GA Conference 7 - IPSOS MORI Poll

On the Friday of GA conference was the launch of a poll that was undertaken by IPSOS MORI on behalf of the Geographical Association.

The poll explored the views of young people on the teaching of WORLD ISSUES.

Here is the text of the GA Press release...

National survey reveals most young people think not enough time is spent learning about the wider world in school. 

 

Geographical Association’s manifesto, A different view, is launched today.

 ·         93% of young people think it is important to learn about issues affecting people’s lives in different parts of the world.

·         92% of young people think it is important to learn about where the things they use, such as food, energy and water, come from.

·         63% of young people think that not enough time is spent learning about the wider world in school.

·         Geography is the subject in which young people have most often learnt about important local and global issues, and the one in which they would most commonly expect to do so.

 

·         A different view re-affirms geography’s place in the curriculum.

·         It makes a forward looking and compelling case for geography in education.

·          It re-states the value of free-thinking, specialist secondary teachers who are passionate and engaged with the discipline and its potential to educate.

 

A national survey, conducted by Ipsos MORI and published today by the Geographical Association, found that 93% of 11-14 year olds believe it is important to learn about issues affecting people’s lives in different parts of the world, yet nearly two-thirds of young people think that not enough time is spent learning about the wider world in school.

Over 90% of young people believe that it is important to learn about people, societies and cultures in other parts of the world, how and why changes to the world may occur in the future, and where resources such as food, energy and water come from.

The survey also shows that geography is the subject in which young people have most often learnt about or discussed the big issues they believe to be affecting their local area and the wider world today. These issues include crime and anti-social behaviour, the economy and jobs, war and terrorism, the environment and climate change and poverty and hunger. Furthermore, geography is the subject in which schoolchildren would expect to learn about these issues.