Living Geography Alan Parkinson Secondary Curriculum Development Leader Geographical Association

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Image: Simon Hathaway “ Can only really look at a mountain ‘properly’ when you’ve stood on top of it...”

Through a geographical lens...

‘ a different view’

Born 1960s School 1970s

"As I travel the world, I find myself asking questions that only geographers can answer..." Michael Palin

Living Geography: embraces young people’s geography and experiences is current and future oriented is local but set in wider ( global ) contexts raises questions of change, sustainability and development

embraces young people’s geography and experiences

is current and future oriented

is local but set in wider ( global ) contexts

raises questions of change, sustainability and development

Thinking Geographically Geography provides the possibility to study, reflect on and reach conclusions about topics and issues in a way that is unique to our subject, seeing the world through a geographical lens. It helps children to make sense of the world.

Thinking Geographically

Geography provides the possibility to study, reflect on and reach conclusions about topics and issues in a way that is unique to our subject,

seeing the world through a geographical lens.

It helps children to make sense of the world.

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Young People’s Geographies

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 !

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 ? Living Geography

KEY CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY

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What is the ‘Geography’ that YOUR students are living ? Geographers do not just see a place as an ‘objective thing’ in the world that can be described and explained as they build up geographical knowledge. ‘ Place’ is also experienced on a personal and deeply emotional level. Eleanor Rawling

Credit Crunch G£ography Winners and Losers & Geo-connections Flickr user: nataliej

“ The recession is God’s way of teaching us local geography.”

David Rogers: Textbook http://www.folens.com/

Augmented Reality

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Flickr Credits: Creative Commons St Stev: aerial shot PearlsofJannah: map puzzle Flickr User Cushdy: Ham Sandwich road sign (Jack Davison – GA member !) Mook Hole, Network card, Map shirt, spectacles, Living Geography, Cabbage and me: Alan Parkinson Surfer: Seth Johnson 2008 (part of the GA Manifesto) With thanks to Ruth Totterdell for Slide no: 10