Ideas from teachers

What do you want your curriculum to be?

Adopting a holistic approach to geography

NEAs can show expertise and knowledge of the subject developed through extensive reading

There are myriad of different opportunities that we can offer our students

As teachers, we play a role in shaping how future generations handle matters of inequality

Five areas believed essential to be an effective Head of Geography

Following training provided by the RGS-IBG Data Skills Programme, we have used the free ArcGIS Online system with our year 12 A Level students (we have around 80 year 12 students) for several years but with the new specification we decided to develop student use of Survey123 to help manage the NEA Independent Investigation project.

“Elaborate, elaborate, elaborate” : how my department support students in extending their written responses 

SHAPE - Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy

Teaching about coasts when you do not live anywhere near the coasts has always been an issue in the schools I have taught in; for urban studies you can look out of the window or go for a walk but there is no way to easily bring the scale, might and wonder of coastlines to students in the inner city.

The Society is working on a Geography and Core Maths Initiative with MEI

A level and undergraduate students can now submit their work to the Routes Journal

Various opportunities that are out there for geography teachers to get involved with

Using a Story Map as a resource and a revision tool

The training provided by the RGS-IBG Data Skills project opened my eyes to the lack of data skills embedded into our Key Stage 3 curriculum. For me, incorporating data skills into Key Stage 3 topics became a priority

Achieving Chartered Geographer accreditation has allowed me to formally demonstrate my dedication to the discipline

Inspiring future geographers with creative learning

The benefits of being an International School

How to incorporate model-making into geography.

How three magic words can improve the length of students' explanations

Rigour in senior years in Australia

The Geography and Core Maths Initiative is a collaboration between AMSP and the Society

Challenge students to see themselves as instrumental in their future and to understand geography's connections

Making young people be more confident about the future

Explaining the reasoning and processes behind the transition from a two-year key Stage 3 curriculum to a three-year key Stage 3 curriculum

How to use the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) lectures to encourage pupils.

How to prepare students for the A Level Changing Places topic from Key Stage 3 onwards.

One school's experience of the A Level NEA

Subject specialists, subject communities and sustaining subject expertise

Providing students with leadership opportunities in school

Teacher training sometimes gets a bad press - this blog highlights the positives.