Whose perspective?
The global dimension in geography often involves teachers and learners in considering the roles and responsibilities of other people in other places.
This could involve connecting the learner with a unit of work through activities that access their prior learning, their perspectives and their views, which should enable pupils to make a stronger and more meaningful connection with the people and places that they are exploring.
It is important that a 'What has it got to do with me?' approach is made transparent. Not only is this significant as an approach to teaching and learning within the global dimension, but it is also recognised as a strategy to raise achievement.
Recent work by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) on assessment for learning has highlighted this. To find out more, visit the QCA website. Click on 'Ages 3-14'. Then click on 'Assessment for learning'. QCA
The enquiry route is built into geography curricula. Look now at the enquiry route in the activity on the right, which accommodates some of the current thinking about the global dimension.
Activity Resources:
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Activity
- Click on the Interactive icon and look at the 'Enquiry route'. How does this enquiry route differ from any enquiry route currently included in your geography curricula?
- Use this enquiry route to revise a unit of work that you currently teach. Once you have revised the unit, plan to deliver it to a class. Keep a diary of the pupils' responses. If possible compare these to a similar class taught by you or one of your colleagues using the previous unit plan. Answer these questions.
- How do the pupils react?
- Are there any differences in achievement?
