The latest in a series of posts showcasing sessions which are included in the programme for the GA Conference in April 2022.
Eleanor Rawling is currently leading work for the GA, along with a number of other volunteers. Here is one of the diagrams that she has shared recently on the thinking around the connection between curriculum development and teaching and learning in terms of where the thinking tends to start. When teachers are curriculum makers, do we tend to start with the resources we are going to use, activities, questions and contexts etc rather than thinking about the wider aims and purpose of what we are trying to achieve?
This was one of the diagrams Eleanor shared at last weekend's GTE Conference. It needs some additional context and explanation and shouldn't be taken in isolation, but shows the idea that when teaching and learning we often start at a different end of the pyramid to those who are charged with developing curricula at a national level. The place of knowledge within this process is important.
A curriculum framework for school geography – a GA national initiative.
The GA is developing a curriculum framework that will clarify the core features of school geography and provide guidance to support implementation. The aim is to influence future curricula and qualifications at the national level and to support curriculum thinking in schools. This panel session introduces the draft framework, explores key issues and invites the audience to participate in constructive discussion about its potential.
Alan Kinder, GA Chief Executive, and Eleanor Rawling, Honorary research fellow, University of Oxford
We'd love for you to come along and share your thoughts if possible.
I'll be sharing some of the outcomes from this initiative in July at the 100th International Geographical Union in Paris.
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