Hot deserts: creative approaches to teaching and learning
Course overview
This course will use current research in higher education to update your knowledge of the basic theories, concepts and processes of hot desert environments.
After discussing different interpretations of hot deserts, revision of key aspects will include: causes of aridity; geomorphological processes (wind and water); resultant landforms; and the implications of these environments for people living within their margins.
The course will cover a range of teaching and learning activities, including interactive presentations, audio-visual material and hands-on group activities that will allow you to apply existing and new knowledge/understanding of hot deserts through enquiry and discussion.
The day will help you to support students in studying hot deserts. It will also allow you to reflect upon and to reconsider how you represent hot deserts and the challenges such environments may face in the future.
We are no longer taking bookings for this course.
Who is this course for?
Secondary geography teachers who currently teach or are considering teaching hot deserts at GCSE or A-level
Course date and location
We are no longer taking bookings for this course.
Aims and outcomes
By the end of the day you will have:
- Enthusiasm for teaching about hot deserts
- Appreciation of alternative representations of hot deserts
- Updated subject knowledge
- New case studies
- A range of creative teaching and learning approaches
- A rich and varied resource pack
Course programme
The course will run from 09.00 to 16.00. Full programme details will be added soon.
Presenter
Dr Jenny Hill, geography lecturer, researcher and writer and Mark Jones, geography teacher educator, University of the West of England.
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Got a question about this course?
Contact the GA's Events Manager Lucy Oxley (0114 296 0088) who will be happy to help.
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