How inspirational Geography can make an impact on results
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What three objects represent what you want geography to be at your school?
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‘It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere,
would much rather you weren’t doing it.’
Terry Practchett from the foreword to The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy,
I have an unshakeable belief in the power of
great teaching.
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‘…there was a clear tendency amongst best teachers to see the power of the humdrum, the everyday.’Practice Perfect, Lemov, D; Woolway E; Yezzi, K p5-6
The strategic view
I also knew, as did
every kid in Canada,
that it was
impossible….. But….
Just the day before it
had been impossible
to walk on the
Moon….. Maybe
someday, it would be
possible for me to go
too, and if that day
ever came, I wanted
to be ready.’Chris Hadfield, Aged 9.
Year 7 below Level 4: 20%
SEN: 20%
School Action Plus and Statements
twice national average.
20% MEG
16% EAL
30% Pupil Premium
Geography at Key Stage 3 : 1 hour per week
Average number of classes per teacher: 17
Value added:School : 996Geography : 1012
KS4 entries:2008 – 212013 - 120
If outcomes at GCSE (or A’Level) are looking good then……
Image Source via Flickr and Creative Commons
‘The videos you see are delightful, but they’re nothing like the
reality of being weightless.’ Chris Hadfield, quoted here.
Achievement and standards are inadequate
Ofsted
‘For the relatively small number of students who take GCSE geography, their geography results are well below the results for their other subjects.’
‘Students’ standards are below expectations at the end of Year 9 and well below national averages at GCSE. Although teaching is satisfactory, students have not learnt enough because of an inadequate curriculum. ‘
SEF
‘Pupils achieved a lower standard in Geography than in some other subjects in the school, mostly notably at KS4. The relative performance indicator (RAISEOnline) gives a figure of –5.6. The percentage of pupils achieving A*-C has improved, going from 29.7% to 32.7% in. Underperformance was notable when considering pupils with special educational needs and English as an additional language. There was a small gender bias in performance with girls slightly closer to their targets than boys. ‘
‘Overall the standards that learners achieve were not high enough when set against their capability and starting points.’
Inadequate Curriculum
Ofsted
‘The work planned for Key Stage 3 does not motivate the students. The schemes of work on which teachers base their lessons are too general to guide teachers effectively and contain insufficient opportunities for students to use their ICT skills or to ask and answer their own geographical questions.’
Autumn Spring Summer
Year 7 Map Skills Coasts Farming
Year 8 Rivers Volcanoes Settlement
Year 9 Industry Population Floods
GCSE Coursework does not meet specification resulting in low
standards
Ofsted
‘Coursework standards are a particular weakness at GCSE and, as a result, standards are well below national averages. Students’ work is too descriptive with insufficient analysis, and few students use information and communication technology (ICT).’
SEF
‘Coursework has been highlighted as a weakness in the subject with underperformance affecting overall achievement’
‘Current Year 11 Cohort’s coursework does not meet specification assessment criteria’
GCSE Numbers are low
Total Year 10 Cohort 250 students
Geography Cohort 35 students
History Cohort 180 students
No fieldwork
Ofsted
‘Previously, GCSE coursework was badly planned and organised so that students were not prepared to achieve well. ‘
‘There has not been a programme of fieldwork that involved all students taking Key Stage 3 and GCSE courses.’
No culture of CPD and lots of non-specialists
Geography Team
2 specialists, 4 non-specialists including 2 SLT members
No courses for many years.
Existing staff are unconfident in delivering a new and innovative curriculum, including the use of ICT
Priorities
What would you identify as the key priority?
What strategy would you use?
Asking for forgiveness rather than permission
Imagine you walking around
your department.
Sketch what you’d see.
GCSE specifications for the discipline of geography should provide the
opportunity for students to understand more about the world, the
challenges it faces and their place within it. The GCSE course will
deepen understanding of geographical processes, illuminate the
impact of change and of complex people-environment interactions,
highlight the dynamic links and interrelationships between places and
environments at different scales, and develop students’ competence in
using a wide range of geographical investigative skills and
approaches. Geography enables young people to become globally
and environmentally informed and thoughtful, enquiring citizens.
Subject aims
A lack of vision is the problem in geography departments.Not government or SLT.
How will this improve learning?
How will this help my team to
improve learning?
Raising expectations
High quality teaching and learning from lesson one of Year 7
GCSE questions a part of all lessons.
KS3 linked to GCSE expectations
All lessons driven by enquiry
Olympic Geocaching
It’s about learning
Simple, effective ideas
Banned Words
PEEL
SEEP
Prove it!
So What?
Thanks to Patcham High’s Art
department and @PrioryGeography
Literacy and
numeracy
Location
Sights (most
important first)
Physical features
Human features
Sounds / smells
Feeling
Thanks to: Noel Jenkins
Make this…. …from this
What can eyes measure accurately? Partner voice: 10
ideas that would count in your GCSE controlled
assessment.
Eyes were invented before equipment /
technology.
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Do now – How can using washing machines make a country more developed?
Using a washing machine means
Therefore, GDP per capita
increases and the country becomes more developed and has a higher standard of living
(wealth)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
Link to sustainability
Mixed landuse
Integrated public transport
4/5ths of population of England, Wales & Scotland live in urban areas
Housing Minister
Refer to data
2
Refer to data Link to sustainability
National government
14’000 proposed new jobs
Young adults traditionally migrate out of rural areas to urban
Builders
3
Services (including health, shops, facilities)
Refer to data Link to sustainability
Residents (NIMBIES)
Tram-to-town Transport costs account for half all money spent by rural households
4
Large areas of urban space used for leisure& agriculture
Footpaths and cycle paths
Local government
Link to sustainability
Refer to data 15’000homes built (4’5000 starter homes)
5
OppositionShadow Housing Minister
Working from home and self employment is above average in rural areas
Reported crime levels are lower in rural areas
Refer to data Link to sustainability
Prince of Wales
6
Better internet access in rural counties
Flying Club relocated
Refer to data Architects Urban Home Owners
Link to sustainability
What is the value of a teacher in the Google
age?
Knowledge Curriculum
Values
Right and wrong
Passion
Turning consumers into creators
Resilient independent learners
Critical evaluation
Image credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtnk/394118994/
Young people who do not have access to
the internet at home or in schools — and
who lack the support that comes from
parents or teachers equipped with strong
digital skills — will not develop the
necessary social, learning and technical
skill sets for success in a wired global
economy.
The State of the World’s Children 2011, UNICEF
Thanks to John Connell
Curiosity glasses
“Nothing is more fatal to the progress of the
human mind than to presume that our views of
science are ultimate, that our triumphs are
complete, that there are no mysteries in nature,
and that there are no new worlds to conquer.”
Humphrey Davy, quoted by Prof Brian Cox
Image of the
week
Core
geographical
terms
Banned Words Teacher email
address
Social media
linksKey command
words
Connectives
and Groups of
People
Learning
Objective board
A saying
Priory
geography
enquiry
Flowchart
The Priory
Geography
TeamYear 10
Controlled
Assessment
Tracker
Big Whiteboard Pupil work on
current unitStevenson
Screen
Grade
mountainsPriory
Geography
Mantra
More
connectives
Different maps
Structures
Mad Stuff
Development Plans
Is your curriculum full of
JONK?
“Your are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more
amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here
to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.”
Woodrow Wilson.
‘What gets you out of bed in the morning and in to school?’
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