One aspiration of the developers of the Pilot GCSE was that the specification should re-ignite teacher creativity.
The Pilot was intended to offer opportunities for curriculum development for post-14 candidates. The Rivendell Working Group took up this challenge.
For the last two years Graham Senior has organised an informal gathering of centres involved in the Pilot to engage in collaborative curriculum development. The group became known as the Rivendell Working Group - after the centre in Yorkshire where it met. At the first meeting, Graham, Louise Moir (Deacons School), Jane Girlow (Hugh Christie Technology College), Amber Strathdee, Phil Wood (Deepings School) and Rhys Guthrie, developed outline plans for the core themes. These can be downloaded as follows:
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This issue focuses on global learning at primary level and includes articles on school partnerships, food and farming and South Africa 2010. It also features the second part of the Forest Schools Diary.
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The Spring issue of Teaching Geography has a new look and a new format. Focusing on 'enquiry', it is full of teaching ideas and resources, which show how an enquiry approach can be used to engage and motivate students.
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The Spring 2010 issue, edited by Eleanor Rawling, looks at the geographies of organised crime, the geographies of the creative industries, 'joined-up geography' and more.
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