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Making an Impact with Fieldwork
2016 – a new landscape
Peter Price, Head of Geography, CharterhouseHoward Collison, Head of Geography, OakhamGA Conference, Manchester 2015
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Geography fieldwork What pupils rememberExperiential learning not possible in classroom, but....“Because we have to”“Very hard to get pupils out of school”Cost and timeThat feeling of deflation – do we enjoy it more than the pupils?
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
Discuss on your tables:1.Why do we do fieldwork?2.Best thing about doing fieldwork?3.Worst thing?
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Geography public exam fieldwork will change significantly in 2016
GCSEASA Level
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
On a scale of 0-5, how ready for each of these are you?
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GCSE
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
Draft Specs “Two contrasting environments (outside school
grounds?) including an exploration of human and physical processes, and the interaction between them” (Edexcel 2016 Specification)
Not necessarily ‘human’ and ‘physical’ 2 days? Schools to sign a declaration to this
effect Primary data collection Assessment
Through written exam questions (hang on, but you ‘can’t’ assess fieldwork skills in A Level this way....but you can in GCSE & AS!)
Own fieldwork experience and generic questions Great variety between AOs, but all based on a
recognisable ‘enquiry’ process
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GCSE
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
Within a ‘Skills’ paper Each year 2/5 elements will be tested Eduqas
Pre-release ‘concept’ (e.g. ‘flows’) and methodology (e.g. ‘transects’)
Changes annually; planning issues? OCR
Open choice of contrasting environments AQA
Pre-released resources for Skills element Edexcel
Rivers or Coasts + Urban or Rural Similar to existing IGCSE/Certificate Section C Qs which
were also developed by David Holmes
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Physical environments
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Physical environments
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Human environments
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Human environments
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AS
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
2 days of fieldwork (Specification requirement); likely ‘physical’ and ‘human’
Heads to sign a declaration to this effect Co-teachability with A Level Presumably the 2 days will be part of A Level 4
days, but latter has a very different assessment model
“Who’s doing AS or A Level?” Assessment
Through written exam questions (hang on......)
As of 11.04.15, we have little idea of what this will look like; no Specs or SAMs yet
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A Level
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
4 days of fieldwork (Specification requirement); clearly not just for ‘project’, but....
Schools to sign a declaration to this effect As of 11.04.15, no Specs yet; some confusion
here Assessment “Independent Investigation”
Word limit (no-one talking about a guillotine) AQA – c.3000 Edexcel – c.4000 Eduqas – c.3000 OCR – c.3000-4000
Group data collection? Yes? Individual titles to be approved by AO? No Individual title/question/hypotheses? Yes
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A Level (cont.)
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
Takes us back to 2000; teachers with experience of supervising such ‘projects’?
Reality Individual v semi-Group (CA+) Role of residential field trips? Marking: Centre marked, AO moderated
Teacher workload; teacher:pupil relations Who is going to moderate all of these
‘projects’? See IBDP IAs for a clear route to write a tight
2500 word ‘project’ INSET – AO, GA, RGS Alternatives?
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Overseas field trips
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
‘Field trip’ = exam driven or awe & wonder, or....‘Expedition’? = > Geography (e.g. Earthwatch, World Challenge)All of what has gone before applies to overseas field centre-based fieldwork or self-tutored tripsNon-exam field trips
Compulsory attendance?Timing?Cost? Fund raising, central subsidies?
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Topics for Discussion
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015
Time in school year?Hit SMT with the Specs
Timing; when?Day or residential?AS v A – co-teach or separate?Field Centre or in-house?Home or overseas?
Discuss on your tables and draft a KS4 & KS5 Department Fieldwork Programme for
2016-18, clearly identifying any outstanding issues
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Other RequirementsRelevanceOutcomes Value for moneyAwareness of Departmental workloadBalancing the needs of pupils, staff and schoolCertainty (meeting exam requirements)
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SummaryGo to INSET 2015-16AS/A Level Specs on websites by end of May
Draft programmingDiscuss with DeptDiscuss with SMT; what’s comingBudget
Book Field Centres – could be busyAlternatives?
Peter Price, Head of Geography, Charterhouse Howard Collison, Head of Geography, Oakham GA Conference, Manchester 2015