Paul Cornish talking about his recent expedition to Madagascar

1. VITAL Teachshare
• 11th September 2012
• Guest: Paul Cornish
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2. Madagascar and Beyond
Paul Cornish
Director of Humanities
The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School
pch@cooperscoborn.co.uk
@expeditionmad12

4. 2011- 2012: One Busy Year!
September 11 Awarded ‘Lead Department Status’ and £5,000 grant
October 11 Ten day tour of India (55 pupils)
October 11- June 2012 Led PTI Subject days for NQT, GTP and PGCE
November 11 Organised 3- day PTI Harrogate Geography Residential
February 12 A level fieldwork in Barcelona (50 pupils)
April 12 Multimedia Made Easy Toolkit published by the GA
April 2012 Google Earth session at the GA Conference
April 2012 Promoted to Director of Humanities
June 12 Speaking at the Humanities Conference, MOE, Singapore
July 12 Awarded the Ordnance Survey ‘Excellence in Geography
Teaching’ Award by the RGS
July- August 12 Madagascar Expedition (34 Pupils)
August 12 Completed Masters’ in Geography Education
August 2012 Joined GA ICT special interest group.
October 11- Present Geography co-ordinator for Havering teacher training partnership (GTP)
October 11- Present In charge of Geography CPD for the PTI

6. Using a mini video camera
Lesson 1: Bringing a climate graph to life
Lesson 2: A rainforest puppet show
Using a blog
Lesson 3: Peer assessment using a blog
Using Google Earth as a multimedia resource
Lesson 4: A virtual field trip to the Olympic Park
Lesson 5: Using Google Earth to investigate biomes
Using hand-held digital technology in fieldwork
Lesson 6: Emotional mapping of the school environment
Using Skype for video conferencing
Lesson 7: Investigating local food through video conferencing
Online resources to accompany the book http://www.geography.org.uk/shopdownload/GAShop_M
MEasyResources.pdf

10. www.madagascarexpedition2012.com

11. http://prezi.com/5pddajqyqrey/madagascar-expedition-2012/

12. Andranosoa, Central Highlands:
Project Village

15. Eastern Rainforest Ecolodge

18. 150km Canoe Trip down the
Tsiribihina River, Western
Madagascar

22. First UK school to visit the Tsingy
de Bemeraha World Heritage Site,
North Western Madagascar

27. Dune Camp: Western Madagascar

29. Kirindy: Western Dry Forest

30. South Western Coral Islands

33. Avenue de Baobab, Western Madagascar

35. Masters in Geography Education
Dissertation:
“To what extent can „curriculum making‟
using core, content and procedural
knowledge‟ affect learning outcomes?”

36. A „curriculum of the future‟ needs to treat
knowledge as a distinct and non-reducible
element in the changing resources that
people need access to in order to make
sense of the world.
(Young, 2008; 90)

40. Conclusions
• Learning Outcomes
• Planning for Knowledge
• Assessing Knowledge
• The Knowledge Model

43. Madagascar and Beyond
Paul Cornish
Director of Humanities
The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School
pch@cooperscoborn.co.uk
@expeditionmad12