Geography in KGV

What are we trying to achieve?

We want to look at:

-Geography Curriculum from year 7-9

-Teaching Techniques in terms of better

preparing students for GCSE and IB

Geography Curriculum:

• Data for this part will also be collected from

Questionnaires

• Lesson observations wil be used to support

• Teacher feedback would also be helpful

• Curriculum for early years should support

GCSE Material

Teaching Techniques

• Data will be collected from Lesson Observations and

Questionnaires

• Aims at making sure that techniques used are relevant

to syllabus

• Compare to learning objectives suggested by IBO

Timeline:

Presentation to teachers: 30th March

Week starting 16th April: Begin class observations and

send out questionnaires to students

Week starting 23rd April: Continue observations

Week starting 6th May: Collate results, identify positive

aspects and areas for improvement

May/June: Write a proposal finalizing ideas to present to

teachers

Questions and/or Feedback?

Teaching Geography Article

Aim: To write a successful article regarding

what geography means from a student

viewpoint and in particular, the experience of

geography student in Hong Kong.

Teaching Geography Article (2)

What will be included:

• Leading through other schools o What does KGV do as a small scale community?

• How does HK fit in with the rest of the world? o What makes Geography special in Hong Kong and

particularly as an international student?

• Questionnaire responses + Feedback

o Collaboratively with the curriculum group