GG Teacher : Dr. Richard Bustin from Lancing College in Southern England, UK

 

Richard Bustin  has worked in a number of schools as a geography teacher, head of department and most recent Deputy Head Academic. Now he is teaching at Lancing College as Head of Geography  and head of Innovation & Pedagogy. 

Lancing College is a public school (English private boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18 in southern England, UK. The school is located in West Sussex, east of Worthing near the village of Lancing, on the south coast of England. Lancing was founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. The college is situated on a hill which is part of the South Downs, and the campus dominates the local landscape. The college overlooks the River Adur, and the Ladywell Stream, a holy well or sacred stream within the College grounds, has pre-Christian significance.  Lancing is one of the best schools in the UK in many ways. Lancing College | Boarding and Day School 

He is an award winning writer on geography education. His book, Geography Education's potential and the capability approach: GeoCapabilities and Schools is based on his Doctoral research into the school curriculum. This book won the Publishers award from the Geographical Association; he has twice won the 'award for excellence in leading geography' for academic articles in the Geographical Association's journals.

He sits on the editorial board of Teaching Geography journal and is a fellow and chartered geographer of the Royal Geographical Society. Prof. Kim and Dr. Bustin joined the event to celebrate the 50 years of Teaching Geography Journal.

 Dr. Bustin would like to find some chance to do on-line exchange between Korean students and his students in UK to prepare for the World Environment Day event.