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“To Hull and
Back...”(again)Alan Parkinson
Teacher, Author &Freelance
GeographerFRGS
CGeog (Teacher)Image: Flickr user Quite Adept
http://
livinggeography.blogspot.com
http://
geographyteacher2point0.blogspot.
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E. Yorkshire coast: 1967
http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/
PARKINSON
1975-1982Wickersley Comprehensive
SchoolRotherham
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Rotherham: sense of “place”
Activity
What would go in a bag to represent your ‘place’ ?
Little boxes…
1982-1985Huddersfield
PolytechnicPolytechnic
Image: Flickr user TDR1Creative Commons
1985-1986Rotherham College of Arts &
Technology
1986-1987Hull
University
Where did I live ?
Where did I do my teaching practice ?
The estate suffers from serious social deprivation and crime. Car theft and joyriding are
particularly prevalent on the estate. Most schools on the estate underperform, and
unemployment on the estate is high. The estate has its
own Police Station adjacent to the North Point shopping
centre.Source: Wikipedia
1987-1988Supply
teaching...Temporary contracts
Derbyshire
Image: Flickr user Jonathan Gill
1988-2008King Edward VII, King’s Lynn,
Norfolk
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Internet
• Blogging – GeoBlogs• Website: GeographyPages – millions of users• NINGs: Subject communities• SLN: Contributor and moderator
Community of practice…
• Twitter17
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Joined the Geographical Association
Curriculum Development Leader
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““Every teacher is a Every teacher is a subject leader…subject leader…””
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2011
Sept 2013King’s Ely School3.5 days a week
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Living Geography - what has been your journey to
be here today ?
The importance of ‘narrative’
Units constructed as stories…
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Writing the Earth• Geographical narratives...• Geography literally means ‘writing the
earth’...
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Paulo Freire“I teach because I search, because I question, and because I submit myself to questioning.”
“Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the act of learning.”I’m a different teacher second time round…
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http://www.google.com/intl/en/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/
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Living GeographyAlways look for Always look for
the stories in the the stories in the news thatnews that
can be explained can be explained by your by your
geographical geographical understandingunderstanding
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What’s been happening recently ?
Excellent starter…
• Why did Prince Harry spend the night in a freezer ?
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Tokyo 2020
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/15/national/two-time-evictee-bears-olympic-size-grudge/#.UjiD8HAazCS
• Why won’t Kohei Jinno be looking forward to the games ?
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Image by Jack Davison
Professional support
Mapping IdentityStories about Us
What’s my story?
How do I fit in?
How do I connect to the
world?
What’s their
story?
Why should I care?
1: Each other...
How are you going to keep in touch after the end of the
course ?What support will you expect from Justin ?
What are the main things that you expect to need
support with ?
The Networked teacher....Then and Now (Alec Couros)
2. The Subject Association / Royal Society
3. Virtual colleagues
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Steve Wheeler: PLEJoyce Seitzinger
http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/geographyblogs/#top
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@GeoBlogs
@pensionerfrank
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Real people
• Up-to-date• Authentic• Expert opinions• Questions and answers...• An ‘audience’ and a purpose...
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What tools do you use to help you learn ?
What is coming next ?
What is coming next ?
New curriculum documents released• Comments ?
• Positives / negatives ?
• Unexpected ?
• Challenges / opportunities ?
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Young People : say hello to Martin
He has He has geography geography with you with you
tomorrow…tomorrow…
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Identify 4 ways that you could connect your passions outside of
school into the classroom to engage learners and
provide opportunities for work that is more ‘authentic’...
First steps into the classroom...
Teachers as “curriculum
makers”
Margaret Roberts “cycle”...
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Changing relationships...
There are only ever choices.... When choices are made and
accepted by a sufficient number of teachers, they tend to become 'common sense'
(Castree, 2005)
The choices YOU make are all
important !
Calvin: You can't just turn on creativity like a tap. You have to be in the right mood.
Hobbes: What mood is that?
Calvin: Last-minute panic
What’s your ‘view’ of geography ?
What’s your students’ view of it ?
(An egg hatches and a rhino comes out)Lisa: Rhinos don't hatch from eggs.Homer: What did you just see, Lisa?Lisa: I know, but . . .Homer: What did you just see?
Simpsons SafariWith thanks to Margaret Roberts for idea...
““FloatingFloating topicalitytopicality””
Jeff Stanfield
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Mission:Explore
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Latest book with John Widdowson
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Wordle.net / Tagxedo.com
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“It's never the technology that
entertains an audience, it's what you do with it.”
John Lasseter
iPadagogy….
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AppsDisplay and sharing
Google Drive
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Curate journals
with Flipboard
Reflections
