First Year Geography: A Critical Journey
First Year Geography
A critical year
A maze of ideas
Helping each other
2. Reflecting on First Year
Activity 1
Why Explore Junior Certificate
Geography?
1.
Junior Certificate Syllabus 21 years in place
2.
Revision completed 2 years ago but is on hold
3.
Changes mooted in Junior Certificate Curriculum
4.
Changes in: - schools
- students
- resources
- technology
- theory
1
st
Year Geography
•
Students first contact with Second - Level
Geography
•
Foundation for other years
•
‘A good start is half the battle’
Syllabus
Geography is the study of
people
and
their relationships with their
environment
. It is concerned with
helping to develop an understanding
of the physical, social and economic
processes which shape the
environment.
Activity 1
?
What do you hope
your students
will get from
studying
Geography in
First Year
Feedback
Hopes for First Year
Success
Caring attitude to people and
planet
Love of Geography
Variety of learning experiences
Topicality
Sense of Place
1. Success
3. Love of
Geography
2. Caring attitude to the
planet and humanity
4. Variety of
learning
experiences
5. Topicality
6. Sense
of Place
7. Basic skills
8 Basic Geographical
Knowledge
3. Exploring First Year Content
Activity 2
Primary Curriculum
•
A sense of place and space
•
Maps, globes and graphical skills
•
Geographical investigation skills
The geographical skills and concepts above will be
developed as work is completed on the strands
and strand units of the curriculum outlined below.
•
Human environments
•
Natural environments
•
Environmental awareness and care
Junior Certificate Guidelines
‘
Non-Linear
: This syllabus is not designed to
be taught in any given order.’
‘The boundaries between the main branches
of geography, physical and human, are not
rigidly drawn. This is in keeping with the
syllabus' emphasis on the
interrelationship
between people and their environment
.’
Guidelines
‘
Local Studies
: Central to this syllabus too, is
the recognition that the local area of the
school provides a familiar and real
"
laboratory
"
in which geographical ideas can
be explored and practical skills practised. In
this sense, fieldwork is an integral part of this
syllabus.’
Junior Certificate Syllabus Framework
A. The Human Habitat – Processes and Change
1. The Earth’s Surface: Shaping the Crust
2. The Restless Atmosphere: The Heat Engine
3. The Workings of our Life Support System
B. Population, Settlement - Patterns and Urbanisation
1. Population - Distribution Diversity and Change
2. People on the Move
3. Settlement: Changing Patterns in Where We Live – Villages
and Towns
4. Urbanisation: Changing Patterns in Where we Live – Cities
C. Patterns in Economic Activity
1. Primary Economic Activities: The Earth as a Resource
2. Secondary Economic Activities: Building Resources into
Products
3. Tertiary Economic Activities: Facilitating Our Use of
Resources
4. Economic Inequality: The Earth’s Resources – Who Benefits?
Skills integrated
•
Map interpretation
•
Figure interpretation
•
Photograph Analysis
•
Numerical Skills and calculation
•
Picture interpretation
•
Figure Drawing
•
Map drawing
•
Fieldwork
What’s
possible in
First Year?
4. Ideas and resources
Spaceship Earth
1. Who’s on board?
2. Who’ in charge
?
3. How is it
powered?
4. Where are we going?
5. What supplies are on board?
6 Have we enough supplies
?
7. Does spaceship ever break
down?
8. Who repairs it?
Overarching idea
Delve into the maze of ideas and activities in first-year geography, setting the foundation for students to explore people and their environment. Reflect on the significance of geography in shaping perspectives and fostering a caring attitude towards our planet.
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First Year Geography A critical year
2. Reflecting on First Year Activity 1
Why Explore Junior Certificate Geography? 1. Junior Certificate Syllabus 21 years in place 2. Revision completed 2 years ago but is on hold 3. Changes mooted in Junior Certificate Curriculum 4. Changes in: - schools - students - resources - technology - theory
1stYear Geography Students first contact with Second - Level Geography Foundation for other years A good start is half the battle
Syllabus Geography is the study of people and their relationships with their environment. It is concerned with helping to develop an understanding of the physical, social and economic processes which shape the environment.
Activity 1 What do you hope your students will get from studying Geography in First Year ?
1. Success 2. Caring attitude to the planet and humanity 8 Basic Geographical Knowledge 3. Love of Geography 7. Basic skills 6. Sense of Place 4. Variety of learning experiences 5. Topicality
3. Exploring First Year Content Activity 2
Primary Curriculum A sense of place and space Maps, globes and graphical skills Geographical investigation skills The geographical skills and concepts above will be developed as work is completed on the strands and strand units of the curriculum outlined below. Human environments Natural environments Environmental awareness and care
Junior Certificate Guidelines Non-Linear: This syllabus is not designed to be taught in any given order. The boundaries between the main branches of geography, physical and human, are not rigidly drawn. This is in keeping with the syllabus' emphasis on the interrelationship between people and their environment.
Guidelines Local Studies: Central to this syllabus too, is the recognition that the local area of the school provides a familiar and real "laboratory" in which geographical ideas can be explored and practical skills practised. In this sense, fieldwork is an integral part of this syllabus.
Junior Certificate Syllabus Framework A. The Human Habitat Processes and Change 1. The Earth s Surface: Shaping the Crust 2. The Restless Atmosphere: The Heat Engine 3. The Workings of our Life Support System B. Population, Settlement - Patterns and Urbanisation 1. Population - Distribution Diversity and Change 2. People on the Move 3. Settlement: Changing Patterns in Where We Live Villages and Towns 4. Urbanisation: Changing Patterns in Where we Live Cities C. Patterns in Economic Activity 1. Primary Economic Activities: The Earth as a Resource 2. Secondary Economic Activities: Building Resources into Products 3. Tertiary Economic Activities: Facilitating Our Use of Resources 4. Economic Inequality: The Earth s Resources Who Benefits?
Skills integrated Map interpretation Figure interpretation Photograph Analysis Numerical Skills and calculation Picture interpretation Figure Drawing Map drawing Fieldwork
Whats possible in First Year?
1. Whos on board? 2. Who in charge? 8. Who repairs it? 3. How is it powered? 7. Does spaceship ever break down? 4. Where are we going? 6 Have we enough supplies? 5. What supplies are on board?
