How can young people take an active role in the geography curriculum?
Three teachers describe their involvement with the Young People's Geographies (YPG) project. Valley School gave students the opportunity to choose what they wanted to study and after much deliberation investigated food miles. Tapton School students chose how they wanted to investigate an issue...
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| description | Three teachers describe their involvement with the Young People's Geographies (YPG) project. Valley School gave students the opportunity to choose what they wanted to study and after much deliberation investigated food miles. Tapton School students chose how they wanted to investigate an issue concerning their school catchment. Heworth Grange School students studied change in their local area - Gateshead Quays. The YPG project seems to be giving teachers and students the opportunity to explore what makes a meaningful geography curriculum together. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d949800e-c9a9-4165-9534-c2b555647e6e2022-03-27T08:54:49ZHow can young people take an active role in the geography curriculum?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d949800e-c9a9-4165-9534-c2b555647e6eEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Firth, RBiddulph, MRiley, HGaunt, IBuxton, CThree teachers describe their involvement with the Young People's Geographies (YPG) project. Valley School gave students the opportunity to choose what they wanted to study and after much deliberation investigated food miles. Tapton School students chose how they wanted to investigate an issue concerning their school catchment. Heworth Grange School students studied change in their local area - Gateshead Quays. The YPG project seems to be giving teachers and students the opportunity to explore what makes a meaningful geography curriculum together. |
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