New GCSE geography: key changes and challenges GA CPD day June 2015

Content requirements Location and place knowledge includes UK Geographical skills e.g. map work Geomorphic processes/landscape Changing weather & climate Global ecosystems, resource management Cities & urban society Global economic development Two fieldwork environments

Assessment changes Numerical grading (9-1) Untiered exams 100% terminal exams - no controlled/NEA assessment New assessment objectives (15% fieldwork) Spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology Maths and stats 10%

Place and locational knowledge Locational knowledge Facts, location, names, features Place knowledge Character, attachments, power, processes

Progress and expectations KS3 ‘acquire locational knowledge and use detailed place-based exemplars’ GCSE - use locational contexts, understand geographical links and demonstrate overview knowledge of the UK A level explore place as a concept understand place processes global processes/systems landscape character/formation

UK overview Geological variations and distinct landscapes created Urbanisation across the UK How UK society is linked and shaped by the wider world Overview of resources in the UK UK has unique climate for its latitude Extreme floods becoming more commonplace in UK

Acquiring place and location knowledge

GCSE fieldwork from 2016 ‘different approaches to fieldwork... in at least two contrasting environments’ terminal exams only – fieldwork = 15%. ▫ questions capable of being investigated through fieldwork and appropriate geographical enquiry ▫ range of techniques and methods used ▫ processing and presenting fieldwork data ▫ analysing and explaining data collected in the field ▫ drawing evidenced conclusions and summaries ▫ reflecting critically on fieldwork

GCSE fieldwork reports? AQA - students need to undertake two geographical enquiries (elements identified) OCR - investigative process goes beyond data collection... Edexcel – river/coastal landscape and central/inner urban area or rural settlement; enquiry process Eduqas - two fieldwork enquiries, one with methodological focus and another conceptual

Investigating places Making my place in the world Bangladesh – the ‘single story’?

For reflection What are the major challenges you anticipate (curriculum, professional)? What is likely to change in your school/classroom? What are your sources of help and support, and what’s needed?