Geography Camp Curriculum Session

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Albert Einstein

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ALAN PARKINSONFREELANCE

GEOGRAPHER


WHAT DO I KNOW ?

TEACHER & HoDPARENT

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LEADERAUTHOR

CONSULTANTPRIMARY GEOGRAPHY CHAMPION

CHARTERED GEOGRAPHER3Sunday, 2 December 12

GA NC GROUPCurriculum Consultation 2011-13


WHAT DO I KNOW ?

TEACHER & HoDPARENT

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LEADERAUTHOR

CONSULTANTPRIMARY GEOGRAPHY CHAMPION

CHARTERED GEOGRAPHER5Sunday, 2 December 12

CURRICULUMWhat is it ?

cur·ric·u·lum (k-rky-lm)n. pl. cur·ric·u·la (-l) or cur·ric·u·lums

1. All the courses of study offered by an educational institution.

2. A group of related courses, often in a special field of study


LOOKING FORWARD ... OR BACK ?


CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LEADER

What did I spend my time doing ?


“One aim of education: to be able to think for yourself, and act for others - let's build a

curriculum from that ..”Tim Brighouse

London Festival of EducationNovember 2012


GOVE AT LFE12

“More often than not children are bored in class..”

“You can't have education without externally set assessment otherwise it's

just playing”


MIKE TOMLINSON When designing a curriculum...

Start with what you want students to know and understand and the skills you want the students to

develop....

Gove is starting with the assessment...


Students in Finland sit no mandatory exams until the age of

17-19. Teacher based assessments are used by schools to monitor

progress and these are not graded, scored or compared, but instead are

descriptive and utilised in a formative manner to inform

feedback and assessment for learning.


Courage, Curiosity, Discipline,

Experimentation, Exploration, Imagination,

Sociability and ThoughtfulnessGuy Claxton’s Big 8 aptitudes


A DOCUMENT

TEACHERS ARE THE CURRICULUM MAKERS

PROFESSOR DAVID LAMBERT


METAPHORSSCAFFOLDINGROUTE MAPSKELETON

STATUS QUOPALIMPSEST


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"Should be compulsory reading for all university geography students" Professor Danny Dorling


“Experience is the overcoming of perils. The word “experience” shares a common root (per) with

“experiment,” “expert,” and “perilous.”

To experience in the active sense requires that one venture forth into the unfamiliar and experience with the elusive and the uncertain. To become an expert one must

dare to confront the perils of the new.”

Yi-Fu Tuan 1977


HANDING OVER CONTROL


Giving permission...


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SOME THOUGHTS


First, using this resource requires specialist subject knowledge to realise the educational benefits of using it. Second, it requires the teacher to decide on a sound way

to use the resource . Third, it requires the teacher to able to 'place' the

resource really effectively - thinking about what prior knowledge would be helpful and how to follow it through and build on the understanding gained through its use.

Curriculum thinking is about having clear purposes and goals.

CURRICULUM ARTEFACTS


CONTENT & CONTEXTNo more ‘CASE STUDIES’....


Noel JenkinsFANTASY KS3


Teaching & Learning


Geographical ‘lens’

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“fieldplay”


Geographical enquiry


Freedom/Risk30Sunday, 2 December 12

ExploreExperimentExperienceExpertise


http://www.missionexplore.co.uk/

http://www.missionexplore.co.uk/

M:E CURRICULUMMission Based


BADGESLearning badges e.g. Mozilla...


CURRICULUM ESSENTIALS / ARTEFACTS

Give me five....I’ll be leaving at 1.30....

Place / Space / Scale / Environment / Sustainability / Interdependence /

Consumption / Futures / Urbanisation / Technology / Pedagogy / Mobile learning /

Resourcing / CPD / Collaboration / Networks


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