Importance of knowing where places are

Durham Geography conference tweets from Paula Owens earlier today...

Session from Leszek Iwaskow , Chief HMI for Geography
Lots of interesting thoughts and confirmations...

Leszek Ofsted geography HMI. Get the simple things right. Pupils need to have some idea about where places are and what they're like.
— Dr Paula Owens (@Primageographer) March 31, 2014

Leszek #ofsted #geography achievement usually better in EYFS & KS1. Constraints due to testing more apparent in KS2, ESP y6
— Dr Paula Owens (@Primageographer) March 31, 2014

Leszek: too much time is wasted on learning objectives- telling them, writing them out. Use them wisely. #primary #geography
— Dr Paula Owens (@Primageographer) March 31, 2014

Leszek: integrated topic work - how do you integrate geography if you don't understand it? Discrete #geography can raise standards.
— Dr Paula Owens (@Primageographer) March 31, 2014

Lesek: 'Taking' children to India / China etc complete with costumes and food is NOT necessarily good geography but stereotyping.
— Dr Paula Owens (@Primageographer) March 31, 2014