Standish, A;
Hawley, D;
Willy, T;
(2016)
The London Geography Alliance: Re-connecting the school subject with the university discipline.
London Review of Education
, 14
(2)
pp. 83-103.
10.18546/LRE.14.2.06.
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Abstract
The London Geography Alliance was established to provide a network of subject-based support to primary and secondary schools, by linking teachers and university lecturers. Workshops and fieldwork were conducted over a 17-month period to address different aspects of the geography curriculum. The effects of the project were evaluated using qualitative and quantitative methods. Primary school teachers improved their knowledge of geography and their confidence to identify and facilitate geographical learning. Secondary school teachers enhanced their subject knowledge, developed new ideas, schemes of work and resources for teaching, and improved their use of fieldwork techniques. The project showed how teaching in schools can be improved through making links to university disciplines.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The London Geography Alliance: Re-connecting the school subject with the university discipline |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.18546/LRE.14.2.06 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.14.2.06 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Standish, Hawley, and Willy. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | subject knowledge; subject-specific pedagogy; professional development; curriculum; geography |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522309 |
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