Down to London yesterday afternoon for an event called "Learning about Learning".
It was for the launch of the interim report of the Harris Student Commission.
The Harris Federation features a range of South London schools, called Harris Academies. There are currently 9 Harris Academies with plans to expand the number further...
The event was held at NESTA. A good venue. Presentations were made by Lord Harris and other people, plus members of the student commission. It was great to have the chance to speak to members of the commission about their views on education...
There was also a short input by Michael Gove: Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. Interestingly, this pointed out the importance of teachers as subject specialists....
The Interim Report document can be downloaded from the HARRIS FEDERATION site
Would be really interested in hearing from people about the geography being taught in Harris academies...
There are also large overlaps with the work that the GA has been doing as part of the Action Plan for Geography on a project called YOUNG PEOPLE's GEOGRAPHIES.
I was involved in the first two phases as a teacher, and with the most recent phase as a GA staff member.
We are about to kick off the 4th phase...
"The project can celebrate the fact that teachers are genuinely engaged in effective curriculum making and exploring new and innovative approaches to learning and teaching geography alongside their pupils. They are actively involved in re-conceptualising the relationship between subject knowledge and pedagogy and are taking ownership of their geography curriculum."
From the evaluation report for YPG by Gill Davidson
Some very interesting content to digest...
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