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Big concepts in geography

Page history last edited by Nicola Walshe 11 years, 2 months ago

 

Some starting points on big concepts in geography...

 
  • Bennetts, T. (2008) 'Improving geographical understanding at KS3', Teaching Geography, 33 (2), 55-60.
  • Geographical Association (2006) Using key concepts and big ideas to plan curriculum sequences for the Where Will I Live Project?, Geographical Association, Sheffield
  • Holloway, S., Rice, S. and Valentine, G. (Eds.) (2003) Key concepts in geography, Sage, London
  • Jackson, P. (2006) 'Thinking geographically', Geography, 91 (3), 199-204
  • Lambert, D. (2007) ‘Curriculum Making’, Teaching Geography, 32 (1), 9-10
  • Leat, D. (1998) Thinking through geography, Chris Kington Publishing, Cambridge
  • Leat, D. (2000) 'The importance of 'big' concepts and skills in learning geography', In Issues in geography teaching, (Eds, Fisher, C. and Binns, T.) Routledge Falmer, London, 137-151
  • Marsden, B. (1995) Geography 11-16: rekindling good practice, David Fulton Publishers, London
  • OCR (2004) OCR GCSE in Geography (Pilot). OCR. Available at: http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/pilotgcse/#1
  • Rawling, E. (2007) 'Taking a 'cultural turn'', Teaching Geography, 32 (1), 13-18
  • Shulman, L. (1986) 'Those who understand: knowledge growth in teaching', Educational Researcher, 15 (2), 4-14
  • Taylor, L. (2008) 'Key concepts and medium term planning', Teaching Geography, 33 (2), 50-54.
  • Taylor, L. and Catling, S. (2006) 'Geographical significance: a useful concept?' Teaching Geography, 31 (3), 122-125
  • Walshe, N. (2007) ‘Understanding teachers’ conceptualisations of geography’, International Research in Geography and Environmental Education , 16 (2), 97-119

 

Useful references on the UK Geography PoS key concepts

 

 

 

Interaction and interdependence

 

Space & Place 

 

Change

 

Diversity

 

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