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The Power of Geography - Articles, opinions and links
This page contains downloads of papers in support of geography and are central to the Power of Geography debate. If you would like to contribute material for inclusion on this page please contact Anne Greaves.
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- You may find it helpful to read the full Ofsted press release about geography published on 24 November 2004.
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This discussion document (added March 2005) will be used to inform the development of GA activity aimed at improving the quality of geographical education through primary schooling and at key stage 3 in secondary schools.
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'The Power of Geography' is David Lambert's original response to the comments made by David Bell in November 2004.
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Following the Ofsted report several newspapers ran articles on geography in November 2004. The GA sent a number of letters in response - this one went to the Sunday Telegraph.
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'Why subjects really matter' is David Lambert's opinion piece on the importance of subjects in education written in January 2005.
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In this article (Jan 2005) Peter Jackson and Doreen Massey discuss the importance of thinking geographically in an increasingly inter-dependent world.
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www.qca.org.uk/futures/forum
The GA website isn't the only place where you can talk about the power of geography. The QCA has just launched its 'Futures Forum', a space where anyone interested in education can discuss the development of the curriculum. It's a great opportunity to make the case for the importance of geography.
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The aim of this paper is to explain why achieving an improvement in the quality of pupils’ geographical understanding is, to a large degree, dependent on teachers gaining a clearer grasp of the nature of understanding, in general, and geographical understanding, in particular. By Trevor Bennetts, February 2005.
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This is a revised version of an earlier paper discussing the development of a 14-19 humanities curriculum. By David Lambert and Martin Roberts, updated January 2005.
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Threshold concepts are a relatively new idea which offer a potential way of describing levels of understanding in a subject that could be used in assessment for learning. This paper is taken from the forthcoming Routledge publication 'Teaching School Subjects: Business and Enterprise' by Davies P and Brant J.
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This QCA Geography Team report prepared by Michael Naish and Eleanor Rawling follows a summit held in January 2005 as part of the Futures Project. Visit the QCA Futures website and forum for more interesting papers and discussion.
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David Lambert's response to an article by Chris Woodhead published in The Times on 3rd April 2005. The original article entitled 'Education: Teach facts not twaddle' can be viewed here.
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Roy Laming of ESRI (UK) discusses the increasing use of GIS in a variety of capacities, and looks at ways in which it can be used to enhance geographical education.
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This report is based on teacher focus group meetings, convened during May and June 2004. The aim was to discover more about the relative absence of ‘education for sustainable development’ (ESD) in the school curriculum. (added 30.09.05)
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An edited version of this piece by David Lambert was published in the TES on Friday 3 November 2006. The article responded to the results of a poll in National Geographic Kids Magazine which revealed that 20% of British students cannot identify the British Isles on a world map. Read the TES article online. (Added 27.11.06)
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