Stimulate curiosity in your classroom by engaging with geography through enquiry

This course supports you to develop your geography teaching from presenting static facts to encouraging discovery.

Inspired by the DfE's call for fascination and curiosity, we dive deep into the power of enquiry. Jon will guide you through the planning and implementation of high-quality geographical investigations. You'll master the strategies for asking the right questions, building knowledge incrementally, and connecting the complex array of places, spaces, and environments.

Learning Aims: Understand the full procedure of geographical enquiry, learn to strategically plan its elements, and see how to weave key geographical concepts through the investigative process.

Impact on Teachers: You will become confident in designing and delivering challenging, stimulating geographical units. This clarity in curriculum planning ensures every lesson deepens understanding and builds on prior knowledge, moving pupils beyond superficial learning.

Impact on Pupils: Pupils will be empowered to adopt advanced enquiry strategies: questioning, critical analysis, and data communication, fostering a genuine need to know and boosting their disciplinary and substantive geographical knowledge.

Ready to elevate your geography curriculum with robust enquiry strategies?

Course programme

• Session 1 – What is enquiry based learning?
• Session 2 – What do we want pupils to know and understand?
• Session 3 – How do we plan for ‘knowing more, understanding more and remembering more’?

This course will run as a full day online, 9.30 – 15.30, with breaks for lunch and refreshments. Sessions are recorded as standard.

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Keywords: Geography, Enquiry, Strategies, Curiosity, Planning, Curriculum, Teachers, Disciplinary Knowledge, Substantive Knowledge, Geographical Concepts