Live and Work Rural

One of my (many) jobs at the Geographical Association is to write online CPD units which can be used by colleagues as a way of introducing new possible contexts for learning, as well as providing some ideas for developing their pedagogy.

Curriculum and pedagogy are separate things of course...

The courses that we write are, hopefully, fun to complete.

They are also maintained, so that if something new crops up, we try to keep them updated. This isn't just making sure that there are no dead weblinks (although we do that too...) - it's about adding new ideas that emerge.

One of the courses that I finished recently was about GEOGRAPHY AND CAREERS.

Came across a new addition to this course today, in the shape of the Live and Work Rural initiative.

The Peak District is a context for one of the units.

Live and Work Rural is a programme aimed at supporting those who live and work within the National Park boundary.

A reminder that National Parks are not just for visitors, and for the protection of the landscape - people live there too...