Gloucester Living Geography

“Living Geography”Creating a relevant

curriculum for young people...Alan Parkinson

Secondary Curriculum Development Leader

Geographical Association

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narratives : “writing” the earth

Everyday GeographiesImage courtesy Jack Davison (GA Member)

Put your best geography head on...

Image by disco~stu (Flickr)

The Manifesto....

“Manifesto”

Toolkit book: “Look at it this way”

£11

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

Courtesy: Learning Teaching Scotland

In the last few days....

Part of teachers’ role is to help students:

‘extraordinarily re-experience the ordinary’

Ira Shor

“a sense of wonder fused with the hard truths of science....”

Michael Palin

My KS3 Plan...

What’s the first thing that the majority of 12-24 year olds do

when they get home?

Turn on their computer...

Channel 4: A Beta Life Research

“...it is not enough just to apply new technologies to existing processes—

for maximum effect you have to apply them in new and imaginative ways”

The Economist, September 2009

“Students need to be creating knowledge,

not just consuming it.”Les Foltos

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

engagement, enjoyment and creativity

Young People’s Geographies

http://www.youngpeoplesgeographies.co.uk

On a day-to-day basis, young people participate in their own ‘lived’ or ‘everyday’ geographies.Geography in school can draw from these experiences, and help young people understand them, connecting them to the wider world of people.

Image: Val Vannet – no Photoshopping involved....

Concept: Tony Cassidy Execution: Liz Smith

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Loving the sunny weather I am getting a tan!

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Seven sisters

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Seven Sisters…I love you

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Hello neighbour. The tide is high

Yes, those waves are eroding my side x

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Hello, I am Beachy Head, Britain’s highest chalk cliff. I live near Eastbourne in East Sussex. I’m married to one of the Seven Sisters in Seaford and I love the sun x

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Hey Snowdon, thanks for the add how's things going over there ??

Yeah, I know, I am fed up of seeing that train!

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I'm Snowdon, a mountain in North Wales. I’m 1,085 metres high. I’ve even got a nature reserve around me!!!

The Snowdon Wildlife Reserve.

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Too many people splashing around.

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Dr.Blue Lagoon says: I wish people would stop skinny dipping in me!

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I’m fed up of being dormant. I fancy some action!

I am flying to the Westmann Islands for some peace and quiet. Catch ya later ;)

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I just hurled some water 70 ft high. You should have seen their faces lol

I am a large geothermal spa located in the south west of Iceland. I have an average

temperature of 40 degrees and people are forever taking their

clothes off to bathe in me!

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I love Iceland

Fans of the Blue Lagoon.

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Mayon Volcano is thinking it’s time for a pyroclastic flow.

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Mayon Volcano is feeling hot, hot, hot!

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Thanks, my owners will be rich! x

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I am an active stratovolcano in the Philippines. Renowned as the "Perfect Cone" because of my almost perfectly conical shape .

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Mayon uploaded a photo- ‘’My photo when I erupted September 1984’’

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Scientists think they can monitor me, but I have a trick up my sleeve!

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Mount St Helens is sleeping, for now!

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Mount St Helens released some gas emissions.

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It’s about time we displayed some action!

Can’t wait!!!!!

I'm located in the US state of Washington. I erupted in 1980 and

killed 57 people!

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We are volcanoes

Planned topicalityFloating topicality

Jeff Stanfield

Fairtrade Fortnight ?Feb 22 – Mar 7 2010

Hurricane Season ?

Flooding ?

HIV / Aids ?World Aids Day: December 1st

Open your envelopes....

Which of these:Do you...

Could you...Have you...

How ?When ?Why ?

‘The GA believes in geographical enquiry: that is, in students as active participants and investigators, not

just the passive recipients of knowledge.’

A different view, April 2009

uMapper

• Storm map of the weekend’s stormy weather in the S. of England with personal stories...

David Rogers, Priory School, Portsmouth

http://daviderogers.blogspot.com

Is it worth bothering to recycle ?Is buying bottled water immoral ?

Should we all be vegetarian ?Why would anyone want to go on

holiday outside the UK ?Should we boycott supermarkets ?

Are we really “4 meals from anarchy” ?

Other enquiries ?

Other contexts related to everyday experiences of young people...

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