Choices

Getting on for 12 years ago perhaps(?) I was in a room at the Institute of Education, where the awarding bodies were coming up with their plans for the new specifications. They were deciding what to offer, and one of the issues that I suggested was that, as they were commercial companies, they would perhaps be offering a specification which was 'safe' and wouldn't want to be too 'out there', even though the subject needed refreshing.
One of the other people in the room was Professor Noel Castree, who spoke clearly and eruditely about his views on the school curriculum and the overlap with academic geography. I was reminded of his quote on choices... and the importance of the choices we make.

A history curriculum is formed by a set of choices. Knowledge in that curriculum is also formed by a set of choices that are partial, incomplete and subject to the cultural predilections of the powerful. Ignoring this diminishes the 'knowledge rich' focus.

— Nick Dennis (@nickdennis) June 7, 2018

Also this....

More I think about @kenradical's session the clearer it is that knowledge rich lessons that actively engage the curiosity of pupils are founded on the rich knowledge of their teachers.#rEDRugby pic.twitter.com/xQQk4ubQad

— ed_podesta (@ed_podesta) June 9, 2018