This session will consider how to design a new, decolonised KS3 geography curriculum that centres representation and equity, and why that makes a difference. We will explore using contemporary sources and indigenous voices to widen pupils’ world understanding, then model a KS3 audit with a worked example. Finally, we will deep-dive a biomes topic, exploring how climate zones shape culture without determinism.
Teacher of Geography, Co-Op Academy Florence MacWilliams
I graduated with a BA Hons in Geography from Lancaster University in 2016 and soon after moved to New York City, where I studied Geography of Art at NYU. After returning to the UK, I spent six years in Events Management, travelling globally to deliver high-profile conferences in Aviation... Read More →
This session will explore six key themes of high-quality subject leadership (vision, team leadership, curriculum leadership, impact, stakeholders and management), illustrating how strategic decision-making can have a positive impact on the students we teach. Participants will have the chance to work through three tasks that help critically reflect on vision, impact and student voice. This session will be suitable for both existing subject leaders and those aspiring to the role.
This session outlines key aspects of the Curriculum and Assessment Review and considers the implications these will have when designing a coherent geography curriculum, with progression and assessment at its heart, and designed to make a difference for students in terms of making sense of our complex world. You will have the opportunity to reflect on the implications of the Review on your current 11-16 geography curriculum.
Interdisciplinary climate crisis education recognises climate change as a lived experience. Maintaining rigour is challenging, and teachers often feel uncertain outside their expertise. This session highlights geography’s central role, offers practical strategies to support staff, and includes hands-on group work where delegates design flexible, engaging, IPCC-aligned approaches for use in their own schools.
Honorary Lecturer, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, Institute of Education, University College London.
I am Honorary Lecturer and Associate Fellow at the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCCSL) at University College London, where I engage in research and teaching focused on climate change education. Alongside my work at UCL, I independently write and develop ... Read More →
