Designed and delivered by outstanding Geography leaders, this is a subject specific training course for secondary teachers of Geography. The programme is appropriate for secondary Geography teachers at all career stages but would be particularly useful for Early Career Teachers and those teachers who wish to familiarise themselves with some of the latest approaches and strategies being used in the Geography classroom.

Sessions:

All sessions will take place from 4.00pm - 5.15pm via Google Meet on the following dates:

• Session 1 Disciplinary Knowledge in Geography - Monday 6th November 2023 (Paul Laird)

• Session 2 The anatomy of the GCSE specification - Monday 27th November 2023 (Claire Wood)

• Session 3 Drawing like a Geographer GCSE - Wednesday 20th December 2023 (Paul Laird)

• Session 4 Nigeria - how to teach this at GCSE - Thursday 11th January 2024 (Emily Benson)

• Session 5 Fieldwork at KS3 - Monday 5th February 2024 (Rebecca Barker)

• Session 6 OS map work at KS3 - Wednesday 6th March 2024 (Claire Wood)

• Session 7 Unseen fieldwork at GCSE - Wednesday 20th March 2024 (Rebecca Barker)

• Session 8 Glaciation at KS3 - Monday 29th April 2024 (Paul Laird)

• Session 9 How to teach modern Africa at KS3 - Thursday 23rd May 2024 (Rachel Mault)

• Session 10 Climate change - an update! - Wednesday 19th June 2024 (Paul Laird)