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Living GeographyAlan Parkinson
Secondary Curriculum Development LeaderGeographical Association
My contact details
alanparkinsonatthega
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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’
"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
Thinking GeographicallyGeography 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.
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 subjectTeacher Choices
Underpinned by Key Concepts
Thinking Geographically
Which learning activity ?
Does this take the learner beyond what they already know ?
Living GeographyLiving Geography
KEY CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY
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DAILY MAIL EXTRACTS.....
NINGSBLOGS
NETWORKSPAPERS
GeoBlogs (2003)
All a-TWITTER ...
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.”
Augmented Reality
http://www.shillpages.com/movies/index2.shtml
Flickr Credits: Creative CommonsSt Stev: aerial shot PearlsofJannah: map puzzleFlickr User Cushdy: Ham Sandwich road sign (Jack Davison – GA member !)Mook Hole, Network card, Map shirt, spectacles, Living Geography, Cabbage and me: Alan ParkinsonSurfer: Seth Johnson 2008 (part of the GA Manifesto)
With thanks to Ruth Totterdell for Slide no: 10
