David Lambert gave a keynote lecture to the 2010 SSAT annual conference on Friday 26 November. He addressed round 1500 school leaders on the question: are subjects in crisis? Obviously he focussed on geography and made some positive remarks about the recent White Paper The Importance of Teaching and its intention to recentre the school curriculum on 'knowledge'. You can see a video of David's lecture on the SSAT website (take a look at Dylan Wiliam's session while you're there....) The slides that David used (you might want to listen to the presentation while watching the slides, or put them side by side on the screen...) are available via SLIDESHARE ... and have been embedded below... November 2010 SSAT Presentation View more presentations from GeoBlogs . If you're snowbound today & your school is closed take a look... Think of it as a little impromptu CPD P.S: This is my 1,111 th post on this blog...
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Geography training has a new face: well, two "new faces" actually... From 1st June 2009, a new geography CPD provider is available. Launching today is a new CPD training opportunity for colleagues in the UK, and beyond... GEOGRAPHY TRAINING joins together the Geographical Association's own Alan Parkinson , with International Baccalaureate specialist, and creator of Geography all the Way : Richard Allaway . In addition to the existing face-to-face and online CPD opportunities available from the Geographical Association, we offer a tailored service, with training to match your needs, at a venue to suit you. Areas of speciality: Creative approaches for the teaching of Geography The use of Information and Communication Technology in Geography teaching Recent changes to the Key Stage 3 and GCSE programmes International Baccalaureate Geography - including the 2009 syllabus change IGCSE Geography Training focused upon application such as Google Earth, GIS applications, web2 too...
Just been browsing an exercise book of mine from 1976 for a reason that will become apparent in a month or so's time... Here's a nice image from the first page of the book. Also interesting to read what I wrote when asked the question: "What is Geography ?" (Don't quote me on this...) "Geography is the study of the earth and what goes on underneath it. There are things that go on underneath the earth that affect the shape of the earth, such as volcanoes and earthquakes, there are also things that go off on the surface of the earth that affect the shape of the earth. There are two main aspects of Geography, one is physical Geography and the other is Human Geography. Things on top of the earth affect the actual shape of the earth such as mountains, valleys, rivers, hills and plains and plateaus. The two main aspects are Physical and Human. The Physical aspects of geography involves the study of such things as the sea or glaciers, the weather affects the shape o...
iPhone in Geography Education Could this just be the best new piece of technology that is available for geography teachers ? A growing number of geography teachers are discovering the joys of the iPhone. Increasingly, the ways that they use them in their geography lessons and fieldwork are also being added to blogs and other online materials, perhaps because teachers who own iPhones are more inclined to use technology in their teaching ? Some examples of teachers who are using this include Ollie Bray , who has posted a series of useful tutorials on how he uses particular apps for the iPhone. I would also recommend John Davitt 's iPhone app: the RANDOM ACTIVITY GENERATOR , which is demonstrated here... Do you have an iPhone ? Do you use it in your teaching ? Please get in touch...
Crime Mapping The police have always used geographical information in their fight against crime. Certain patterns of behaviour can be mapped. Do crime maps help ? The Government plans to produce neighbourhood crime maps for everyone "by the end of 2008". This will enable people to assess their own neighbourhood. Yesterday's CRIME HOTSPOTS programme on Radio 4, which can be listened to again via the LISTEN AGAIN feature demonstrated once again the value of GIS, and geo-spatial investigation. This moves beyond the old drawing pin on the map. It outlines the behaviours of criminals in relation to their own home area. There is also the tactic of geographic profiling. The WEST MIDLANDS area already has a GIS in operation, which allows interrogation of crime figures and trends. Those living in the METROPOLITAN POLICE area also have access to crime mapping. Will Crime maps work ? - BBC News magazine feature Interestingly putting the terms" crime geography " into...
Flags courtesy of ITA 's Flags of All Countries used with permission. POLAND ! There has been an influx of Polish migrants into the UK since the country joined the EU. An article in the Times this weekend suggested that there should now be more Polish Geography taught as well as more support for the Polish language. I will start a new section on GeographyPages which has some POLAND resources. If anyone reading this has anything to contribute to my POLAND pages: vocabulary, images, statistics, insights, points of view, worksheets or whatever, please get in touch...
Happy New Year to all my readers! Currently listening again to the Radio 4 Today programme on listen again, which was edited by the G Team. Interesting clip from Vanessa Lawrence on the importance of maps in our everyday lives: "there is more geography being used today than ever before" Also item on the connection between immigration in Britain and the effect on poverty in Afric a. Apparently people of African origin send home an average of just under £1000 a year. Interview with some Ghanaians living in London and from correspondent in Ghana. An item on the growth of the EU: the link between Europe and links between Europe. My Walks : project from Northumbria University - look at familiar places as an unfamiliar place. Geography is about change in the contemporary world. Interview with Dr. Duncan Fuller from the university. Final interview with the guest editors. Doreen Massey provided a small input relating climate change to globalisation. We demand goods but don...