Geography
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Within Social Subjects, Geography lecturers contribute to:
PGDE (Secondary)
Geography has only recently been reintroduced (August 2002). The course uses workshops, seminars, fieldwork and open learning to develop students' knowledge and understanding of the range of courses and qualifications within Scottish education. Among the main areas covered are:
- People and Place within 5-14 Environmental Studies for S1/2 including alternative models of teaching, learning and assessment for attainment targets relating to Knowledge, Skills and Developing informed attitudes.
- The National Qualifications in Geography at Standard Grade in S3/4 and at Intermediate, Higher and Advanced Higher Level developing an appreciation of teaching and learning issues related to course structure, assessment and national standards.
Links between Geography and other areas of the curriculum such as the Literacy and Numeracy strategies and to Core Skills including Working with Others and ICT within the subject context.
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BEd/PGDE (Primary)
Geography is one of the components within Environmental Studies 5-14. Through a range of lectures, workshops and other learning experiences such as fieldwork, the course develops learning and teaching strategies for the main aspects of the 5-14 People and Place within these Guidelines:
- knowledge and understanding strands relating to:
- the physical environment (e.g. the weather and how it affects people's lives);
- the human environment (e.g. economic life);
- interactions between the physical and human environments (e.g. why settlements develop in particular locations),
- An important theme across all strands in People and Place 5-14 is making use of a wide variety of different maps in both fieldwork and classroom activities.
- the skill strand of preparing, carrying out and reviewing and reporting on tasks related to enquiry. Students evaluate a range of resources including texts and electronic sources such as the Internet and CD-ROMs.
- developing informed attitudes including emphasising the individual's responsibility for sustainable development and conservation. The contribution of People and Place within the Citizenship agenda is also examined in the course.
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CPD and In-service Courses
Lecturers contribute to regional in-service and other courses aimed at updating and broadening knowledge and debate for both Primary and Secondary teachers of the main issues in education for Geography, Environmental Studies and Citizenship in Scotland.
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