Primary Geography Presentation

A rather nice presentation produced by my Primary colleague Wendy North, from her PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY BLOG.

Thinking Geographically
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It was produced for a PGQM teachers workshop and was aimed at encouraging teachers to think much more creatively about the kind of geography that they teach.

Comments

Pedro DamiĆ£o said…
Hi Alan
How does Geography is developed in Primary education in UK? Is it independent? Is there a geography teacher for each class?
Alan Parkinson said…
Hi Pedro
I will add some information about this to my article that I am writing for you.
Primary schools have someone to coordinate the geography, but they may not have very much geography training, and so every school has a different geography experience. This is where the GA can help by supporting teachers and offering training. I have 2 Primary colleagues: Wendy is one of them, who deal with this, and there is also a GA committee to look at Early Years and Primary