GA Dissemination Conference Focus on Fieldwork 5th February 2008 David Holmes – External Geography Advisor to the Field Studies Council dave.holmes@telinco.co.uk

GCSE Geography Coursework Tensions Coursework = fieldwork Formulaic - inspired Reliability – Validity – Manageability Plagiarism Level of support by teachers / parents

GIS and NEW TECHNOLOGIES Shift Happens? GIS and NEW TECHNOLOGIES Qualitative Quantitative Primary Secondary RESEARCH

New approaches

What OFSTED think “Well planned fieldwork in geography adds clear value to learning in the subject as well as providing a positive contribution to the wider curriculum.” “Follow up from fieldwork also provides very good support for extended writing, numeracy linked to the analysis of data, sketching, map work, formulating hypotheses and thinking skills.” “Enquiry-based fieldwork sharpens and deepens learners’ understanding of geography and the progressive development of geographical skills”

Adding value and “closing the loop” Secondary Geography Handbook , GA 2006

“Over to you” – student based learning QCA – 2020 Vision

Delivering Progression e.g. 1 Rivers

Progression – example 2 – Ecological footprint Flatford Mill Field Centre Secondary Geography Handbook , GA 2006

Role of ICT in Fieldwork “geovisualisation”

GIS and fieldwork

Increasing convergence of technology

Controlled Assessment – what might happen?

Managing Controlled Assessment

The “Task Brief”