Teaching Geography Through Concepts (CPD Video: 2hr 1min)

Description

Speaker: Alex Neophitou

The National Curriculum states that,

“A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.”

And that, 

“Teaching should equip pupils with knowledge about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.”

In order to gain that depth of knowledge and understanding and to inspire curiosity, children need to be shown the links between different aspects of geography – the golden threads if you like.

Within the National Curriculum there are various substantive concepts that run throughout. These are the ‘big ideas’ we want children to focus on in order to identify and make links between different aspects of geography.

The course refers to these concepts:
Place and location
Human Features
Physical features
Fieldwork

But whilst these substantive concepts are extremely important, there are further concepts that can be explored that will already be running through your curriculum. For example, the concepts of ‘settlement’, ‘biomes’ or ‘transport’. We can use these concepts to teach geography in a way that brings it to life and supports pupils learning year on year.

During the session, we will consider:
How well you understand and know the geographical concepts within your curriculum
How these concepts can be built into existing geography topics

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