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Free Fieldwork courses: Teacher Master-class & AS Student Summer School An opportunity for students and teachers alike... The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is providing fully funded opportunities for AS geography students and for geography teachers through our Learning and Leading programme. They are offering fully funded places on two separate residential courses, based at the RGS-IBG in London led by experienced staff from the Society and other professionals. Full costs will be covered including accommodation, food and travel to and from RGS-IBG: Teacher Fieldwork Masterclass: Monday 17th - Friday 21st August 2009 Teachers will visit a wide range of sites in London which provide opportunities for teaching and learning in geography – topics include the Olympics and sustainability. The course will cover a variety of fieldwork techniques, ideas for low cost and local fieldwork and safety management and ideas for easy to use ICT and GIS. There will be opportunities to share...
Workshop on Learning outside the Classroom, due to take place on Tuesday 20th has unfortunately attracted little interest, and will not now take place. If anyone wants to see the resources that were going to be used, they are available on MY SLIDESHARE SPACE (along with plenty of other resources), and are embedded below for your perusal... Learning outside the Classroom View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: association geographical )
Thanks to David Holmes for passing on details of a course which is being put on by the Field Studies Council in February, specifically for centres doing the Edexcel 'A' Level Specification. Innovative approaches to fieldwork within the NEW Edxecel specification In February 2009 FSC Slapton Ley is offering an exciting INSET opportunity for teachers following the new Edxecel A Level specifications. The two day course will provide an insight into how to use innovative approaches to fieldwork to deliver the new specification, along with how to make the best use of ICT materials. To find out more please download the course leaflet below or contact the centre directly on 01548 580466. Flyer pictured below: visit the EDEXCEL NING page for more details. If you're doing the spec, join the NING !!
Outstanding in your field(work) The title of a session I'm leading for the Sheffield GA Branch at Meadowhead School, Sheffield tomorrow night. As part of the 'research' I've been browsing some hilarious YouTube videos made by students on their fieldtrips. Quite liked this one, particularly the end-credits, where all the students quite rightly refer to themselves as ' GEOGRAPHERS '.
Geography and Fieldwork A day of two halves today: rain in the morning, sunshine in the afternoon; Holkham sand dunes in the morning, Stiffkey salt marsh in the afternoon. Yet more coach company incompetence left us running late all day... Thanks must go to a very patient driver whose day did not go according to plan, and also to the majority of students who appreciated that the day's work will affect their exam grade as the coastal fieldwork covers 1 third of the Coasts topic, and will also be featured on the Skills paper. Thanks also to Simon Woodhouse from Holt Hall for his tuition. Thanks to Mr. Nunnerley for his organisation of the day and to Miss Muncaster, Miss Kennedy and Mr. Guinness for their participation. Make sure that you get a full set of results by whatever means necessary. Full details on the write up are on 'the website'. (You know the one I mean...) Below are some images taken with my digital camera: not the decent one as that died recently. Technology ju...