It is human nature to draw a line between things. I know that there is a divide between those who champion a knowledge rich curriculum and those who are seen as more progressive. This false distinction has always been confusing to me. Firstly this is because, in geography at least, knowledge changes. The existing currculum is based upon the personal interests of mainly white men based in the Global North. Rightly, perspectives around the curriculum are changing. If we are to allow children to learn, read and be aware of the very best taht humans have created, we must look at this from a geographical lens. We aren't English where there are seminal works of creative genius. I mean, Burgess can not be compared to Shakespeare or Secondly, it is the expert geographer's job to mould and adpat the geography curriculum to what ever is coming along. When training at the University of Durham, we were told of the testing effect. In schools, I saw it as my job to ensure that the geographi...
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