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Data Skills in Geography

Explore the importance of data skills in geography education, including challenges, teacher confidence levels, and the integration of quantitative methods. Learn about resources, CPD opportunities, and support networks available. Contact s.pinfield@rgs.org for more details.

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Data Skills in Geography

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  1. Data Skills in Geography January 2016 @RGS_IBGSchools www.rgs.org/Schools Steve Brace Head of Education & Outdoor Learning s.brace@rgs.org @RGS_IBGSchools

  2. “Chi-square is a statistical test that is taught to geographers at school and misunderstood thereafter.” • Professor Michael Crawley • Three ‘guess the graphs’ coming up …

  3. The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) • The learned and professional body for geography • Schools, higher education, with the professions and public • 16,000 Fellows • A focus on the discipline and subject knowledge • PG Fellowship ITT students • FRGS/Cgeog tutors and mentors etc

  4. How would you rate the data skills of your ITTs • Good, okish or bad? • (Over the last 5 years) getting better or worse? • Sufficient to teach the new GCSE & A Levels?

  5. Who …. • Assesses the competence and confidence of their trainees in data/quantitative skills? • Provides specific coverage of this (if necessary) within the ITT programmes? • Assesses whether this is covered within school placements and mentoring support?

  6. 99.79% correlation

  7. $ on science, space & tech No. Suicides

  8. Quant Methods in Geog 2013 • 93% “QM are an important skill for students to learn, (only 48% enjoyed teaching them). • 88% agreed putting QM into a geog content helped students understand (but only 37% agreed that QM are well integrated into the curriculum) • Maths anxiety, confidence and ability were challenges (for students and teachers)

  9. Teacher confidence levels

  10. Significant changes at GCSE and A Level • Content & assessment • In the classroom & the field • Since 2007/08 no post 16 ‘course work’ • Teacher recruitment, (very) broad trends

  11. Use of mathematics and statistics in geography • Cartographic skills • Graphical skills • Numerical skills • Statistical skills

  12. Individual investigation What does individual mean …?

  13. Only 90% correlation?

  14. Pool Drownings – Nuclear power

  15. GIS • ESRI – Cambridge, UCL, IOE & Brighton and Sussex

  16. Additional Support Data Skills in Geography (2016-18) • Resources • overviews and classroom resources • Teachers & A Level students (NEA) • CPD • Teacher clusters and with ITT networks • Inc DS, GIS and fieldwork • (Esri – Cambridge, IOE, UCL & Brighton & Sussex) • Contact Simon Pinfield for further details s.pinfield@rgs.org, 020 7591 3051

  17. Further information • www.rgs.org • Steve Brace s.brace@rgs.org • @RGS_IBGSchools

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