CBE - Diploma Training Day – 15th February 2008

No Geography – No CBE

Jeff Stanfield – County Inspector / Advisor

Geography.

What on earth is Geography all about?

PEOPLE.PLACE. (Placing places is crucial)

INTERACTIONS.INTERCONNECTIONS.PROCESSES.PATTERNS.ENVIRONMENT. - Personal Perceptions. - Change. - Sustainable futures.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

WHAT ON EARTH IS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ALL ABOUT THEN?

NOT IN MY BACK YARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS NOT GREEN GEOGRAPHY.

Geography is all about the natural and built environment.

Whatever the KS or Course.

-Relevant.

-Pupil Driven – personalised.

-Emotive.

-Radical.

-Topical.

-Challenging.

-Progressive.

-Exciting to learn and teach.

-Inspirational.

HAMPSHIRE – A dynamic county a county of great change.

- Eagle Star rekindle their desire to build Micheldever New Town.

- Elvetham Heath the fastest growing new village in Europe.

- Four lane M27.- Gravel reserves – where?- Reuse of military housing.- Barton Farm expansion.- Inner city / urban decay.- 125000+ houses by 2016- Shifting / changing

demography.YOUR HOT GOSSIP!

SOME HAMPSHIRE MEMORIES – 1964 - 65

- POST WAR BOOM. - LIMITED DISTANT TRAVEL.

- NO MOTORWAY SYSTEM. - LOCAL SHOPPING.

- COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS. - STEAM TRAINS.

- COAL FIRES IN HOME. - BASINGSTOKE / ANDOVER. smaller towns.

- NO CAR - WATERLOOVILLE separate

urban sprawl.

- NO CONCERN ref RESOURCES. - REDEVELOPMENT.

- EXPANSION

HITTING THE HEADLINES – 6th February 2008

- Who is protecting our national park?- Thousands turn out to have a say in the

district’s future.- Building for a better future - £4.4 into Sure

Start scheme.- Home prices still soar.- Buy to let landlords stay strong across the

south.- Expansion of flight paths over rural areas.

Place nesting / place hierarchy – The Power Struggle.

- Europe.

- National Government.

- S.E. Economic Region. (GOSE)

- Hampshire County Council.

- District Councils.*

- Parish Councils.

*Where on earth do Winchester want to build their new houses?

Synergy NOT Competition.

Muesli NOT Porridge!!!!

GEOGRAPHY CBE

QUALITY!!!!

ARE WE IN THE RIGHT PLACE THEN?

• SAFER and more SECURE for all.

• Maximising WELLBEING.

• Enhancing the QUALITY of PLACE.

ALL GEOGRAPHICAL IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN!!

Where on earth do these originate from?

Every Child Matters – A Massive Step Forward!If it is really true!

5 Key Outcomes

- Be Healthy.- Stay Safe.- Enjoy and Achieve.- Make a Positive

Contribution.- Achieve Economic Well-

Being.

- Emotional Health.- Safe from crime / anti-social

behaviour.- Decision making – support the

community and environment.- Live in “decent” homes and

sustainable communities.- Access to transport and materials

goods.- Live in households free from low

income.

Just scratching the surface.

The Geography of Community Cohesion

Final report was published for schools in July 2007

For schools the term “community” has a number of dimensions including

-The School Community – pupils, families and the school staff.

-The Community in which the school is located – the school in its geographical community and the people who live or work in the area.

-The Community of Britain.

-The Global Community – formed by the EU and International links.

Check out RRR initiative as well.

Getting to Grips with the Eight Doorways.

1. Food and Drink. 6. Inclusion and Participation.

2. Energy and Water. 7. Local Well-being.

3. Travel and Traffic. 8. Global Dimension.

4. Purchasing and Waste.

5. Buildings and Grounds.

The Citizenship Link.

We are Geographersand Citizens from themoment we are born.

Geography is ever present.

CITIZENSHIP AIN’T NEW!!

Check out the requirements