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From: RHED-1 <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 14 February 2011 12:23
Subject: National Curriculum Review - call for evidence consultation
To: RHED-1 <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Colleagues
We are asking that you show your support for geography by logging onto
the Department of Education’s important current National Curriculum
Review – call for evidence consultation. They are seeking the views of
the public on which subjects should be in the school curriculum,
studied to what age, and your ideas for curriculum content. The key
part of the questionnaire is on pages 11/12 (Question 17a-f) where
there are tick boxes about geography. This, together with completing
the background information at the start of the questionnaire, will
take you less than five minutes. (If you want to complete the whole 21
pages be prepared to spend at least an hour; but we are not asking
that you do this.)
We want to demonstrate the real depth of support for geography that
exists, so please do respond online at W:
http://www.education.gov.uk/consultations. Please do it now.
The Society has been in discussion with the Schools Minister and
Secretary of State and is submitting its views on the curriculum
content. We believe passionately that geography is vital in the
curriculum as a compulsory National Curriculum subject from age 5 to
at least age 14 (that is, at key stages 1, 2 and 3) and preferably to
age 16 (key stage 4).
So please respond to this consultation by the closing date of mid
April and encourage others (your colleagues, students at all levels,
alumni etc) to do so. Please help us to spread the word about the
consultation far and wide.
If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact
us. We have posted some details to the Society’s web site (the
announcement, timetable through to September 2014 etc). We warmly
welcome the appointment of Professor Nigel Thrift to the National
Curriculum Review Advisory Panel.
W: http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Advocacy+and+Policy/Education+policy/schools+policy.htm
Best wishes
Rita and Catherine
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Dr. Catherine Souch
Head of Research and Higher Education
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
1 Kensington Gore
London, SW7 2AR
England
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T: +44 (0)20 7591 3022
F: +44 (0)20 7591 3001
W: www.rgs.org
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