Editing Geographical Association (section)

==Origins==
The Geographical Association was formed by five geographers, including [[Halford John Mackinder]], in 1893 as an independent, unincorporated association. The first members got together to use and exchange [[magic lantern|lantern slides]], a leading technology of the day. The history of the first hundred years of the GA was published in 1993 <ref>{{cite book| last =Balchin | first = W.J.V | title =The Geographical Association: the first hundred years | publisher =GA | date =1993 | location =Sheffield }}</ref> and a more recently a chronological list of key people, events and achievements of the association up to the present day has been produced.

The current purpose remains the development of a community of practice for sharing teaching ideas, innovations and understanding about geographical education, but the GA  also serves as a voice for and represents the interests of geography teachers in policy and practice initiatives through engagement with government.<ref>Joseph, K., 1985. Geography in the school curriculum. Geography, pp.290-297.</ref><ref>Bailey, P., 1989. A place in the sun: the role of the Geographical Association in establishing geography in the national curriculum of England and Wales, 1975–89. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 13(2), pp.149-157</ref><ref>Walford, R. and Williams, M., 1985. Geography and the school curriculum: the recent role of the Geographical Association. Area, 17(4), pp.317-321</ref><ref>Rawling, Eleanor M. "The politics and practicalities of curriculum change 1991-2000: Issues arising from a study of school geography in England." British Journal of Educational Studies 49, no. 2 (2001): 137-158</ref><ref>Lambert, D. and Hopkin, J., 2014. A possibilist analysis of the geography national curriculum in England. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 23(1), pp.64-78</ref>