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Digital technologies and the geography teacher

March 8, 2016September 26, 2017Oxford Geography Team

As a geography teacher, I don’t think I’m alone in priding myself on developing a real passion amongst my students for the world around us. Geography lessons need to be interactive and full of high quality resources targeted at taking our students on weekly virtual field trips. I often spend my Sunday evenings running through […]

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The times they are a-changin’ – Bob Digby on the new specifications

November 10, 2015November 9, 2015Oxford Geography Team
Beachy Head, East Sussex

It’s all change in the geography curriculum! Both GCSE and A Level specifications are changing in September 2016, with first examinations in summer 2018. The last examinations for the existing qualifications will take place in summer 2017. Any teachers teaching a three-year GCSE will already have started teaching the new courses! Change at GCSE The […]

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Making the most of GCSE past papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports

April 15, 2015March 16, 2016Oxford Geography Team
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As a GCSE Geography examiner, I often feel that examination board websites are designed in ways to support teachers rather than students. As a result, many teachers download past papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports to their own VLE or choose to point students in the right direction via specific web links. However, we still […]

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