Coordinating Geography Across the Primary School

by Halocha,John

• ISBN13: 9780750706926
• ISBN10: 0750706929
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series provides a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	viii	(4)
Acknowledgments	xii
Part one The role of the geography coordinator	3	(34)
Chapter 1 Contexts for effective coordination	3	(12)
Introduction	3	(1)
The broader context	4	(4)
Your school context	8	(7)
Chapter 2 Developing your skills as geography coordinator	15	(10)
Becoming an effective geography coordinator	15	(2)
Using your skills to develop your role	17	(8)
Chapter 3 Establishing a secure place for geography in the school curriculum	25	(12)
Managing meetings	26	(4)
Strengthening your role	30	(7)
Part two What geography coordinators need to know	37	(46)
Chapter 4 Subject knowledge	37	(19)
The aims of geography	38	(3)
Geographical enquiry	41	(4)
Skills, places and themes	45	(2)
Selecting geographical topics	47	(5)
Space and flexibility within your curriculum	52	(1)
Beyond the geography Orders	53	(3)
Chapter 5 What the coordinator needs to know about current research	56	(10)
Major theoretical influences	57	(1)
Some recent developments in geographical research	58	(2)
Research groups	60	(2)
Keeping up to date with research	62	(1)
Educational research into the role of subject coordinators in primary schools	63	(3)
Chapter 6 What coordinators need to know about cross-curricular links	66	(9)
Introduction	66	(1)
Interpreting recommendations	67	(4)
Links with other subjects	71	(4)
Chapter 7 What the coordinator needs to know about fieldwork and the law	75	(8)
Some legal considerations	79	(4)
Part three Whole school policies and schemes of work	83	(42)
Chapter 8 Preparing a whole school policy for geography	83	(9)
Why have a geography policy?	83	(4)
Developing a whole school policy for geography	87	(5)
Chapter 9 Creating your school geography policy	92	(9)
Chapter 10 Planning the geography curriculum	101	(24)
Assessment	103	(2)
Differentiation	105	(2)
Environmental education	107	(1)
European dimension	108	(3)
Fieldwork	111	(1)
Flexibility	112	(1)
Information technology	112	(1)
Localities	113	(3)
Progression and continuity	116	(3)
Special needs	119	(2)
Units of work	121	(4)
Part four Monitoring for quality	125	(20)
Chapter 11 Assessment, recording and reporting	125	(10)
Baseline assessment	126	(1)
Assessment	127	(2)
Recording	129	(2)
Reporting	131	(3)
A broader view of assessment	134	(1)
Chapter 12 The geography coordinator and OFSTED inspections	135	(10)
Before the inspection	135	(4)
During the inspection	139	(2)
After the inspection	141	(4)
Part five Resources for learning	145	(17)
Chapter 13 Gaining, maintaining and deploying resources	145	(7)
Chapter 14 Resources for primary geography	152	(10)
References	162	(7)
Index	169