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From 9–11 April 2015 we welcomed more than 750 delegates from all over the world to take part in a range of lectures, workshops, field visits and social events and find out about the latest ideas, resources and support in primary and secondary geography.
Find out which publishers, schools and individuals won GA Awards at the 2015 event.
We have a fantastic set of Conference photographs courtesy of Bryan Ledgard. View a selection on Flickr.
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Link to Paul Turner presentation
Session downloads
PowerPoint Presentations and workshop handouts for many of the sessions at the 2015 Annual Conference are available to download below. Please note that some materials may have had images removed for copyright reasons.
Material will continue to be uploaded in this area over the following weeks.
Lectures
Workshops
Field Visits
Research Papers
Forums
Student/NQT Event
Teacher to Teacher
Debate
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Lectures
Keynote Address – The geography of elections: will the 40 years of voting polarisation continue in May 2015?
All KS
Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, The Oxford University
Quantitative geographers like to study elections because they generate so many numbers. No single number can summarise an election, but the simple segregation index of Conservative voters does tell an interesting tale, having fallen for most of the last century, but risen rapidly since 1974. In 2010 it almost surpassed its 1918 maxima, resulting in such a concentrated set of Conservative votes that, despite gaining the most votes, the party did not win enough seats to form a government. Will it grow higher still in 2015? If you are trying to interest students in why they should use statistics in human geography, they need simple examples and a good reason. This session tells the tale of one such example and sets it in a wider story of geographical change in the UK.
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Download: Voting segregation graph (includes 2015 election) (PDF)
Lecture Plus 1 – What geographical knowledge might Early Years/primary teachers have?
EY-KS3
Professor Simon Catling, Emeritus Professor of Primary Education, Oxford Brookes University
This session considers the nature and role of Early Years/primary teachers’ geographical knowledge and understanding. What is it reasonable (and possible) to expect, given limited initial and in-service teacher education, especially in relation to ‘primary practices’ and notions of a knowledge-led curriculum? The session is intended to provoke discussion relevant to these questions.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 2 – The impact of 2013–14 storms on coastal geomorphology in south-west England
KS4-P16
Professor Gerd Masselink, Professor in Coastal Geomorphology, Associate Head of School (Marine Science), University of Plymouth
During the winter of 2013–14, the south-west coast of England experienced an unprecedented sequence of exceptionally energetic wave conditions, leading to extensive losses of sand from beaches, overwashing of gravel barriers, coastal dune erosion and cliff collapse. This session will describe and discuss the impacts of this stormy period and address the question: ‘where has our beach gone?’
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture Plus 3 – The Global Learning Programme: what impact can it have?
KS2-3
Dr Paula Owens, Curriculum Development Leader, Geographical Association and Steve Brace, Head of Education, RGS-IBG
What impact is the Global Learning Programme(GLP) having on schools’ practice and how do we know? Find out what schools have already achieved and what they have planned as their next steps; how to be involved, and some reasons why you should be. The session will also provide an overview of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and the challenges that still remain.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 4 – Using the IPCC’s climate change data in geography classrooms
KS3-P16
James Riley, Head of Geography, The Perse School,Cambridge, and Charlotte Woolliscroft, Teacher of Geography, Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby
This session will provide an overview of the Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest Assessment Report (2014), as well as information about the history and role of the IPCC, a summary of the main IPCC findings, and ideas for incorporating findings into your key stage 3 to post-16 geography teaching and learning.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Download: Handout (PDF)
Lecture 6 – The impact of the ordinary: the story of a geography department
KS3-P16
Claire Kyndt, Head of Geography and Alan Parkinson, Teacher of Geography, The King’s School, Ely
This session will share scenes from ‘an average year’ to show how, day in day out, teachers make an impact both in and beyond the classroom. Student work, ideas and resources will be shared to illustrate how simple ideas and resources can support the personal development of both students and teachers
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 8 – Digitally publishing your resources
KS2-P16
Richard Allaway, Technology for Learning Coordinator and Ellena Beckham, Head of Individuals and Societies, IS Geneva – Campus des Nations, Switzerland
Digitally publishing your resources can increase their impact. Reviewing and editing digital resources helps case studies, ideas and concepts stay fresh and focused. This session will outline how to easily publish your digital resources. Focusing on free approaches we will explore ideas of different scales – from simple ‘landing pages’, through eBooks to more developed websites, and some steps in-between
Sponsored by Geography All The Way
Download: Resources (External Website)
Lecture 10 – The rise of the city-region as a geopolitical concept
KS4-P16
Professor Kevin Morgan, Professor of Governance and Development, University of Cardiff
Cities are portrayed as ‘engines of growth’ for their regions and national economies. However, we are not really witnessing a ‘triumph of the city’ but the rise of the city-region, a territorial formation in which city governments are seeking to reconnect with their regional hinterlands and trans-local communities. While economic factors may bring urban politicians to the city-region table, this session will argue that it is mostly non-economic factors that keep them there.
Presented on behalf of Welsh Special Interest Group
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 14 – Geographical perspectives on development after the MDGs
P16
Professor Katie Willis, Professor of Human Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)agenda comes to an end in 2015. This session will provide an overview of geographical perspectives on the MDGs and the emerging post-2015 development agenda. It will focus on development definitions, inequality at a range of scales and changing forms of international development co-operation.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 19 – Making an impact with fieldwork expeditions
KS4-P16
Paul Baker, Chair, GA Independent Schools Special Interest Group
This session will focus on fieldwork at GCSE and post-16, considering how it can impact on students’ knowledge and understanding for exams, increase excitement about the subject and provide a lever to help keep geography numbers buoyant in schools.
Presented by GA Independent Schools Special Interest Group
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 20 – The new OCR geography GCSE and A level specifications
KS4-P16
Mark Smith, Abigail Carter and Shelley Monk, OCR Geography Subject Specialists
The OCR Geography Subject Specialist team introduce their new range of geography GCSE and A level specifications for first teaching in September 2016. Abi, Mark and Shelley will discuss the new content, assessment structures and support and resources on offer before giving you the opportunity to ask questions.
Sponsored by OCR
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Lecture 24 – The Gulf of Mexico oil spill: five years on
P16
Ryan Bate, Teacher of Geography and Sociology, Bridgewater High School, Warrington
Five years on, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico still provides an excellent case study. This session will summarise not only the environmental impacts, but also the economic, social and political aspects of energy production. It will also address questions around the Gulf Coast’s recovery since the disaster.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Student/NQT Lecture – Back to the future –reinventing the curriculum in a digital age
All KS
Dr David Leat, Professor of Curriculum Innovation, University of Newcastle
Since the introduction of a National Curriculum, the skills of curriculum development have been fading. Despite this, and the shadow of targets, some schools are re-examining their curriculum and asking what we want students to be like when they leave education. This session will examine some of the emerging possibilities for curriculum development, such as Sugata Mitra’s Self Organised Learning Environments (SOLES), Community Curriculum Making and Open Badges.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
University of Manchester Lecture Series – Deprived Neighbourhoods and Spatial Inequalities in England
Ruth Lupton, Professor of Education, The University of Manchester
This session will look at recent trends in the spatial distribution of poverty and other social and economic outcomes in England, particularly within large cities. Has poverty become more or less evenly distributed during growth, recession and recovery? Are our cities becoming more spatially segregated or more polarised? What has been driving those trends?
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Workshops
Workshop 2 – Digital Earth: for innovative learning
KS2-P16
Karl Donert, President, European Association of Geographers
This bring-your-own-device session will examine some Digital Earth tools now available for learning and teaching. Based on the work of the digital-earth.eu project that examined 3000+ resources suitable for classroom use, it offers hands-on opportunities for participants to try them out on their own tablet, laptop or smartphone. The link below takes you to the workshop presentation and materials.
Link: Digital Earth Workshop
Workshop 4 – Using hinge questions to highlight student misconceptions
KS3-P16
Simon Renshaw, Member, Secondary Phase Committee
Hinge questions are a powerful AfL strategy that can be deployed to highlight student misconceptions. In this session delegates will explore the methodology behind hinge questions, create examples of hinge questions that can be deployed in the geography classroom and investigate the use of Quick Key to assist the marking and analysis of student responses used.
Presented by GA Secondary Phase Committee
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Download: Hinge Question Examples (PPT)
Download: Hinge Resource (Word)
Download: Mountains Follow Up (Word)
Download: Workshop Challenge (Word)
Download: Mountains Quick Key (Word)
Workshop 5 – Teaching geography in a digital world
KS3-P16
Paul Turner, Teacher of Geography, Sevenoaks School, Kent
The continued speed at which technology has developed can often be difficult to comprehend. As a result, many teachers struggle to keep up with and make the most of the available opportunities. This session will focus on developing teachers’ understanding of some of the most up-to-date, free, web-based resources, such as API’s and Google Fusion Tables.
Link: Presentation (Google Docs)
Workshop 9 – Geography in year 6: where, what, when and how?
KS1-2
Joyce Hallam, Headteacher and class teacher, Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School, Hawkshead
Do pupils see themselves as geographers by the time they leave primary school? What do they think geography is? Does it cross boundaries into other subjects? If so, which ones and where? Should we call it geography if it is part of ‘sustainability and global learning’ or P4C? How can we identify possible opportunities for geographical input when we plan a unit of study at the primary level?
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Workshop 10 – Geography, science and fieldwork: learning to make an impact
KS2-3
John Lyon, Programme Manager, and Paula Owens, Primary Curriculum Development Leader, Geographical Association, and Marianne Cutler, Director Curriculum Innovation, Association for Science Education
How does the synergy between geography and science enhance fieldwork? How does active learning out of doors deepen understanding in both subjects? What does this look like across key stages 2 and 3? This practical session is a collaboration between the GA, the ASE and you! Come along and join our enquiry.
In partnership with Association for Science Education
Download: Presentation
Download: Location Detectives (PDF)
Workshop 11 – discover-geography.com: your free resources website
KS3-P16
Simon Ross, Head of Geography, Queen’s College, Taunton
Find out how to make the most from a selection of innovative and creative free resources, including a range of teaching materials on key geographical themes using case studies from Iceland, Norway, the Azores and China. Don’t forget to collect your free classroom volcano poster!
Download: Presentation about Azores resources (PPT)
Workshop 18 – Making an impact as a geography leader
KS3-P16
Beth Harries, Head of Geography, Penryn College, Cornwall
Develop a range of practical strategies and resources to take your department forward. You will leave with ideas for evaluating and leading the development of your department. This session will be relevant for current and aspiring Heads of Department, as well as sole teacher departments.
Presented by GA Secondary Phase Committee
Download: Workshop material – GCSE grade analysis (XLS)
Download: Workshop material – KS3 grade analysis (XLS)
Workshop 21 – Geography games: revision, relevance and real life
KS3-4
Jo Debens, Head of Humanities, Geography Lead, Eggar’s School, Alton
How can games enhance learning? How can we be creative in GCSE lessons without losing the integrity? How can real-world literacy be embedded? This session shares tips and tools for revision games, ‘messy learning’ and embedding literacy as well as tying geography into real-world skills and global learning qualities.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 25 – Learning about El Salvador: Central America in the new curriculum
KS2
Victoria Heyes, Primary INSET Co-ordinator,CAFOD
This session is designed to help teachers explore CAFOD’s new geography education pack written for the new KS2 primary curriculum. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with the films, photo cards and activities to find out how they support global learning, as well as meet the needs of the geography curriculum.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 26 – Fieldwork with impact
KS3-P16
Nick Lapthorn, Chair, Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group
Fieldwork provides the opportunity for students to develop many essential skills: observation, application of knowledge, team work, numeracy, literacy… This session will focus on ways to ensure that your fieldwork provision has the biggest impact on students.
Presented by GA Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 27 – SMSC: making an impact in and beyond the geography classroom
KS3-4
Catherine Owen, Head of Geography, The King Alfred School, Somerset
It is easy to ‘tick the box’ for SMSC in geography lessons, but how can we provide opportunities to make a real impact on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding of our students? This session will explore practical ideas for use in the classroom and encourage participants to share their own ideas and experiences.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 34 – Global citizenship: measuring our impact on pupil attitudes and actions
All KS
Liz Allum, Schools Co-ordinator, Reading International Solidarity Centre
Explore activities that demonstrate what pupils think about global issues including justice, trade and sustainability. Their responses often confirm that doing more global education doesn’t necessarily make a difference; it’s the quality that counts. Repeat the activities and find out what impact your teaching has on your pupils’attitudes and actions, and if it is effective in developing active global citizens.
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Workshop 38 – Progress for all: differentiation, marking and assessment to promote progress
KS3-P16
Michael Simmons, SCITT Subject Route Leader Humanities, Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield and Jon Simmons, Teacher of Geography, Barr Beacon School, Walsall
This session will explore the idea of progression within lessons and across students’ time at school. There will be a focus on everyday teaching tools and ideas that will display effective differentiation, marking and assessment in promoting progression for all.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 40 – ‘It’s not fair!’ Exploring social justice through Fairtrade with younger children
EY-KS1
Katie Carr, Director, Cumbria Development Education Centre
This session will share activities and resources from the EU-funded project ‘The World from our Doorstep’, which aims to involve young children (aged 3–8) and their families in learning about the wider world, exploring the connections between people and places, and understanding how our choices and actions make an impact on others’ lives.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 44 – Cooler China
KS3-4
Adam Nichols, Member, GA International Special Interest Group
North-east China, the area with the coolest summer temperatures in this vast country, was the destination for the GA’s International Special Interest Group 2014 study tour. This session will update teachers’ knowledge of China and provide ideas for teaching about it in the classroom. This lesser-known area is fascinating for anyone with an interest in population policies and dynamics, ‘honey pot’ management, volcanic landscapes, urban development and much more.
Presented by GA International Special Interest Group
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Download: Unit of work for Y9 (PPT)
Workshop 47 – Physical impact: sudden or slow?
KS3-P16
Duncan Hawley, Chair, and Janet Hutson, Keith Hicks, Philip Monk and John Lyon, Members, GA Physical Geography Special Interest
This session will explore teaching strategies and activities that tackle the tricky idea of how timescales affect landscapes and environments. It will consider approaches to finding evidence of the short- and long-term impact of physical processes, and highlight how these key concepts/skills are fundamental to students’ appreciation of effective decision-making in issues linked to physical environments.
Presented by GA Physical Geography Special Interest Group
Download: Workshop Outline (PDF)
Download: Activity 1 Outline (PPT)
Download: Activity 1 Notes for Teachers (PDF)
Download: Activity 1 Activity Sheet (PDF)
Download: Activity 1 Activity Sheet (PDF)
Download: Activity 2 Outline (PDF)
Download: Activity 2 Powerpoint (PPT)
Download: Activity 2 Powerpoint (PPT)
Download: Activity 3 Outline (PDF)
Download: Activity 3 Activity Sheet (PDF)
Workshop 48 – Resourcing the new curriculum: enquiry using the web
EY-KS2
Anthony Barlow, Senior Lecturer in Primary Geography, University of Roehampton
Enquiry is absent from the new National Curriculum. This session will show how websites have a treasure trove of images and video clips to help resource primary geography enquiries. It will show you how the GA’s EYPPC is working to keep you in touch with free new resources and online primary geography support. You will leave with seven continents’ worth of clips, case studies and enquiries, all of which you can use immediately in your classroom!.
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Workshop 49 – The Wonder of Worldwise
KS1-P16
Sue Lomas, Chair, GA Worldwise
GA’s Worldwise programme can support your students’ interest in geography. Learn about the competitions, opportunities and awards that can enhance your teaching and reward your students
Presented by GA Worldwise
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 53 – Primary geography and mobile technologies in the field
EY-KS2
Wendy Garner, Senior University Teaching Fellow, University of Chester
This session will explore the use of mobile technologies within fieldwork in the new primary geography curriculum, and the degree to which it is perceived to add value to teaching, learning and pupil progress. The session will explore pedagogical implications for us as teachers and our ‘digital natives’ investigating how mobile technologies impact on our relationship with knowledge.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Workshop 57 – Making an impact with fieldwork expeditions in UK and abroad
KS3-P16
Peter Price, Head of Geography Department, Charterhouse School and Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham School
This session will consider how fieldwork skills and knowledge can impact on learning and understanding in the classroom with special attention to GCSE and Post-16 exams.
Presented by GA Independent Schools Special Interest Group
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Moorland Restoration in the Peak District
KS3-P16
Stefan Horsman, Deputy Head, Robert Gordon’s College Aberdeen and Dr Philip Wright, Teacher of Geography, Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire
This trip to the moorlands of the Dark Peak, which have previously been subject to erosion, will involve a long walk over the rough ground to look at techniques that have been used in moorland restoration. We will observe examples of stabilising bare peat, stock management, gully blocking, path management and increasing biodiversity as part of attempts to improve water quality and capture carbon.
Download: Handout (PDF)
Do students have a negative impact on their environment?
KS4-P16
Liz Earley, Senior Tutor, Rhyd y Creuau Field Studies Centre
This trip involved looking for evidence of ‘studentification’ in residential areas on the edge of Manchester’s CBD and considering the impacts of student populations on the cultural, social, economic and physical environment within these neighbourhoods. Tablets and an Esri collector app were used to map residential areas and refer to secondary data sources in the field. In partnership with FSC
Link: View results of field visit
Research Papers
Geocapabilities: making an impact through curriculum making and leading future geography teaching
Duncan Hawley, GeoCapabilities2 Project Partner, and Professor David Lambert, GeoCapabilities2 Project Director
Geocapabilities tackles the ‘next chapter’ in curriculum making. This interactive session will demonstrate and discuss with participants how the Geocapabilities project is empowering teachers to re-establish and reclaim the future of geography teaching using powerful knowledge and pedagogies that have impact on young people’s (geo)capabilities.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
School Linking: Doctoral research findings from Southern voices in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
Dr Alison Leonard, Doctoral student, Development Education Centre, Institute of Education, University of London
As a geography teacher and Initial Teacher Educator (ITE) observer of beginning teachers’ classroom practice I am conscious of the risks of oversimplification of complex, controversial geographical issues. Such risks can occur when schools are engaged in the South/North Educational Linking process. This is all relevant to the pedagogy of Global Learning. We are currently (April 2015) in the third year of DfID’s funding of the Global Learning Programme(GLP), which is supported by the Geographical Association. At the conclusion of my doctoral studies this paper explores the following practical themes: 1. How photos from my research can engage school students and their teachers in critical thinking and Global Learning; 2. Examples of how my research informs my classroom geography teaching of Development Issues, at KS4 and KS5; 3. How geography teachers in linked schools might further explore the effects of School Links in the Global South.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
The role of cartographic visualisations to improve spatial cognition in geography fieldwork
Xiaoling Wang, Department of GeoInformation Processing, University of Twente, the Netherlands.
The overall goal of this research is to establish the role of cartographic visualisations in improving undergraduates’ spatial cognition during geography fieldwork so that guidelines for combining geography fieldwork with cartographic visualisations can be proposed. Based on this research objective, the major research question is ‘To what extent and in what way can using cartographic visualisations in geography fieldwork enhance students’ spatial cognition?’. Case studies of geographymajor undergraduates as users of the cartographic visualisations will be conducted in both the Netherlands and China.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
‘It would be easier if she just told us the answers’ – an investigation into whether independent learning can increase the motivation of year 9 geography pupils
Catherine Thursby, MA in Applied Professional Studies in Education, University of Sheffield
This dissertation examines whether independent learning can increase the motivation of key stage 3 geography pupils. A case study approach was used, with the aim of defining independent learning and motivation and understanding their importance, as well as examining the extent to which independent learning may influence motivation. A class of 32 year 9 pupils at one secondary school in northwest England participated in the research by completing a questionnaire to assess their levels of motivation, carrying out a specific independent learning task, and discussing their ideas in a focus group interview. It was found that independent learning tasks are considered a motivating factor for many of the students involved, but that a wider range of motivational factors, including mind-set, rewards and incentives, and relationship with teachers, are considered by pupils to be just as, or more, important in influencing their motivation. It is suggested that further research might consider the impact of these additional factors, as well as other variables not considered here (e.g. gender, ability), on pupil motivation.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
What does good look like to you? How can knowing this help teachers and students?
Rebecca Hamer, Antony Furlong and Iris Nube, Assessment Research and Design, International Baccalaureate
Reaching high levels of examiner agreement in marking essay-type open-ended responses is a challenge with large effects on reliability and validity of assessment (Harsch and Martin, 2013; Sadler, 2005). In evaluating student work, whether in exams or the classroom, teachers and examiners are exposed to answers of varying quality that differ in recognisable ways. This study, undertaken by IB’s Assessment Research & Design team, explores the range of observable or structural indicators in responses that over 50 IB examiners of Diploma Programme Geography use to judge the level of student performance against assessment criteria that refer to, e.g.’good knowledge and understanding’. In other words, this study attempts to tap into examiner judgement by asking them to make explicit how their knowledge and experience of typical student responses influences their marking. Earlier studies have shown that examiner disagreement can be the result of ‘level slip’, where examiners are unaware that they use the same observable cue in a student response but award different performance levels and, thus, marks. The outcomes of this, and other studies, are used within IB to rewrite assessment criteria as well as teacher support materials clarifying learning expectations.
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Forums
Forum – Information literary skills at A level:
challenges and strategies
P16
Chair: David Schultz, Chair and Professor of Synoptic Meteorology, The University of Manchester. Panel: Gill Miller, Senior Lecturer, University of Chester and Dr Richard Waller, Senior Lecturer, Keele University
This forum will consider the issues facing geography students as they begin their degree studies. It will present strategies that can encourage engagement with literature, increase the depth of study and improve student grades. It aims to share ideas and good practice across the post-16/HE community and promote a new resource developed by the Higher Education Academy for improving information literacy skills.
Download: Presentation (PPT)
Download: Handout 1 (PDF)
Download: Handout 2 (PDF)
Download: Handout 3 (PDF)
Teacher-to-Teacher
Map skills outside of ‘map skills’
KS3
Rachel Denison, PGCE Secondary Geography student, Institute of Education, University of London
As a new teacher with past experience in geographical professions, I will highlight the importance of new and emerging technology used in the professional world and discuss how it works in the classroom with a particular focus on how it impacts on learners’ engagement with the subject.This session explored different ways that maps can be used during key stage 3, in the classroom, both formatively and summatively against the benchmark statements. It highlighted the variety of ways maps can be interpreted to problem solve and used to locate and display information.
Download: Session presentation (PPT)
Download: Session handout – Map lesson feedback ideas (PDF)
Life as an NQT
KS3-P16
Simran Jouhal, NQT teacher of Geography
This session aims to provide practical hints and tips on how to survive a gruelling year as an NQT.
Download: Session presentation (PPT)
Behind the seams: Global connections in the classroom
KS3
Hannah Campion, NQT, The National Church of England Academy, Nottingham
This session is about how geography can help pupils understand the connections that exist behind a £4 T-shirt. I will suggest teaching approaches that help pupils to explore multiple perspectives by investigating production, transportation and consumption, and to identify their own role in, and impact on, an everchanging world.
Download: Session presentation (PPT)
Re-thinking starters: the use of stimulus material
KS3-4
Rebecca Priest, NQT Geography Teacher, Bablake School, Coventry
This session will provide an opportunity to rethink your use of starter activities. We will discuss and share ideas on the use of ‘stimulus material’ to begin both new topics and individual lessons. The aim is to discover some quick, exciting and hopefully new ideas to engage students and foster their sense of curiosity and speculation.
Download: Session presentation (PPT)
Debate
Debate – What should teachers’ priorities be in global learning?
KS1-4
Chair: Dr John Hopkin, Head of Accreditation, Global Learning Programme, Geographical Association. Panel: Dr Fran Martin, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Exeter; Dr Alexander Standish, Senior Lecturer in Geography Education, Institute of Education, University of London and Richard King, National Education Strategy Adviser, Oxfam
Geography is surely the world discipline, but global learning can be controversial: people have strong, sometimes contradictory, ideas about what should be taught and why. This debate will explore this territory from three different perspectives.
Download: Presentation (PDF)
Relevant Teaching Geography article: A ‘knowledgeable geography’ approach to global learning
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Download: Presentation: Bill Shakespeare was a geographer (PPT)
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