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Climbers on Wapta ice fields below Mount St Nicholas, British Columbia, Canada

On this page you will find summaries of the essential points set out in the seven sections of A Different View, PDFs of each chapter and a selection of supporting materials.

A DIFFERENT VIEW FULL BOOKLET (PDF, 3.3M)
FLYER (PDF, 932k)
INTRODUCTION (PDF, 195k)
GOALS AND PURPOSES (PDF, 151k)
SUMMARY (PDF, 336k)

Geography is for everyone - not an academic subject for a few

It helps explain, inspire and address curiosity about the earth

It contributes to wider and deeper educational agendas

DOWNLOAD SECTION 1 (PDF, 622k)
DOWNLOAD JIM KNIGHT MP SPEECH MARCH 2008 (PDF, 121k)
DOWNLOAD DOREEN MASSEY - 'THE GEOGRAPHICAL MIND' (PDF, 2.2M)
'The Geographical Mind' is taken from The Secondary Geography Handbook

Through geography, one can apply ideas to new and changing settings

It sees connections between places and scales

It has its own 'vocabulary' - the words it uses and the contents of the world atlas

It has a 'grammar' based on a set of big ideas - concepts - that help organise thought

DOWNLOAD SECTION 2 (PDF, 281k)
DOWNLOAD PETER JACKSON - 'THINKING GEOGRAPHICALLY' (PDF, 74k)

Geography is concerned with 'real world' issues

It needs relevance to the students’ lives and work

It has a future perspective

It observes deeply and perceptively

It encourages critical understanding of big ideas, such as 'sustainable development'

DOWNLOAD SECTION 3 (PDF, 159k)
DOWNLOAD LIVING GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 1 (PDF, 1.3M)
Living Geography is published by Chris Kington Publishing and can be purchased here. GA members receive a £5 discount by purchasing the book from our GeographyShop

Young people should help to shape what is taught in geography

It encourages communication, conversation and discussion about what is taught

It uses students' everyday experiences - geography can be about them

It offers visions beyond the students' immediate horizons

It has a 'futures' orientation

DOWNLOAD SECTION 4 (PDF, 681k)
VISIT THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S GEOGRAPHIES WEBSITE

Geography is about active participation in enquiry

It uses digital and other media

It uses imagination and creativity

Geography challenges prejudices and received wisdoms

It addresses fundamental questions about people and places and how both physical and human processes work

DOWNLOAD SECTION 5 (PDF, 449k)
DOWNLOAD MICHAEL PALIN SPEECH (PDF, 393k)

Fieldwork is essential for 'real world' learning

Learning outside the classroom is often a real motivator

DOWNLOAD SECTION 6 (PDF, 582k)
VISIT THE LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM WEBSITE

Teachers of geography need to be active determinants of what is taught and how it is taught, responding constantly to change in subject matter and context

The curriculum must ensure that students are helped to think critically

Geography crosses intellectual boundaries and can help to link them.

The subject lends itself to using innovative teaching approaches

DOWNLOAD SECTION 7 (PDF, 218k)
DOWNLOAD JOHN MORGAN - 'CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN NEW TIMES'
(PDF, 347k)

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