| CODE | MSG5005 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Resources for the Secondary Geography Curriculum | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| EQF/MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mathematics and Science Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is intended to make student teachers aware of the large variety of resources available for the teaching and learning of secondary geography. It demonstrates how to select, adapt, and create resources to make lessons engaging, relevant, and inclusive. Emphasis is placed on: • Creative use of digital tools and AI to support learning and assessment; • Integration of games and interactive resources to enhance motivation; • Experiential learning supported by technology; • Critical evaluation of resources for gender, cultural, or ethnocentric bias; • Designing and differentiating geography resources to meet the diverse needs, abilities, and literacy levels of secondary learners. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to assist student teachers: - In identifying and evaluating the wide range of resources that are available for the teaching and learning of geography at secondary level, including digital, AI and interactive tools; - To explore how best to utilise such resources to facilitate understanding and motivate and engage students to learn geography; - To demonstrate that the wider the range and the higher the quality of visual materials can significantly influence the geographical education of pupils; - To produce their own resources particularly those that link the real world with that of the classroom (thus bringing some reality into the classroom); - To instruct through practical examples and discussion on being aware of the important considerations that should influence decisions on choice of resources; - To design, adapt and select geography resources that support differentiation, ensuring accessibility for learners with diverse abilities, literacy levels and learning profiles; - To reflect on how best to avoid resources that show evidence of gender or ethnocentric bias. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of resources in geography teaching and learning, including AI and digital tools, and how these influence the pupils’ interest and motivation to learn; - List and critically evaluate resources available for the teaching and learning of secondary geography; - Criticise the quality and suitability of selected resources and the ways these can be employed; - Show awareness of topicality, relevance and accuracy of teaching materials used in the classroom or in the field; - Be aware of the possibilities of resource misuse or inappropriate applications. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify, select and adapt a range of resources for use in geography teaching and learning; - Use resources creatively to support and facilitate engagement and understanding; - Construct or modify digital, AI-supported or real-world-linked resource for use in the classroom or in the field; - Critically evaluate resources available to support the teaching and learning of geography; - Recognise gender or ethnocentric bias in resources; - Adapt geography resources to meet the needs of learners with varying abilities, interests and language/literacy levels. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text: - Biddulph M, Lambert D & Balderstone D (2015) Learning to teach geography in the secondary school. London, Routledge. Supplementary Readings: - Martin F (2006). e-geography, using ICT in quality geography. London, Geographical Association UK. With readings from Teaching Geography, Geography - an international journal, Geographical and other sources. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Workshop | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Clara Agius |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2026/7. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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