The GA has produced a framework for the school geography curriculum (Curriculum framework), which sets out the nature of the school subject, its disciplinary foundations and the significant features of geography that should underlie any geography curriculum or set of curriculum requirements at national level. Its aim is to support the design of high-quality geography curricula, wherever and whenever national requirements are being reformed.
The framework draws on the knowledge and expertise of a wide range of practitioners, researchers and curriculum thinkers in geography education. It articulates the aims and purposes of geography in the school curriculum and identifies:
- Those features derived from the discipline that must be represented in the school curriculum to ensure high-quality geography
- The key and organising concepts underpinning a high-quality geography curriculum
- The role of substantive knowledge in realising curriculum aims and disciplinary features
- Geographical practices and how these contribute to the curriculum
- How geographical knowledge can be used and applied
- Aspects of progression in geography and how these relate to the design of the school geography curriculum.
The GA's website has a great many resources which help with this already, along with all the downloads.
The GA Conference saw a special panel session where the lead author Eleanor Rawling presented on the work that had been done.
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