Geography

Hi, I am writing an assignment titled; A written justification for developing a global dimension in primary teaching. The main focus is an investigation of the work of groups such as Oxfam or WEDG in promoting a global dimension in school. I was wondering if you A) knew of any other similar groups and B) Could help with finding relevant literature? Thank you.

14.05.10

Geography Satellite maps

Dear TTRB e-librarian, I am embarking on teaching Unit 22 A contrasting locality overseas in Geography at key stage 2 (YR 5 class). My overseas locality is Pondicherry, India. I am looking into some interesting sources/tools for investigation and have looked at multi-map and google earth, which have been fruitful. Are there any free 'real time' satellite mapping tools out there or sites with...

07.04.10

Geography Weather

Hi, I am in my 2nd year at uni and have to do an assignment on either history or geography, we were given geography and have to focus on Weather this is for a year 1 class. Do you know anything that could support this presentation, Books, journals or websites? Thank you.

24.03.10

Teachers TV Go Green Week

To mark ‘Go Green Week', the annual student week of action on climate change, Teachers TV is showing a week of programmes (w/c 8 February) looking at some of the issues and potential solutions around global warming. In addition, to mark the 5th anniversary of the launch of the unique TV channel for everyone who works in schools on 8th February, Teachers TV will be showing 40 of its most memorable...

08.02.10

Geography Creativity

HI I am a 3rd Year student and have begun to think about topics for my FYP. I am interested in having a creative approach towards my project but want it to be related to Geography. I am interested in using Journey Sticks and messy maps, both search terms I have used on your site but have not found any links. I want to further my knowledge on what research has been done so far with regards to...

03.02.10

Geography Primary Education

I am in my 3rd year of an ITT primary teaching degree and I am writing a position paper based around geography. The position is 'Geography is an important subject in the primary curriculum;' I would be really grateful for any help finding books, articles, journals, reports etc that may help me in proving or disproving this statement.

20.01.10

CfSA Community Cohesion Materials

A range of classroom resources, which have been developed by eleven subject associations working with the CfSA (The Council for Subject Associations), for teachers to use in the classroom, in order to increase their confidence, knowledge and understanding within the context of promoting community cohesion and the prevention of violent extremism.

17.12.09

Improving primary teachers' subject knowledge across the curriculum

This report summarises the evidence from inspectors of Ofsted’s subject survey programme during 2007/8 on the quality of teaching across the primary curriculum in all subjects. It excludes English and mathematics, but includes religious education, PSHE and citizenship. It focuses on aspects of good practice in teaching these non-core subjects and identifies good subject knowledge as a key factor...

10.12.09

Outdoor education Sustainability

I am doing a research project on how learning outside the classroom can aid the teaching of sustainaiblity and need some literature on this. Can you help?

02.12.09

Geography United States

As an assignment we are working in a group of 5 to make a teaching pack on a topic of our choice for a Year 2 teacher. the topic we have chosen is America. We have narrowed down this topic to focus on Native America and New York. I am focussing on the geography section of this topic pack. I am aiming to focus on comparing the houses, food, landmarks of new york, and some doing simple map work....

02.12.09

Map skills Primary

Hi, I am a 3rd year primary teaching student starting my dissertation on the subject of geography. My focus age is key stage 1 in a rural school, my rough title is 'how can the outdoor environment be used to teach the concept of maps?' For example walking around the school area and in forest school but the main focus on map work. I have searched 'maps' and 'outdoor learning' in TTRB and I have...

24.11.09

Multimodal teaching

Hi, for my dissertation I am looking at multimodal technologies and the benefits they can have to children's learning. I know there is quite a bit of information about this regarding literacy but I was going to look at the benefits of how it can be used cross-cirricular (especially science, history and geography for example) and I am struggling to find any information and research into this. I...

16.11.09

Ghana School partnerships

Hi, I am conducting a research project on the effect of twinning with schools in Ghana, i believe it is called the Ghana project. Is there anywhere i can find information on this in relation to enrichment of the curriculum or cultural awareness for primary schools? Thankyou

26.10.09

Going to School in India - Going to School in a Bus

This is one of eight short Teachers TV programmes in the series Going to School in India. The series, which has won a number of awards and been shown at many film festivals, was created by a former British teacher, Lisa Hydlauff, and is based on her DVD first published March 2007, which in turn was developed from her earlier book. The book, DVD and Teachers TV broadcasts are supported by a...

08.10.09

Waste disposal Statistics

Hi, I am after statistics for global waste (per country) I have searched the TTRB and also google. Yet the only information that comes up is available at a cost of a thousand pounds. I am wanting to know how much waste each country produces for a masters in applied education professional studies dissertation (based around sustainable development) If you can help with this it would be great....

02.10.09

Getting Out of the Classroom - Outdoor Learning with Forest School

In a short 15 minute film, this Teachers TV programme demonstrates the impact of Forest School on a group of Reception and Year 1 children from Charlbury School Oxfordshire. We see children experiencing outdoor learning in wet and dry weather and hear their views of the activities. We also gain an understanding of how the activities have changed children, from the perspectives of both teachers...

01.10.09

KS2 History – Exploring Tudor Values - Analysis

This is a video from Teachers TV which analyses a cross-curricular (history, citizenship and geography) approach to teaching about Tudor Values. The video lasts for fifteen minutes and presents critical reflective discussion on a taught unit of work for Year Fives between the class teacher and an expert academic researcher, Dr Hilary Cooper. The video is accompanied by downloadable resources in...

31.08.09

GTIP: Global Citizenship Education

Extracts from a GA 'Theory into Practice' publication, which demonstrates that geography and citizenship have complementary aims. It looks in detail at the classroom strategies used by teachers who have successfully taught citizenship through geography: most significantly through participatory, enquiry based approaches.

29.08.09

GTIP: Mysteries Make You Think

Extracts from a GA 'Theory into Practice' publication, which outlines the use of mysteries in the geography classroom, reports on research and discusses how they can help develop students’ thinking skills.

22.08.09

GTIP: Maps with Latitude

Extracts from a GA 'Theory into Practice' publication, which discusses new approaches to studying the globe and to selecting and using world maps.

16.08.09