The Pilot GCSE specification has been developed as an outcome of a QCA Geography and History development project. An early paper by the GA’s GeoVisions Working Party outlined what an innovative GCSE could look like.
QCA then convened a development group, which included representatives from each of the awarding bodies. Intensive and purposeful discussions resulted in the construction of a framework, which incorporated the group’s aspirations for a Hybrid Geography GCSE. OCR was awarded the contract to develop the framework into a pilot specification.
The GeoVisions Group see this Pilot GCSE as a timely and significant contribution to ensuring geography's relevance and dynamism in the curriculum. It is intended to build on pupils’ locational knowledge and geographical understandings developed by prior experiences and has an emphasis on relevant geography for twenty-first century citizens.
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This issue focuses on refreshing the primary curriculum, offering advice on planning for integrated learning and using the concept of place as a focus. It also includes examples of how three schools have successfully combined art with geography.
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The Summer issue, which focuses on young people’s geographies, discusses how we can use students’ personal experiences to help make a geography curriculum which is meaningful and relevant to their everyday lives.
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This issue features a series of articles that attempt to demonstrate the value of a geographical perspective in facing up to the current global food crisis. Article topics include the EU sugar reform and its effects on Caribbean producers, aquaculture in Thailand, and the obesity 'epidemic'. The issue also features a Spotlight On article on the URBAN EARTH project.
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