For this year’s Rex Walford Award, we asked trainee or early career geography teachers to create a short scheme of work which encouraged their students to create a poster to promote geography and enter it into our Young Geographer of the Year competition 2024.
The winner of the Rex Walford Award 2024 was Beatrice Spicer from Orleans Park School. Beatrice's resources are available to download here. These resources belong to Beatrice and should be credited as such, and the Society takes no responsibility for their content.
We asked to see lesson plans and accompanying resources which encourage students to think about:
- Why geography is a useful and relevant subject to study
- Why studying geography matters
- How geography and geographical skills can help you to understand a range of ideas and concepts
- The skills that geographers have that make them stand out from the crowd
- Where geography can take you and the jobs that geographers do
- How geographers make a difference
- What parts of geography they find the most interesting and useful to study and why.
Overview
By integrating concepts of space and place, map skills, and fieldwork, this scheme of work aims to engage students actively in geography, helping them recognise its significance and applicability in both their personal lives and the global community. It promotes personal connections to geography, encourages enquiry-based learning, and provides hands-on fieldwork experiences, helping students develop practical skills and gain awareness of environmental issues. The ultimate goal is to inspire students to choose geography academically and professionally, equipping them with the skills needed to navigate and shape the world around them.
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