Bristol Geography Part One

Paul BerryPaul Berry

South Molton South Molton Community CollegeCommunity College

EUROPE

EUROPEASIA

N AMERICAS AMERICA

OCEANIA &ANTARCTICA

‘If the student doesn’t learn theway you teach,can you teach theway she learns?

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‘LEFT BRAIN’

(Linguistic intelligence)

• Numbers

• Words

• Logic

• Lists

• Detail

‘RIGHT BRAIN’

(Visual intelligence)

• Pictures

• Imagination

• Colour

• Rhythm

• Space

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“He’s better at reversing a car” ~

“She’s better at tell ing him how to do it”

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE

• LINGUISTIC• LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL• MUSICAL• VISUAL-SPATIAL• KINAESTHETIC• INTRAPERSONAL• INTER PERSONAL• NATURALISTIC

George Orwell

Nick Park

Maria Sharapova

Pythagoras

Mozart Desmond Tutu

Nelson Mandela David Bellamy

HOW WOULDTHESE PUPILSLIKE TO HAVE BEEN TAUGHT?

PUPILPUPIL TerTer TraTra LL MLML VSVS KK MM NN

Shannon BShannon B 1818 1111 1010 88 99 1717 2121 1515

Edward DEdward D 1919 1414 1313 2020 1717 1717 2121 99

Fred JFred J 1919 2020 1111 1515 1616 2121 1515 1414

Natalie KNatalie K 2121 1717 1212 1717 99 2222 1919 1414

Joey KJoey K 2121 1313 1111 1010 1212 1212 1616 1919

Katrina OKatrina O 1313 1515 1515 1111 1010 1212 1616 1919

Callum SCallum S 2323 1313 1010 1111 1414 2020 1515 1313

Dan WDan W 2121 2525 1313 2121 2323 2424 2323 2323

0/28 highest10/28 lowest

0/28 highest14/28 lowest

8/28 highest1/28 lowest

SUMMARY OF SCHEME OF WORK

World mega cities

Intra, M, V

Shanty town photo analysis

Inter, V

India maps from memory

Inter, V, K

Homework choices

Inter, L,K,Intra

Urban magnet video

Intra, V, M

Build a shanty exercise

Inter, K

Urban magnet poster

Inter, V

Travel writing – examples, skim & scan

Intra, L

Migration mystery

Inter, L

Travel writing – planning & drafting

Intra, L

Shanty town photo analysis

Intra, V

Travel writing – peer assess & hw

Inter, L

PASSING GO

Ah well, homework, then. He turned the screen off and reached reluctantly for his schoolbag. Half of it wasgeography, which was nearly all colouring in and copyingand drawing. Kid’s work. He had thought that the colouring would stop when he was at secondary school, but no such luck. Resignedly pulling the folder towards him and starting to shade in a patch of steppe ….He put the finishing touches to ‘Africa – main crops’ and looked, with disfavour, at ‘Africa – climate’. One day, work and life would not be this boring.

‘Passing Go’ – Libby Purves (2000)

SOME INSPIRATION ……

WE LEARN:

• 10% OF WHAT WE READ• 20% OF WHAT WE HEAR• 30% OF WHAT WE SEE• 50% OF WHAT WE HEAR AND SEE• 70% OF WHAT WE DISCUSS WITH OTHERS• 80% OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCE OURSELVES• 95% OF WHAT WE TEACH

(WILLIAM GLASSER)

“GIVE THE PUPILS SOMETHING TO DO,NOT SOMETHING TO LEARN; AND THEDOING IS OF SUCH A NATURE AS TODEMAND THINKING.LEARNING, NATURALLY, RESULTS.”

John Dewey

“HANDS ON DOES NOT

MEAN BRAINS OFF!”

Department of Geography

LESSON OBJECTIVES:

LESSON OUTCOMES:

LESSON TASKS/ACTIVITIES:

• To gain an understanding of the living conditions faced by migrants when they move into favelas

• Build a shanty town shelter

• A class ‘shanty town’ model• An understanding of what life might be like in a favela

“The teacher should aim to be the

‘guide on the side’,not the

‘sage on the stage’.”

PUPIL EVALUATION - MAIN POINTS

• PUPILS LEARNT WELL FROM ALL ACTIVITIES – BUT ENJOYED SOME EXERCISES MORE THAN OTHERS!

• KINAESTHETIC TASKS (SHANTY BUILDING & BOARD GAMES) MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES

• VIDEO & POSTER ACTIVITY VERY WELL ENJOYED

• WORD MATS, MAPWORK, MYSTERY, PHOTO WORK, & INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD WELL ENJOYED

• TRAVEL WRITING NOT PARTICULARLY WELL ENJOYED BUT CONSIDERED TO BE MOST VALUABLE FOR LEARNING

• THERE WAS A CLEAR CORRELATION BETWEEN DOMINANT LEARNING STYLES AND ACTIVITIES MOST ENJOYED

PUPIL EVALUATION – COMMENTS MADE

• “A good balance of writing, practical work and group work. It wasperfect and really fun and interesting.”

• “I think this section of work was really interesting. I think theexercise we did on what kind of learner we are was reallyimportant. I would like to do more hands on and drawing stuff, butI suppose they are really time consuming! I like reading the travel writing, and I am going to read more Bill Bryson. All in all, I havelearnt a great deal from the work we have been doing on shantytowns.”

• “I quite like the making and the writing, but I don’t like watchingthe board for the whole lesson. Sorry!”

• “I enjoyed the wide range of techniques used, especially thepractical work and group work. I found the important facts sink inbetter.”