Uncut classrooms : geography.
An accelerated Year 8 geography group at Coulsdon High School in Surrey is introduced to a simulated decision-making survival exercise to prepare them for starting GCSE work the following term. This programme shows a complete lesson, uninterrupted and unedited - a resource technically difficult for...
| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[England] :
Teachers TV/UK Department of Education,
2006-2008.
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| Series: | Education in video
Uncut classrooms ; 1 Uncut classrooms ; 3 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | An accelerated Year 8 geography group at Coulsdon High School in Surrey is introduced to a simulated decision-making survival exercise to prepare them for starting GCSE work the following term. This programme shows a complete lesson, uninterrupted and unedited - a resource technically difficult for schools to capture for themselves. It is intended to help develop classroom observation skills. The teacher introduces the video and tells us about the class we re going to see, explains the objectives for the lesson, and sets it in context - whether introducing a topic, building on previous work, or revision. The lesson runs for its natural length and the picture is split between views from two cameras, one following the teacher and the other showing the whole room. After the lesson, we have the teacher's immediate reaction to how things went, the extent to which the initial objectives were met, and where they will go next with the topic. Ofsted's report Geography in schools: changing practice (2004-7) found some evidence of decline in the overall quality of geography provision in schools. The subject was singled out in the White Paper 14-19 education and skills as in need of radical change. One of the results has been the launch of the Action Plan for Geography, which aims to engage and enthuse young people with geography . This programme, useful for both peer observation and as a good example of reflection on teaching, showcases an uncut version of innovative practice which is helping to raise achievement in secondary geography. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (88 min.). |