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The module aims to prepare trainee teachers, with a subject strength in geography, for their role as specialists in the primary school.

This module explores the teaching of geography across the Early Years Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2. It focuses on the role of the subject specialist and the planning issues that are contingent on this, alongside whole school issues such as the development of learners’ geographical thinking. The module also explores more complex curricular issues such as the links with core skills and citizenship.

Knowledge and Understanding:

1)     A detailed knowledge and understanding of the relevant aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage and N.C programmes of study;

2)     Secure knowledge of the subject of those aspects of the subject taught at the Early Years Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2;

3)     An understanding of whole school issues in the planning and teaching of Geography and an introduction to the role of the subject specialist

Skills:

1)     Knowing how to access recent inspection evidence and relevant research evidence on teaching learners in the subject and know how to use this to inform and improve their teaching and promote development and well being;

2)     Planning for progression and differentiation;

3)     Using the key skills of literacy, numeracy and ICT in geography lessons as set out in the Primary National Strategy.

Staff/student contact: approx 20%

Directed and student private study: approx 80%

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.