Geography education consultant | Curriculum & sustainability | Former MAT National Geography Lead | CGeog FRGS | Geographical Association Trustee |
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My first reflection from ResearchED East Anglia focuses on @Counsell_C 's keynote on story, attention and memory. I’ve been thinking about what this means in my own context as a geographer: the texture of geography, narrative, memory and the danger of overly generic lesson structures. @ATTInstitute @researchED1
robgeogchambers.substack.com… #ResearchED #geographyteacher #geography #stories #educhat
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It'll be live on online in Manchester on 2nd July. Find out more:
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Me too - wrote that straight down - so true! :)
Jun 13
Love this from @Counsell_C:
Writing lesson objectives on the board at the start of a lesson is like telling the punchline of a joke, before telling the joke
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A little ‘in the moment’ time at the beautiful @AngleseyAbbeyNT for Sunday morning. #headspace #nature
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Well a fabulous day at #rEDEastAnglia - thank you to @CatherineRusht2 and all the team at @ATTInstitute and of course to all those from Mildenhall Academy that gave up their time - fabulous hosting! The end of another great @researchED1! Hoping there will be a #rEDEastAnglia27!! Looking forward to actually having time to process my thoughts and ideas gathered today over the next few days :)
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My final session of the day at #rEDEastAnglia was with @CatScutt considering the use of AI in education. Catt posed lots of interesting points for reflection and it sparked more questions for me to follow up through my own use and research of AI. @ATTInstitute @researchED1
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My fourth session was with the fantastic @MrsBallAP from @Steplab_co looking at the importance of and strategies for scaffolding whilst avoiding lethal mutations by staying true to subject specificity in their application and in a way that doesn’t provide a ceiling - keeping ambition high for all and is gradually removed. Can highly recommend Rachel and @lamb_heart_tea book - The Scaffolding Effect (@Inner_Drive) @researchED1 @ATTInstitute #rEDEastAnglia
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A very thought provoking session by @carnaby_mr @astreaacademies - ‘The Implementation Gap is a Design Problem. Lots to think about. @researchED1 @ATTInstitute #rEDEastAnglia
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Another brilliant @Inner_Drive talk with the great @badger_claire - on effective feedback #rEDEastAnglia @researchED1
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Next up was Caroline Spencer from the fantastic @Inner_Drive looking at maximising questions and getting as many students as possible to think and participate. Reasonated with me following my recent substack posts on the importance of intellectual preparation @researchED1 @ATTInstitute #edchat
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#rEDEastAnglia kicked off with the amazing @Counsell_C so much to think about here in particular for me the negative impact that trying to impose a single lesson structure across subjects can have and how important narrative is. Lots of unpacking of my thoughts on this to do! A great start to the day. #rED @ATTInstitute @researchED1
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Shared curriculum resources are only as strong as teachers’ understanding of them. In this 3-part series, I explore Intellectual Preparation: why it matters, what it looks like in geography, and how schools can protect it from becoming another compliance exercise. Part 1 robgeogchambers.substack.com… Part 2 robgeogchambers.substack.com… Part 3 robgeogchambers.substack.com… #intellectualpreparation #geography #geographyteacher #edchat
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Rob Chambers retweeted
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Rob Chambers retweeted
So the #NationalFestivalofFieldwork through @The_GA is underway & very soon, every Y7 student at Future Academies will undertake their first piece of KS3 fieldwork to look at the flood risk to their school.
Rationale resources top tips: katestockings.com/geographic…
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Jun 10
Great to see @astreaacademies in this list.
✅4th for A8
✅3rd for Basics 5
✅4th for Basics 4
We've got much more to do our journey, but it's good to see this.
Jun 10
Which MATs are the best at improving schools?
I've added a Sponsorship page to my KS4 Dashboard to find out
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It's the National Festival of Fieldwork this month - so I must give a shout out to the brilliant @theislandgeogr website - Chloe is fabulous and the go to person for all things fieldwork - so many brilliant resources on her website as well! - a must visit for all #geographyteacher theislandgeographer.co.uk/re… #fieldwork #geography #nationalfestivaloffieldwork @The_GA @BarnabyBearsMum
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My latest substack post is a personal reflection on curriculum booklets: what they can do well, what needs to sit around them, and the potential pitfalls to avoid. Booklets can support curriculum coherence, intellectual preparation, non-specialist teaching and workload — but only when used thoughtfully. open.substack.com/pub/robgeo… #geographyteacher #curriculumdesign #KS3 #bookletisedcurriculum
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