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GA Dissemination Conference

GA Dissemination Conference. Focus on Fieldwork. 5 th February 2008. David Holmes – External Geography Advisor to the Field Studies Council dave.holmes@telinco.co.uk. GCSE Geography Coursework. Tensions Coursework = fieldwork Formulaic - inspired

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GA Dissemination Conference

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  1. GA Dissemination Conference Focus on Fieldwork 5th February 2008 David Holmes – External Geography Advisor to the Field Studies Council dave.holmes@telinco.co.uk

  2. GCSE Geography Coursework • Tensions • Coursework = fieldwork • Formulaic - inspired • Reliability – Validity – Manageability • Plagiarism • Level of support by teachers / parents

  3. Shift Happens? GIS and NEW TECHNOLOGIES Quantitative Qualitative Primary Secondary RESEARCH

  4. New approaches

  5. What OFSTED think • “Well planned fieldwork in geography adds clear value to learning in the subject as well as providing a positive contribution to the wider curriculum.” • “Follow up from fieldwork also provides very good support for extended writing, numeracy linked to the analysis of data, sketching, map work, formulating hypotheses and thinking skills.” • “Enquiry-based fieldwork sharpens and deepens learners’ understanding of geography and the progressive development of geographical skills”

  6. Adding value and “closing the loop” Secondary Geography Handbook , GA 2006

  7. “Over to you” – student based learning QCA – 2020 Vision

  8. Delivering Progression e.g. 1 Rivers

  9. Progression – example 2 – Ecological footprint Flatford Mill Field Centre Secondary Geography Handbook , GA 2006

  10. Role of ICT in Fieldwork “geovisualisation”

  11. GIS and fieldwork

  12. Increasing convergence of technology

  13. Controlled Assessment – what might happen?

  14. Managing Controlled Assessment

  15. The “Task Brief”

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