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Developing Talk
These activities focused on urban development in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. The stimulus material was sourced from Geography in the News. The aim was to reveal the geographical patterns, processes and understandings behind news items.
1. Initial stimulus
The class discussed what the local or personal scale could mean and how scale was a significant concept in geography. Pupils were asked to think about winners and losers in relation to changes to a place they knew at a personal scale. Pupils then considered a shorthand definition of development and were asked to refer to the definition throughout the investigation.
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2. Mediation of geographical understanding
The Development Compass Rose was used to generate talk relating to a favela in Rio de Janerio. The class was divided into two groups. One group was given a copy of Figure A and the other Figure B (download copies of the figures by clicking on the thumbnails to the right). The pupils worked individually, then in pairs within the same group making notes about the place represented. After the pairs had shared their descriptions, a pair from group A worked with a pair from group B. They then pooled their descriptions in fours.
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3. Making sense of the matter
Each group of four was given an Oral Presentation Matrix and asked to prepare a presentation focusing on a different aspect of the favela. Group 1 were asked to think about the natural elements (N), group 2 the natural and economic (NE), group 3 the economic (E), and so on.
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4. Refining thinking
After the presentations the pupils were encouraged to think about how their understanding of the favela development programme was growing.
5. Reflection
During the plenary, links were made with the importance of representing ideas and arguments, using evidence and judgement. Pupils were encouraged to relate how they learned to global dimension concepts.
ResourcesDownload the Venn diagram designed to help you plan your ‘Developing talk’ activities here.
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Geography in the media
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