OCR 'PILOT' GCSE GEOGRAPHY RESOURCES
Last updated July 2008 - this page now ARCHIVED - check the blog for the latest news.
GO TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION'S WEBSITE
KES PILOT GEOGRAPHY blog ! - a top spot for students and teachers ! You MUST read this regularly
Tony Cassidy's weblog - a tremendous resource - if you're teaching the Pilot you need to visit this site for a teacher who is reflecting on his practice, and offers some top quality resources along the way.
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INTRODUCING
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY Geography of the SIMPSONS |
DETAILS ON THE PILOT GCSE EXAM
DESCRIPTION FOR OPTIONS BOOKLET (Word document)
Introducing CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY (New unit)
Exam worth 33% of total grade: 67% coursework
ORGANISING CONCEPTS
These underlie the GCSE as a whole: FUGIS.
Futures
Uneven development
Globalisation
Interdependence
Sustainability
I made a FUGIS powerpoint and display for each of these. Thanks to Jonathan Hooton for the inspiration. E-mail me if you want a copy sending to you. These are put into all the students' books and on the walls of the classroom, so that they hopefully remember the key terms.
Thanks to Guy Mortimer and colleagues from Thorpe St. Andrew School, Norwich for sending me some useful documents.
SKILLS
Candidates are expected to do the following:
develop and refine geographical ENQUIRY SKILLS, which include indentifying issues and questions for enquiry, sequencing investigations, collecting data, analysing and interpreting data, synthesising ideas, communicating findings and evaluating methods and approaches
develop CRITICAL and CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS especially problem solving, decision making and future predictions
reflect on their own and others' FEELINGS and ATTITUDES towards issues and topics, and express these in CREATIVE and INNOVATIVE ways
develop competence in using a range of material and ENGAGE CRITICALLY with these, they MUST INCLUDE MAPS AND DIAGRAMS and may also include (bear this in mind for the exam paper!) the following skills:
MAPS AND DIAGRAMS
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS
RESEARCH REPORTS AND FINDINGS
GIS
TEXTBOOK
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND NEWSPAPER REPORTS
WEBSITES
SOFTWARE
STATISTICAL MATERIALS
CARTOONS
LITERARY / BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
use and interpret SPATIALLY RELATED data (including maps, photographs, satellite images and GIS)
enhance LITERACY and NUMERACY skills
develop their understanding of CITIZENSHIP
RETURN TO INDEX PAGE & explore the GeographyPages...