David Rogers

Found this post by James Clay over the weekend which referenced the work here of Allan Carrington.   I like the idea of these pedagogy wheels and am posting here for quick reference and to refer you to the original posts.  Reminds me of the curriculum wheels developed by the Geographical Association during the last review of Key Stage 3. A very useful planning tool.   The Padagogy Wheel by Allan Carrington is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License .  Based on a work at http://tinyurl.com/bloomsblog .

We’re developing the idea of Year 7 students creating weather forecasts.  This isn’t an original idea by any means, however it does present an opportunity to develop the style of geographical writing required at GCSE and beyond.  Weather forecasts are a challenging activity as young people have to collect, choose, interpret and explain information in a concise way.  Therefore, every word counts.  When we zoom through to GCSE Controlled Assessments and examinations, this concise natures and use of geographical words is a core skills needed to do well.  A strong focus on literacy and examination skills from Year 7 has helped Priory Geography to maintain our sustained improvement. This is  brief description of the lesson. Firstly, I asked the class to talk about the weather outside.  They had brought in an extreme weather report with them and used this for key words. We then watched the BBC Weather’s UK Forecast Video with the sound switched off....