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I referred to Paul Cornish’s useful diagram
from the GA’s curriculum planning site, which asks questions relating to the choice of case studies.
Hopefully these move away from ‘the one in
the textbook’… and are influenced by student and teacher choice and also
experiences.
I used the idea from Doreen Massey’s
lecture where she referred to mountains themselves as ‘migrants’ in that they
were constantly moving and changing, and how maps are a surface on which
millions of stories are told.
The idea of curriculum making came through,
as did the idea of telling stories. Geography means 'writing the Earth' of course, and there are lots of opportunities for this to happen in familiar landscapes. I talked about teaching about mountains in the Fens, where the highest point was only 26m above sea level.
I used an extract from Robert MacFarlane's 'The Old Ways' along with 'Digimap for Schools'
I used an extract from Robert MacFarlane's 'The Old Ways' along with 'Digimap for Schools'
There were also some ideas from Noel
Jenkins on ‘grabbing’ and appropriating landscapes using Google SketchUp –
which he added to with models from the SketchUp Warehouse.
I mentioned Tony Cassidy's Facebook idea with Liz Smith examples.
I mentioned Tony Cassidy's Facebook idea with Liz Smith examples.
Dropbox folder of resources was shared with the delegates. Thanks to the fifty or so delegates who chose to come to my session...
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