GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY 2009 (9:00am – 4:00pm)
School of Education, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane,
University of the West of England, Bristol.
9.00–9.30 Registration and Welcome
9.30 –10.25 Keynote Lecture by
Professor David Lambert
Chief Executive, Geographical Association
including questions from the audience
10:30-11:10 School and university geography.
Led by Mark Jones – UWE & Garry Atterton – AST, South Gloucestershire
Post – lecture discussion concerning the issues relating to school and university geography:
- Action Plan for geography – What is it? Have you been involved? How do I find out more?
- Curriculum content and organisation – Have you revised KS3? Do you know what the cultural turn in geography is?
- GCSE and A level geography – How well do these courses prepare young people for: geography at university, geography in the workplace, geography for life?
11.10 – 11.25 Coffee
Updating your subject knowledge.
Choice of four mini-lectures by geographers from the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at UWE (themes could include: Coastal management, resource conflict, rainforest tourism, water geopolitics, exploring place through drawing,
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11.25-12:05 Lecture 1 |
Lecture 2 |
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12:05-12:40 Lecture 3 |
Lecture 4 |
12:40-1:20 – Lunch
1:20-3:20 choice of three sessions from
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1:20-2:00 |
Improving students’ performance at GCSE.
Nick Rowles has been a Chief and Principal Examiner for AQA GCSE |
KS3 Assessment – Assessing pupil progress
Mark Jones PGCE Geography Tutor |
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2:00-2:40
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ICT -1 Using webpages and blogs in your geography department.
Tony Battista, AST geography & ICT South Glos. |
ICT – 2 Using blue-screen technology to see your year 7s reporting live from Mexico’s swine flu outbreak or Year 9s reporting on British medal success in 2012
Paul Rycraft & Mark Jones UWE |
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2:40-3:20 With coffee |
The role of ‘Place’ in the KS3 new curriculum
David Cousins Head of Geography, Downed school, South Glos. |
Geography Teaching Today- Who wants to be a millionaire?
Clive Symons, Head of Geography, Ralph Allen school, Bath. |
3.20 – 3.50 Final thoughts and next steps
3.50 Networking and Close
COST: Free place for one teacher per school in South Gloucestershire
Free places for PGCE (any LA) 2008-2009
Free places for PGCE (any LA) starting 2009-2010
A cost of £40 for teachers from other LAs and additional South
Gloucestershire teachers. (Costs include coffee, lunch and tuition.
Geography Alive and well!
GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY 2009 (9:00am – 4:00pm)
School of Education, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane,
University of the West of England, Bristol.
9.00–9.30 Registration and Welcome
9.30 –10.25 Keynote Lecture by
Professor David Lambert
Chief Executive, Geographical Association
including questions from the audience
10:30-11:10 School and university geography.
Led by Mark Jones – UWE & Garry Atterton – AST, South Gloucestershire
Post – lecture discussion concerning the issues relating to school and university geography:
· Action Plan for geography – What is it? Have you been involved? How do I find out more?
· Curriculum content and organisation – Have you revised KS3? Do you know what the cultural turn in geography is?
· GCSE and A level geography – How well do these courses prepare young people for: geography at university, geography in the workplace, geography for life?
11.10 – 11.25 Coffee
Updating your subject knowledge.
Choice of four mini-lectures by geographers from the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at UWE (themes could include: Coastal management, resource conflict, rainforest tourism, water geopolitics, exploring place through drawing,
|
11.25-12:05 Lecture 1 |
Lecture 2 |
|
12:05-12:40 Lecture 3 |
Lecture 4 |
12:40-1:20 – Lunch
1:20-3:20 choice of three sessions from
|
1:20-2:00 |
Improving students’ performance at GCSE.
Nick Rowles has been a Chief and Principal Examiner for AQA GCSE |
KS3 Assessment – Assessing pupil progress
Mark Jones PGCE Geography Tutor |
|
2:00-2:40
|
ICT -1 Using webpages and blogs in your geography department.
Tony Battista, AST geography & ICT South Glos. |
ICT – 2 Using blue-screen technology to see your year 7s reporting live from Mexico’s swine flu outbreak or Year 9s reporting on British medal success in 2012
Paul Rycraft & Mark Jones UWE |
|
2:40-3:20 With coffee |
The role of ‘Place’ in the KS3 new curriculum
David Cousins Head of Geography, Downed school, South Glos. |
Geography Teaching Today- Who wants to be a millionaire?
Clive Symons, Head of Geography, Ralph Allen school, Bath. |
3.20 – 3.50 Final thoughts and next steps
3.50 Networking and Close
COST: Free place for one teacher per school in South Gloucestershire
Free places for PGCE (any LA) 2008-2009
Free places for PGCE (any LA) starting 2009-2010
A cost of £40 for teachers from other LAs and additional South
Gloucestershire teachers. (Costs include coffee, lunch and tuition.
