Planning a new Geography Curriculum

Why I Geography

Getting this across students

Interviewing students

• After the department meeting we came up with a list of priorities for the department. In the interview the students were asked to rank the priorities.

Big Concepts in Geography

Leat (1998) Geography Advisor’s and Inspectors’ Network (2002)

2008 KS3 Curriculum

Cause and EffectClassificationDecision MakingDevelopmentInequalityLocationPlanningSystems

BiasCausationChangeConflict Development DistributionFuturesInequalityInterdependenceLandscapeScaleLocationPerceptionRegionEnvironmentUncertainty

PlaceSpaceScaleInterdependencePhysical and Human processesEnvironmental interaction and sustainable developmentCultural understanding and diversity

How can we make sense of these concepts?

Map your current curriculum

• What would you like to teach? What’s current? What’s interesting? What unique to Geography?

• What do students want to learn about? Is it relevant?

• What will we have time for? How does geography fit into the wider curriculum? Do we have time for fieldwork?

• How can we get students to do GCSE?

Dangerous World

Thr

eate

ned

Wor

ld

My World

Shrinking world

Diverse W

orld

Water world

Crime

Coping with flooding

Glo

bal w

arm

ing

Env

ironm

enta

l co

ncer

ns

My local environment

Tourism

Italy and

the EU

World clim

ates

Global fashionMy footprint on

the worldHow rivers work

Extre

me

weath

er

Natural Hazards

Wet weather

Our local area Football

Bra

zilC

on

serv

atio

n

Year 9

Year 8

Year 7

Now over to you……

• Have you got any ideas of developing your curriculum?

• See if the wheel works for you