Secondary CPD: Developing literacy in geography

This course

This online training involves two 90-minute sessions

Part 1: Monday 23rd September 2024 15:30-17:00
Part 2: Monday 21st October 2024 15:30-17:00

Course content

• Uses evidence from research and theory to investigate effective literacy strategies for teaching and learning geography
• Demonstrates active reading strategies to engage with a variety of geographical texts
• Develops knowledge and strategies for teaching geographical vocabulary and morphology
• Explores how to develop informal talk into formal writing
• Use a process to model how reading can improve extended writing in geography

Audience

• Secondary subject leaders and practitioners
• Literacy leaders, who may be supporting a subject area