T HE BASIC IDEAS OF GEOGRAPHY Core units: Key understandings Years F–4 Illustration 1: Pointers to...

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THE BASIC IDEAS OF GEOGRAPHY

Core units: Key understandings Years F–4 Illustration 1: Pointers to understanding

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WHAT ARE THE BASIC IDEAS OF GEOGRAPHY?

WHAT THINGS DOES A PRIMARY TEACHER NEED TO

KEEP IN MIND?

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Geography is about …

• The physical environment of the earth’s surface

• The human patterns on the earth’s surface• The interactions between physical and

human processes• The results of these, such as distinctive

regions, resource uses, food production, inequalities, hazards, conservation etc

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Two key strands of geography

• Geographical Knowledge and Understanding

• Geographical Inquiry and Skills

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Geographical Knowledge and Understanding

• Knowledge of places, environments, patterns, interactions at a range of scales

• Understanding of causes and relationships between geographical concepts

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Geographical Inquiry and Skills

• A process of inquiry by which students learn new geographical knowledge and deepen their understanding

• Fieldwork as well as research and critical thinking

• Key skills of observation, mapping, graphing, tabulating, photographing, interpreting, presenting, communicating

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Inquiry process

Observing and questioning

Planning, collecting and

evaluating

Processing, analysing,

interpreting and concluding

Communicating

Reflecting and responding

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What is physical geography?

• Landforms • Weather and climate• Ecosystems – plants, animals and soils• Environmental hazards

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What is human geography?

• Population patterns• Cities and settlements• Agriculture and industries• Resources and their uses

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What is regional or local geography?

• Each place has a distinctive set of characteristics

• These characteristics usually result from physical/human interactions

• There is a hierarchy of regions from local to global

• There are spatial patterns of similar place and regional characteristics