1 Making an Impact with Fieldwork 2016 – a new landscape Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015

2 Geography fieldwork What pupils remember Experiential learning not possible in classroom, but.... “Because we have to” “Very hard to get pupils out of school” Cost and time That feeling of deflation – do we enjoy it more than the pupils? Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 Discuss on your tables: 1.Why do we do fieldwork? 2.Best thing about doing fieldwork? 3.Worst thing?

3 Geography public exam fieldwork will change significantly in 2016 GCSE AS A Level Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 On a scale of 0-5, how ready for each of these are you?

4 GCSE Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 Draft Specs “Two contrasting environments (outside school grounds?) including an exploration of human and physical processes, and the interaction between them” (Edexcel 2016 Specification) Not necessarily ‘human’ and ‘physical’ 2 days? Schools to sign a declaration to this effect Primary data collection Assessment Through written exam questions (hang on, but you ‘can’t’ assess fieldwork skills in A Level this way....but you can in GCSE & AS!) Own fieldwork experience and generic questions Great variety between AOs, but all based on a recognisable ‘enquiry’ process

5 GCSE Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 Within a ‘Skills’ paper Each year 2/5 elements will be tested Eduqas Pre-release ‘concept’ (e.g. ‘flows’) and methodology (e.g. ‘transects’) Changes annually; planning issues? OCR Open choice of contrasting environments AQA Pre-released resources for Skills element Edexcel Rivers or Coasts + Urban or Rural Similar to existing IGCSE/Certificate Section C Qs which were also developed by David Holmes

6 Physical environments Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015

7 Physical environments Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015

8 Human environments Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015

9 Human environments Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015

10 AS Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester days of fieldwork (Specification requirement); likely ‘physical’ and ‘human’ Heads to sign a declaration to this effect Co-teachability with A Level Presumably the 2 days will be part of A Level 4 days, but latter has a very different assessment model “Who’s doing AS or A Level?” Assessment Through written exam questions (hang on......) As of , we have little idea of what this will look like; no Specs or SAMs yet

11 A Level Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester days of fieldwork (Specification requirement); clearly not just for ‘project’, but.... Schools to sign a declaration to this effect As of , no Specs yet; some confusion here Assessment “Independent Investigation” Word limit (no-one talking about a guillotine) AQA – c.3000 Edexcel – c.4000 Eduqas – c.3000 OCR – c Group data collection? Yes? Individual titles to be approved by AO? No Individual title/question/hypotheses? Yes

12 A Level (cont.) Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 Takes us back to 2000; teachers with experience of supervising such ‘projects’? Reality Individual v semi-Group (CA+) Role of residential field trips? Marking: Centre marked, AO moderated Teacher workload; teacher:pupil relations Who is going to moderate all of these ‘projects’? See IBDP IAs for a clear route to write a tight 2500 word ‘project’ INSET – AO, GA, RGS Alternatives?

13 Overseas field trips Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 ‘Field trip’ = exam driven or awe & wonder, or.... ‘Expedition’? = > Geography (e.g. Earthwatch, World Challenge) All of what has gone before applies to overseas field centre-based fieldwork or self-tutored trips Non-exam field trips Compulsory attendance? Timing? Cost? Fund raising, central subsidies?

14 Topics for Discussion Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015 Time in school year? Hit SMT with the Specs Timing; when? Day or residential? AS v A – co-teach or separate? Field Centre or in-house? Home or overseas? Discuss on your tables and draft a KS4 & KS5 Department Fieldwork Programme for , clearly identifying any outstanding issues

15 Other Requirements Relevance Outcomes Value for money Awareness of Departmental workload Balancing the needs of pupils, staff and school Certainty (meeting exam requirements) Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015

16 Summary Go to INSET AS/A Level Specs on websites by end of May Draft programming Discuss with Dept Discuss with SMT; what’s coming Budget Book Field Centres – could be busy Alternatives? Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015