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Living GeographyNew curriculum opportunities
Alan ParkinsonCGeog, FRGS, FRSGSTeacher @ King’s Ely
Who is this bloke ?
I’m from South Yorkshire….
Expert geographer
20 yearsGeography & ICT to ‘A’ level
Plus KS3 History, GCSE Maths
Norfolk
2008 – Joined GAWorked in Curriculum
Development
A journey
2008 – LivingGeography blog5900 posts1.6 million views
@GeoBlogsPinterest boardsFlickr images – 13 000+ CC licensed
2011 – Made redundant
Freelance Geography Educator for 4 years..
On the ‘Jolie Brise’ in the Solent – Digital Explorer – Oceans Academy, 2012
Worked with interesting people…
I’m a director here…
“Designed to be read, scribbled on, illustrated, smeared, scratched and sniffed, it may just be the most revolutionary geography-related book ever published”.
Geographical Magazine
I work here… a second careerPart time with freelance for 2 yearsSept 2015 – Head of Geography again…
http://geographyteacher2point0.blogspot.co.uk/
Also:EU ProjectsWriting GCSE textbookWriting and editing ‘A’ level textbookWorking with Digital Explorer
Learning from the experts ?
Living through curriculum change
http://bit.ly/curricbits Free resources
Presentation used todayDocuments related to curriculum
/ enquiry Other stuff on request
“Make the learning relevant, exciting, memorable and high quality” (Professor David Lambert – my old boss)
Margaret Roberts
“The value of an academic subject lies in whether it asks questions that are worth answering…”
Geographical Enquiry
Context
Narratives
Personal geographies
Inspiration from colleagues@Asperatus07
David Hockney
"I can get excitement watching rain on a puddle. And then I paint it. Now, I admit, there are not too many people who would find that exciting. But I would”
Last Thursday…
Last Friday…
GeoCapabilities
http://geography.org.uk/projects/geo-capabilities/http://www.geocapabilities.org/
Teachers should go beyond delivery of a curriculum of prescribed ‘given knowledge’ and of a curriculum that over-emphasises ‘learning to learn’, which blurs subject distinctions.Instead we advocate creating a ‘curriculum of engagement’ - what we call a Future 3 curriculum.
Future 3 Curriculum& Curriculum Making
David Lambert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anrkR4Qty7I
Pole to Pole
Mark Brandon
Pole of Cold
“What’s the coldest you’ve ever been…”
Notes – Coldest StoriesPole of Cold – SAGT Non Book Award
@GeoBlogsContactsFollowing relevant accounts (and unfollowing)News stories and local newspapersImages Weather reports
Pole of Cold
http://www.poleofcold.com
Texts – literacy development
Texts – literacy development
Nunavut: what do you know?Building a VLE page
Weapons of Reason – Arctic edition
http://weaponsofreason.com/
Weapons of Reason – Arctic edition
http://issuu.com/weaponsofreason/docs/wor_final
Covering KS3 – Glaciation / Climate Change /
Interdependence / Ecosystems
Recommended
Connecting your passions….& trying something new…
Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford
Spine poetry….
Developing ArcGIS Online and Story Maps
GeoCapabilities
• Teacher training course in preparation – 4 online modules
• Interested in StoryMaps to share a story of when you do some curriculum making.
• E-mail if you’d like a free ArcGIS account in return for creating a StoryMap for us…
Thanks for [email protected]
