Geography
(Edexel Spec A – Code 1312)
A brief description of the course followed in Years 10 & 11.
Geography(Edexel Spec A – Code 1312) A brief description of the course followed in Years 10 & 11. |
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What is Geography?
Will I enjoy this course?You will enjoy this course if you want to study a course that
How does it follow on from what I have learned before? You have already developed a range of relevant skills and knowledge from your study of Geography. These will be of great help in GCSE Geography. The GCSE course will take you further. It will introduce you to new skills and new places and new ideas. You will also be able to apply what you are learning and understand more about how people’s decisions shape the world we live in. What about exams? At the end of Year 11 you will take two exam papers, and hand in one item of coursework.
The first paper tests the core units of the course, and has an emphasis on skills, with mainly practical and short answer questions. You may have to complete a graph or sketch, for example, or find and use information from maps and photographs. (1hr 45mins: 45%) The second paper focuses more on the information you have learned on the course. There is a choice of questions, depending on which option units you have studied. Each question is broken down into a number of shorter parts. (1hr 15min : 30%) What about the coursework? You will do some fieldwork as part of your course, in Dorset in the summer term of Year 10, where you go out and put your skills and knowledge into practice. The information from this will not come from textbooks or videos, but will be an opportunity for you to investigate what is happening in the real world. You must write up a report of your investigation, including diagrams to present the information you have found out, this is marked by your teacher and the marks go towards your final exam result. You will have plenty of time to carry all this out, roughly half a term of lessons and prep time, and it means that you won’t just be judged on how well you do on one day in the exam. (2,000 words max. : 25%) What other skills might I develop? Geography is an ideal subject for developing a full range of skills. You will learn how to research information from a range of sources and present it in a variety of ways, both written and in diagrams. You can get experience of manipulating data, using statistics and ICT software such as databases, spreadsheets and graphic packages. Your fieldwork will help you to develop the skills of organising your own time, and working and co-operating with others. You will also learn to review your own work and progress. These ‘transferable skills’ will not just be useful in your study of Geography, but will help you make progress in many of your other subjects too, both at GCSE and beyond. They are also skills that are highly valued by employers, and will be useful in the world of work. There is also an optional 5-day field trip to Provence during the Summer half-term holiday which you can join!! What could I do next with GCSE Geography? A GCSE in Geography is a stepping-stone to a whole range of future opportunities. The skills you develop will support you in further studies and employment in a wide range of areas. Geography is an extremely popular GCSE option; it fits well with a wide range of other subjects as part of a broad, balanced curriculum. Last year 77% of pupils gained A*/A grades. A good grade at GCSE will help you to move on to any AS or A Level course. If you enjoyed your Geography GCSE, you might want to continue with this subject and perhaps study a related subject e.g. Biology or Economics. These will have close links with some of the material you studied for this GCSE.A.J. Palmer
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