The document discusses curriculum design in geography through fieldwork and experiential learning. It provides examples of the author's work with various organizations to create educational resources using virtual and real-world experiences. The author advocates for getting students outside of the classroom to directly experience places and incorporate literacy, inquiry, and exploration into the curriculum.
10. What is curriculum making ? “ the creation of interesting, engaging and challenging educational experiences which draw upon teacher knowledge and skills, the experiences of students and the subject resource..”
11. Student Experiences Geography: the subject Teacher Choices Underpinned by Key Concepts Thinking Geographically Which learning activity ? Does this take the learner beyond what they already know ?
43. “ Experience is the overcoming of perils. The word “experience” shares a common root (per) with “experiment,” “expert,” and “perilous.” To become an expert one must dare to confront the perils of the new.” Yi-Fu Tuan 1977
52. Tim Oates Chair of Curriculum Review Aims "embody for all children in England their cultural and scientific inheritance, enhance their understanding of the world around them and introduce them to the best that has been thought and written"