Primary fieldwork in your locality
Course overview
This course is designed to help you create high-quality fieldwork and mapping activities. In addition to sharing a range of practical ideas, we will also explore curriculum thinking to enable you to adapt these experiences to your own setting.
The day will include a mix of presentations, group work and practical activities. Come prepared to spend some time outdoors... whatever the weather!
'Some fantastic resources and ideas that can go into (and out of) the classroom'
'Great ideas to use back in school, especially the fieldwork'
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Who is this course for?
Primary teachers and geography co-ordinators.
Course date and location
Birmingham - Wednesday 13 June 2012
Cambridge - Tuesday 19 June 2012
Prices
Registration fees include all course materials, refreshments and lunch.
GA Personal/Group/Concessionary Member: £150
New Member Package*: £196
Non-member: £220
*Includes course fee and one year's GA membership for your primary school.
Aims and outcomes
The course will explore:
- The role and purpose of fieldwork in the primary curriculum
- What makes for distinctively geographical fieldwork
- How fieldwork can be a stimulus for creative curriculum connections
- The development of mapping skills (graphicacy) as a communication tool
- Progression in mapping skills within the primary phase
- The inclusion of map work within the creative (connected) curriculum
Course programme
The course will run from 09.00 to 16.00. Full programme details will be added soon.
Presenter
Diane Swift, Senior Lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Education, University of Wolverhampton and Primary Geography Champion.
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Got a question about this course?
Contact the GA's Events Manager Lucy Oxley (0114 296 0088) who will be happy to help.
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