Secondary Geography Handbook
Here you will find all the weblinks included in the Secondary Geography Handbook. They are organised into subsections as they appear in the book. We'll keep this list as up to date as possible, so if you find any broken links please email us.
Section One: Geography matters
Chapter 1: What’s the point of learning geography?
David Balderstone
Pilot GCSE
The Power of Geography - This page has been removed, but see A Different View
Where Will I Live?
Chapter 7: Mapping for the future
Roger Jeans
Advisory Unit Computers in Education
Allied Integrated Technologies Ltd
Anquet Technology Ltd
Digital Worlds International Ltd
ESRI (UK)
Intergraph
MapZone
Ordnance Survey
Pebbleshore
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Soft Teach Educational
TrackLogs
WebBased Ltd
Wildgoose, Bluesky International Ltd
Chapter 8: Changing the subject: What’s it got to do with me?
Eleanor Rawling
'Final Report of the Working Group on 14-19 Reform'
Geography GCSE Pilot - QCA
QCA 'Futures: Meeting the Challenge'
<<< back to top
Section Two: Teaching and learning geography
Chapter 10: Using ICT to create better maps
Fred Martin
ER Mapper
Geocaching
GIS for Teachers
Global Positioning System
Great Globe Gallery
Multimap
MapPoint
National Curriculum in Action
NASA
Earth Observation Centre
NOAA
NVIDIA
Ordnance Survey
Royal Geographical Society
United States Geological Survey
GIS software packages
Aegis 3 (AUCE)
ArcView (ESRI UK Ltd)
Digital Worlds International Ltd
IDRISI Kilimanjaro (Clark Labs)
InfoMapper
Local Studies
MapInfo (TMS Education Initiatives) - and MapInfo
Maps, vertical air photos and CD-Roms
Geopacks: Mastering Mapwork CD-Rom - email: service@geopacks.com
Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas
Window on the World, Window on the UK 2000 and Window on the Universe
Chapter 12: Cracking the code: numeracy and geography
Clare Brooks
DCSF Mathematics Framework
DCSF National Numeracy Strategy
OS Get-a-Map
MultiMap
US Census Bureau's International Database
Chapter 14: Understanding ‘distant places’
Emma Wellsted
Survival International 'We, the World'
Chapter 15: Strategies for approaching values education
Michael McPartland
Abrams and Astill 'The story of the blues'
The following websites are useful for amplifying the ‘Blue jeans story’:
Chapter 16: Thinking skills and the role of debriefing
Adam Nichols
DCSF Standards site
Ofsted 'Secondary Subject Report 2000/01: Geography'
Chapter 17: Using ICT to enhance learning in geography
Sheila King and Liz Taylor
Becta 'ImpaCT2 – emerging findings from the evaluation of the impact of information and communications technologies on student attainment'
European YoungNet Project
Ofsted 'ICT in Schools: the effect of government initiatives'
Chapter 18: Planning geographical fieldwork
David Holmes and Mark Walker
QAA ‘Benchmark Statement for Geography’
Virtual Montana and Virtual Montana Tour
UK neighbourhood statistics
Chapter 19: Media literacy and geographical imaginations
Chris Durbin
Anti-Ecohype
British Geological Survey - Earthquakes
Envirospin
Fraser ‘Bad meteorology’
Google
Institute of Economic Affairs
National Statistics
Staffordshire Learning Net geography pages
UN Cyber School Bus
Chapter 20: Geography’s contribution to vocational courses
Alan Marvell and Bob Holland with Keith Shuff
Chessington World of Adventures
Curtis ‘Vocational GCSEs too academic’
English Heritage
Fodor’s Guides
Joint Council for Qualifications ‘National Provisional GCSE (Full Course) Results - June 2004’
Michelin Guides
National Trust
Geography GCSE Pilot - QCA
Rough Guides
Star UK - website no longer exists
Tourism Education Consultancy or email: bob@bobholland.org
Travel and Tourism Programme or email: ttp@springboarduk.org.uk
World Tourism Organization
World Travel and Tourism Council
World Travel Guide
Chapter 22: Let’s get physical
Tom Inman
Staffordshire Learning Net geography pages
Chapter 23: Teaching geography for a sustainable future
Alun Morgan
2000AD
Best Practices
DLTR - Link no longer works
Education Business Partnerships
Geology of Biology
Global Eye
Johnny Appleseed - Link no longer works
Living Streets
Long Now Foundation
LSX
Multi-media Super Corridor
Royal Town Planning Institute
The Man Who Planted Trees
UNESCO
URS Europe
Voices from the Field
Worcestershire County Council
Chapter 25: Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration
Denise Freeman and Caroline Hare
Global Eye
GeoVisions
Hope HIV
Johnson and Johnson ‘An overview of cooperative learning’
‘Ted's Cooperative Learning e-book’
This is Worcestershire
<<< back to top
Section Three: Geography for all
Chapter 26: Inclusive geography
Lynda Evans and Deborah Smith
BBC News
Dyspraxia Foundation
Images of Monserrat were sourced from:
Inspiration
National Curriculum
Ofsted
Staffordshire Learning Net: geography pages
SLN geography animations
University of the First Age
Chapter 27: Geography and students with EAL
David Balderstone, Marielle Dow and Vicky Henn
Enchanted Learning
Linguanet
NGFL Inclusion pages
Refugee Council
Staffordshire Learning Net geography pages
Your Dictionary
Chapter 31: Inspiring disaffected students
Jeff Battersby with Neil Hornby
Christian Aid
Eco Schools
<<< Back to top
Section Four: Assessment
Chapter 32: Assessment for learning in geography
Paul Weeden and John Hopkin
Assessment Reform Group
Association for Achievement and Improvement though Assessment
General Teaching Council for England
DCSF Key Stage 3 Strategy
DCSF - Schemes of Work for KS3
King ‘The diagnostic value of self-assessment in geography at key stage 4’
National Curriculum
QCA
Weeden and Winter ‘The LEARN Project: Report for QCA’
Chapter 33: Target setting and target getting in geography
Linda Thompson
Standards
Chapter 35: Developing key skills through geography
Emma Gobourn
AQA
BIS
Edexcel
OCR
QCA
WJEC
Chapter 36: Preparing for public examinations
Sue Warn
GeoFile online
Staffordshire Learning Net geography pages
<<< Back to top
Section Five: Developing as a geography teacher
Chapter 38: Bridging the gap: building on young peoples’ experience of geography in the primary school
Phil Wood
DCSF
Chapter 39: Supporting non-specialist teachers of geography
Bob Jones, Janet Lewis, Diane Swift and Dennis Vickers
British Council
General Teaching Council
Teacher Training Agency - Can Teach - link no longer works
TeacherNet
Valuing Places
Chapter 41: Research in geographical education
Rachel Lofthouse and David Leat
National College for School Leadership Networked Learning Communities
Open University Teaching and Learning Resources
Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching at the Institute of Education, University of London - Link no longer works
Teacher Learning Academy
Chapter 42: Sustaining school geography
David Balderstone and David Lambert
DCSF Standards Site
<<< Back to top
