26TRA878 Enabling students as Geographers the new Senior Cycle

 

 

 

 

It’s an exciting time for Geography in our post-primary schools! The new Senior Cycle specification for geography includes a unifying strand, enabling students to apply geographical thinking and skills to a greater degree than the previous specification.

Within this webinar Susan will outline possibilities for embedding this strand into the other three strands of the Geography specification to ensure engaging Geography lessons. Teachers will have the opportunity to learn more about geographical enquiry pedagogies, geographical thinking and skills within all lessons. Within the seminar teachers will also be able to share their own expertise and experiences, and resources from the webinar will be shared with participants.

Bio of Presenter: Dr Susan Pike

Dr Susan Pike is an Assistant Professor in Sustainability and Geography Education at Trinity College Dublin. She is a post-primary geography teacher with experience of working at all levels of education in geography and geography teacher education. Susan was a member of the NCCA Development Group for Senior Cycle Geography. She actively researches in geography in schools with teachers and students. Susan has produced numerous resources for Geography and is currently writing a book, entitled Learning Secondary Geography: Creative Theory, Research and Practice. The book will be full of examples of practice from schools, some of which she will share in the webinar.