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Using the FSC for fieldwork – the pros, cons and anything else

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Taking students on fieldtrips is a vital part of every GCSE and A Level fieldwork course, not only because it is examined but because it helps students to put into practice the geography they are learning about in the classroom. Whilst some schools allow ample opportunities for fieldwork to be embedded within each year group, many teachers will understand the pressures and problems of taking students in a year group out for a day, especially when each year group exceeds 250 students. To support students with their NEAs at A level, or even their fieldwork days at GCSE, I would highly recommend using the FSC (Field Studies Council) as a place to take students to. Whether you have 5 or 50 students taking the subject, a variety of FSC’s will cater for your group size and can offer an intensive, yet excellent, experience of conducting fieldwork. Pros: -           Knowledgeable and passionate staff – at all 4 FSC’s I’ve taken students to,...
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Using literature in lessons to develop sense of place

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  If you've taught the AQA A level Changing Places unit, you might know how challenging it can be to help students fully understand sense of place. Whilst teaching in an International school, it became even more important to try and develop students' own understanding of how their attachment to, and sense of place, changes as they move from location to location.  In order to help support students when they reach A level, our department decided to embed the concepts linked to the Changing Places unit lower down school, starting in Year 8. This combined well with the Young Geography of The Year 2021 competition on 'Remapping our lives' and gave us the opportunity to create a unit of work which really helped students to see how sense of place, attachment and meaning changes over time and with various events. After reading The Beekeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, I felt particularly moved and amazed that the book was able to help me imagine Syria before and after the uphe...
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