Education - Geography

Professional Development for Teachers is a series of handbooks for teachers, published in association with Cambridge International Examinations. The handbooks provide clear, practical and up-to-date guidance on teaching and assessing skills, across a range of subject areas, for IGCSE and O Level. They offer ideas and strategies for effective classroom practice, coursework setting and the integration of different skill. Teaching and Assessing Skills in Geography is written by an experienced teacher trainer and examiner. The first chapter introduces the subject and sets the objectives for the other chapters. Chapter 2 looks at how to convert an examination syllabus into a teaching programme, with illustrations of how to use case studies from the local area and further afield. Chapter 3 identifies the ways in which Geography can be taught to students of varying abilities, while Chapter 4 investigates a number of different teaching approaches and learning activities. In Chapter 5 the author considers a selection of geographical resources and describes how these can be used. Chapter 6 provides advice on how to incorporate coursework and fieldwork activities into teaching programmes, and Chapter 7 suggests ways of assessing different types of work.