccalaureate Organisation, 1996-2001. In that
capacity, he has overseen the making of a curriculum that is offered
in more than 100 countries, the setting of examinations on that curriculum,
and the training of teachers to teach geography at the rigorous standard
required by the IB. He has been privileged to train those teachers on
the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro as well as in Europe, the UK, and North
America
He is always
keen to share with others the potential of geography for helping us
understand the world around us. For that reason, he especially enjoys
working with students who are new to geography and taking it either
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Semple, Stuart, 2001. "The Non-Geographer: overlooked but not forgotten,"
Journal of
Geography in Higher Education, 25(2),
2001, 261-67.
Semple, Stuart, 2004. "School Geography in Canada," chapter
24 in Kent, W. A., Rawling, E.
and Robinson, A, Geographical Education:
Expanding Horizons in a Shrinking World.
International Geographical Union, Glasgow,
in partnership with the Scottish Association of
Geography Teachers, pp.173-176.
Semple,
Stuart, 2004. "What Makes Places and Landscapes Different from
One Another and
Why Is This Important in a Shrinking and
Globalised World?" Proceedings, International
Geographical Union, Commission on Geographical
Education, Glasgow, pp.408-412.
Semple.
Stuart, 2005. 'Reflections on Geography: The Worst Taught Subject? A
View from
Canada' in International Research in
Geographical and Environmental Education, 14 (1),
77-79.
Semple,
Stuart, with T. Dickson Mansfield, 2006. 'Contemporary School Geography
in Canada.'
in Geographical Education in a Changing World: Past Experience, Present Trends and Future
Challenges, Ed. M. Williams. Dordrecht: Springer, The GeoJournal Library No.81, 107
-126, for the International Geographical Union, Commission on Geographical
Education, Brisbane.
Semple, Stuart and Elizabeth Dawson (2008). “Geography in the International Baccalaureate.”
Journal of Geography, 107 (4-5), pp. 198-201.
Semple, Stuart (2009). “Geography in the International Baccalaureate: An Update.” Journal of
Geography, 108 (1), pp. 37-38.
Semple, Stuart (2009). “The New IB Geography Syllabus.” Geographische Rundschau
International Edition, 5 (4), pp.62-65
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