John Widdowson
Keeping pupils from Year 9 to GCSE
GA: KS3 Geography Toolkit mentioned...
Thinking Process: "The Curriculum Cake" - a range of nice images
1991: 160 items of content, which was whittled down
2000: 10 items of content - places, themes etc.
Revised curriculum: just 3 pieces
Places Themes Issues
In the context of the UK and the wider world.
In the 1980s, all teachers were curriculum developers.
Curriculum in 3 dimensions: used to considering the breadth of study but not the depth of study.
Underlying the content are the 7 concepts (but not all of them) - may be underlain by more or less.
Cut out a piece of cake and different pieces have different layers and contents...
Central to the national curriculum is the idea of ENQUIRY.
"The baking powder that helps the cake rise..."
Is the question a genuine question ?
e.g. Teaching about settlement...
Focus on 'MOVING STORIES', and the use of the CONCEPT MAP.
Final question: "Who should be allowed into the UK ?"
Keeping pupils from Year 9 to GCSE
GA: KS3 Geography Toolkit mentioned...
Thinking Process: "The Curriculum Cake" - a range of nice images
1991: 160 items of content, which was whittled down
2000: 10 items of content - places, themes etc.
Revised curriculum: just 3 pieces
Places Themes Issues
In the context of the UK and the wider world.
In the 1980s, all teachers were curriculum developers.
Curriculum in 3 dimensions: used to considering the breadth of study but not the depth of study.
Underlying the content are the 7 concepts (but not all of them) - may be underlain by more or less.
Cut out a piece of cake and different pieces have different layers and contents...
Central to the national curriculum is the idea of ENQUIRY.
"The baking powder that helps the cake rise..."
Is the question a genuine question ?
e.g. Teaching about settlement...
Focus on 'MOVING STORIES', and the use of the CONCEPT MAP.
Final question: "Who should be allowed into the UK ?"
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