15. Tim Oates Chair of Curriculum Review Aims "embody for all children in England their cultural and scientific inheritance, enhance their understanding of the world around them and introduce them to the best that has been thought and written"
16. Tim Oates Chair of Curriculum Review Aims "embody for all children in England their cultural and scientific inheritance, enhance their understanding of the world around them and introduce them to the best that has been thought and written"
17. Tim Oates Chair of Curriculum Review Aims "embody for all children in England their cultural and scientific inheritance, enhance their understanding of the world around them and introduce them to the best that has been thought and written "
20. “ When the winds of change come, some seek shelter, others build windmills” Image: Alan Parkinson
21. What is curriculum making ? “ the creation of interesting, engaging and challenging educational experiences which draw upon teacher knowledge and skills, the experiences of students and the subject resource..”
22. What is curriculum making ? “ the creation of interesting, engaging and challenging educational experiences which draw upon teacher knowledge and skills, the experiences of students and the subject resource..”
23. What is curriculum making ? “ the creation of interesting, engaging and challenging educational experiences which draw upon teacher knowledge and skills, the experiences of students and the subject resource ..”
24. Student Experiences Geography: the subject Teacher Choices Underpinned by Key Concepts Thinking Geographically Which learning activity ? Does this take the learner beyond what they already know ?
44. Noel Castree “ There are only ever choices.... When choices are made and accepted by a sufficient number of teachers, they tend to become 'common sense’” The choices YOU make are all important !
49. What will your department do with the new KS3 curriculum? “… ..design the curriculum we’ve always wanted…” “… nothing much, our KS3 seems OK as it is…” “… tweak our curriculum to take advantage of the new flexibility…” “… .hope that the publishers come up with something good, then we’ll go for that….” ? ? SLT view?
50. Autumn Spring Summer Y7 Making connections Exploring the UK Weathering & River Erosion UK Flooding UK Settlement Geography of Football Y8 Industrial decline Food miles Tectonics Weather and Climate Brazil: Country of contrasts Geography of Crime Y9 Ecosystems People and Resources Coastal Management Weather Forecasting Development Geography of Fashion
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52. “ Teacher talk dominates classrooms and controls the process by which communication takes place, by deciding what kind of talk is permissible, by whom and for how long.” Margaret Roberts
54. “ if they’re talking about it, we should be teaching it…” Eyjafjallajokull Somalian pirates The state of the economy Frozen Planet Mobile phones Youth crime Costa Concordia Japanese Tsunami
59. “ Experience is the overcoming of perils. The word “experience” shares a common root (per) with “experiment,” “expert,” and “perilous.” To become an expert one must dare to confront the perils of the new.” Yi-Fu Tuan 1977
