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Debbie Moss

Geography: A different view: a manifesto by the GA- a powerful tool for reaffirming geography’s potential in the curriculum or another sexy gimmick by the GA?. Debbie Moss. To what extent does the GA manifesto

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  1. Geography: A different view: a manifesto by the GA- a powerful tool for reaffirming geography’s potential in the curriculum or another sexy gimmick by the GA? Debbie Moss

  2. To what extent does the GA manifesto ‘ a different view’ present a different view of geography to your experience of the subject? What are the potential challenges in your view in ensuring that the manifesto is successful in realising its vision?

  3. Eight families of images (themes): • Energy flows • Vanishing points • Producers and consumers • Moving stories • Running free • To the ends of the earth • Between heaven and earth • Things aren’t always what they seem

  4. Seven sections: • Geography: a curriculum resource par excellence • Thinking geographically • Living Geography • Geography and young people • Investigating and exploring geography • Geography and the ‘real world’ • Curriculum making with geogaphy

  5. What and why? • ..a statement of beliefs and priorities • ..a case for geography in education • ..affirmation of geography’s place in curriculum • ..engaging in conversation about the earth • ..designed for use in any context, where geography needs to be explained, encouraged or promoted

  6. Areas used to support case for a powerful tool • PGCE Creativity Day • PGCE Primary school placements • Work with Secondary mentors • PGCE M level assignment • Interview tasks 2009/10 • Cross-curricular fieldwork with English ATs • Undergraduate Education Studies session on Reflective teaching and Critical pedagogy module • Developing geography’s place in Holocaust education

  7. Creativity day!

  8. Primary school placement • 14 survey responses • 80-800 • 10 Geog co-ordinators, 1HT as co-ordinator, 3 no-co-ordinator • 2 +ve, 4 –ve, 4? attitudes towards Geo’y as subject • 1/14 heard of ADV, even then only by title • 8 expressed interest, 1 mixed views, 5 not really interested • Most interest expressed by head teachers • 2 ATs able to make use of resources in PS that week

  9. Work with secondary Geography mentors • 13 schools • Size 250-1350 • Integrated year 7 through to separate subjects • All but one knew about ADV • All but two enthusiastic • 1 knew only about images not content of manifesto • 2 already felt their department had/is already developed ADV approach to curriculum therefore hadn’t needed to focus on manifesto in department • 2 mentors more excited by GA Toolkits • 7/13 ATs used resources in school already • 1 mentor keen to incorporate resources/approaches into new SoW for new year 7 curriculum in September

  10. M level assignment Module 1 assignment: Subject Pedagogy 1 (Subject Identity; Level 3 / 4 (M)) To what extent is the manifesto ‘A different view’ launched by the Geographical Association presenting a different view of Geography? Evaluate its potential impact/success in schools.

  11. Cross-curricular fieldwork with English ATs

  12. Reflective teaching: Critical and reflective approaches to teaching in secondary education ‘Lost in Space: Curriculum development and change in Geography’ -post modernity and reflection in geographical education -teachers as change agents

  13. .........can it support? • ..a statement of beliefs and priorities • ..a case for geography in education • ..affirmation of its place in curriculum • ..designed for use in any context, where geography needs to be explained, encouraged or promoted • ....engaging in conversation about the earth

  14. another sexy gimmick by the GA?..... potentially could be just that......but... I don’t think so! ...but what do you think?

  15. References http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_ADVBookletFULL.pdf

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