Coordinating Geography Across the Primary School

by John Halocha

Overview

Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately.; There are special volumes dedicated to dealing with OFSTED, creating whole school policy and the demands of co-ordinating several subjects within a small school.; The entire set of 16 volumes is available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138421554
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2017
Series:	Subject Leaders' Handbooks
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.00(d)

Table of Contents

Part one The role of the geography coordinator Chapter 1 Contexts for effective coordination Chapter 2 Developing your skills as geography coordinator Chapter 3 Establishing a secure place for geography in the school curriculum Part two What Geography coordinators need to know Chapter 4 Subject knowledge Chapter 5 What the coordinator needs to know about current research Chapter 6 What coordinators need to know about cross-curricular links Chapter 7 What the coordinator needs to know about fieldwork and the law Part three Whole school policies and schemes of work Chapter 8 Preparing a whole school policy for geography Developing a whole school policy for geography Chapter 9 Creating your school geography policy Chapter 10 Planning the geography curriculum Part four Monitoring for quality Chapter 11 Assessment, recording and reporting Chapter 12 The geography coordinator and OFSTED inspections Part five Resources for learning Chapter 13 Gaining, maintaining and deploying resources Chapter 14 Resources for primary geography

Editorial Reviews

Provides information for teachers who are new to being geography subject leaders as well as those with more experience. Reviews the different roles of the geography coordinator in the UK primary school system, covers subject and teaching knowledge, and discusses developing school-wide policies and monitoring quality. Includes a list of non-specific suggestions for teaching resources. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'Useful advice on dealing with inspections and the management of resources. There is much in this book that a coordinator would find useful.' - Primary Geographer

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