2 great videos made by Dave Holmes . The first is shot in London and provides some simple ideas for ethnographic fieldwork data collection.... "people watching"... The second is particularly helpful. It is a short video featuring Nick Blunsum: the Head of Geography at Kingsmead Community School What's great is that Nick talks about the impact of going through the process of gaining the Geographical Association's Secondary Geography Quality Mark. He talks about "evaluating what was good and developing areas that needed improvement" and also "giving back some of the control to students to stop the lessons being too teacher led..." - some good advice on controlled assessment too.... Thanks for sharing these Dave, and to @GeogAdviser for the tip off on Twitter....
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Work included in portfolio for Quality Mark submission... There are two events planned for March. For more details see the GA WEBSITE. Booking now available... Leszek Iwaskow, Ofsted's National Adviser for Geography, will open these conferences with his view on quality geography that challenges and supports student learning. Quality geography aims for both excellence and enjoyment. These conferences provide the opportunity to discuss and develop what we mean by 'quality geography' in both the primary and secondary phases. Central London - Tuesday 2 March 2010 Sheffield - Tuesday 9 March 2010 About the Conferences The overarching strength of the Quality Mark is its capacity to act as an effective 'lever of change' for the development of geography in schools and these conferences for KS1, 2 and 3 will explore the nature, effects and impact of the Geography Quality Marks.The conferences will identify elements of quality geography exemplified through work from Quality ...