We have looked at the characteristics of sustainable communities and noted that we would re-visit the notion of 'place-making'. This made connections to real world and work place situations. The curriculum making context of the SEF, sustainable schools, Learning Outside the Classroom and fieldwork has been established. You have been asked to relate these twin aspects to you own schemes of work about 'settlement' or communities.
Further reading
Maggie Smith (Open University) has written this Think Piece on ESD for geography teacher-educators.
See Geography Teaching Today for a complementary online CPD unit on KS3 Geography and ESD.
Holmes, D. and Walker, M. (2006) 'Planning geography fieldwork' in Balderstone, D. (ed) Secondary Geography Handbook, Sheffield: Geographical Association. Valuable support for building your own case for fieldwork.
References
Homes and Communities Agency (HCA, previously the ASC)
Balderstone, D. and Lambert, D. (2006) 'Sustaining school geography' in Balderstone, D. (ed) Secondary Geography Handbook, Sheffield: Geographical Association.
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Eliot, T. S. (1935) 'Burnt Norton' in (1969) The complete poems and plays of TS Eliot, London: Faber.
Ofsted - school inspections and the self-evaluation form (SEF)
Widdowson, J. (2006) This is geography 1, London: Hodder Murray.
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