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PiXL Geography Conference David Holmes and Bob Digby

Aims and objectives Reviewing your initial teaching of the course and looking forward • Understanding how to manage the content requirements in the • time available Understanding the assessment requirements including the • extended response questions 2

Future proofing our young people

Encouraging high quality geography • Our aim is to support your students in becoming confident, capable and successful geographers. • These tools and materials will nurture your students’ abilities to:  ask geographical questions,  learn about places, patterns and processes,  use, interpret and analyse geographical data,  and use geographical terminology confidently in their writing.

Two specifications – a comparison Same Different • Three components • Specification A organised by domain; B organised by scale • A UK paper • Specification B has integrated • Fieldwork in one paper fieldwork questions • Integrated geographical skills • Specification B with a synoptic • Assessment weighting, marks DME; A with a mini UK and exam time synoptic • Fieldwork environments • Content: Glaciated landscapes in specification A, Tectonics in specification B

Overview of GCSE Geography A

Overview of GCSE Geography B

Assessment objectives

Command words and marks Our assessment guide is available to download from the Pearson qualifications website .

Command words and LBMS in extended writing A01 AO2 AO3 AO4 Marks Geography A and B: Assess (fieldwork) 4 4 8 Evaluate (fieldwork) 4 4 8 Assess (DME) 4 4 8 Evaluate (DME) 4 4 8 Assess 4 4 8 Evaluate 4 4 8 Resource + Assess 4 4 8 Resource + Evaluate 4 4 8 Geography A only: Examine 4 4 8 UK Challenges - Discuss 4 4 12 4 Geography B only: DME Justify 4 4 4 12

Distilling content (1) How do you teach this in 3 lessons!

Distilling content (2) In the Specification A SAMs there isn’t an 8 mark question about key idea 1.3 on its own. In the SAMs parts a, b and c are assessed by short open response questions with a maximum mark tariff of 2 marks

Tackling the 8 mark AO3/AO4 questions Activity 1A - A04 skills practice Delegate activity: Can you tease the AO4 information from this resource? Source: David Holmes / Making Geography Matter

Activity 1b Developing AO3 & AO4 Analysis ‘Pick the information apart’ Interpretation ‘Come up with some explanations’ Evaluation ‘Make evidenced judgements’

Tackling the 8 mark AO2/AO3 questions Activity 1c – Reviewing student responses Split into specification A and B as there are different questions

GCSE Geography A Paper 2, Question 2f

GCSE Geography B Paper 1, Question 1f Paper 1, Question 2f

Mark scheme for 8 mark AO2/AO3 questions

Supporting your teaching Please visit the Pearson qualifications website where we have over 70 support materials written specifically for Edexcel GCSE Geography A and B. ● Specimen papers ● Maths for Geographers guide ● Examiner marked student exemplars ● Detailed topic booklets and schemes of work for every topic ● Fieldwork guides Find out more about the published resources available to support teaching Edexcel GCSE Geography A and B.

Published resources

Geography Subject Advisor Expert support every step of the way from our Geography Subject Advisor, Jon Wolton • E-mail teachinggeography@pearson.com • Phone Jon on 020 7010 2185 • Follow Jon on Twitter @GeogAdvisor