Presenter:
Monica Thom The purpose of this day's professional development is (1) to examine the programming of the Preliminary Geography course, (2) to do a refresher course in the Geography skills required and (3) to share ideas about the SGP, fieldwork and assessment.
What to bring:Stage 6 Geography syllabus.
Laptop with internet access.
A USB.
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          | Love the resources. |
          | Would have liked a presenter with more recent classroom experience. |
          | Fantastic resources provided. |
          | Good resources and ideas for teaching geography in an interesting way. |
          | Great resources. Some sections not well prepared ie answers to skills questions. Loved the activities with answers. |
          | Disappointed as the best thing was all the resources given but it didn't clarify the course or what areas we should teach. SGS session was disappointing - basic chat than actually how it is structured. |
          | Very helpful integrated approach to Geography. Very helpful resources - thanks! Especially your SC booklet. Your presentation was engaging and enthusiastic and reminded me of the joys of teaching geography. More scaffolding for SGP would be good. |
          | Resources are great. Have good scope for how to structure the course in meaningful and engaging ways. |
          | Have been provided with excellent resources, have some great ideas to go home with. |
          | Gained valuable ideas and resources to be able to integrate into the classroom. |
          | Great reesources but thought there woudl be greater focus on assessment. |
          | Great resources, real applications to the real world of teaching geography in 2012. Thanks Monica. |
          | Excellent examples of work resources and provision of samples by presenter. |
          | Course covered all areas of the prelim course. Great resources and flexible approach. |
          | Need more sharing of resources, information between teachers. |
          | Very godo resources to take away and review at a later date. Great to be able to contact presenter at a later stage. |
          | Very helpful and answered all questions in detail and gave many useful resources. |
          | Monica has always presented her work in a positive and encouraging manner. Great content, very helpful. |