Mark Enser has shared details of his session at the GA Conference on his Substack.
What is the point of geography?Not in the loose sense of “understanding the world”, but in the more precise sense of what pupils are able to do differently because they have studied it.
This matters because geography is under pressure. It competes for attention in a crowded curriculum, and one in which at KS4 its place is no longer supported by the EBacc. It is shaped by shifting expectations around ambition (as defined by impact rather than by intent), sustainability and disciplinary thinking. A revised Key Stage 3 landscape is emerging, one that is likely to place greater emphasis on enquiry, fieldwork and coherent subject content . At the same time, the subject is still vulnerable to being pulled in too many directions, asked to serve too many purposes.
His presentation can be seen here on Slideshare.
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