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Developing CA tasks: the basics
• Check the generic titles – select one for
each task
• Refer to the associated key idea / enquiry
question in the spec
Spend some time carefully
planning the title and task
• Formulate a contextualised title ie
one that suits you and your students.
• Your title needs to be:
– Focused / manageable within the
time constraint
– Open enough to allow student
independence
• Send your proposal to Steve who will
contact your CAA for support and
advice!
Developing ideas ....
for the Issue
Exceptional stimulus
material available
A controversial
(local) issue
The starting point for devising a Decision
Making Exercise
Specific staff
expertise
Strong links with a
planning office / field
study centre
A checklist for the DME (A) or Issue (B)
Developing ideas ....
for the Issue
Is Geography at the heart of the issue?
Is the issue topical / current – is there a futures element?
Is controversy at the heart of the issue?
Can a range of specific viewpoints be identified?
Will the task arise naturally out of the teaching programme?
Is it important to set the DME at a different scale to the Enquiry?
Will the resources available be accessible to all students?
Can the task be completed within the 5 + 8 hours allowed?
Does the selected mode of presentation match the needs of
the students?
Does the school have appropriate resources to support the
chosen mode of presentation (I.T. issues / Oral assessment)?
Preparing for the DME
What resources do I have?
Have I taught students
how to make a decision?
Teaching and learning
Do students have data
processing skills?
Research – max 5 hours
What materials do I need to
prepare to populate the folder?
Have I booked the ICT room / library?
Write up phase – max 8 hours
Have I prepared students / parents
for the high level of control?
Am I going to use separate
lessons, or block book time?
Teach methods of
decision making
How will the environment be affected?
Who are making decisions
about change – raising
questions about the
involvement of local
communities or the imposition
of decisions from above.
Will jobs be created or lost?
Will local people benefit?
What kinds of skills?
How will people be affected?
Will the local community benefit?
Reindeer diagrams
or consequence
mapping
What could go in the folder?
Data that can be mapped
Data that can be graphed
instructions
opinions
websites
Developing a DME on Climate
Change
• Theme 2
• Climate Change
• 2.2 How can technology be
used and people’s lifestyles
changed to reduce the
impact of climate change?
Should the local authority switch
off street lighting to reduce
carbon emissions?
Why?
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Controversial
Topical
Futures geography
Opinions
Named stakeholders
Avoids simple yes / no decision –
students need to explore alternatives
Possible to use real opinions
from weblogs
• “I am concerned that switching off the lights will make
people travelling late at night feel unsafe. We’re trying to
encourage people to walk around town and not use their
cars, especially with drink driving, and we need to create
a safe route for them to do that.”
• Stuart Wright, Local Councillor
• “I am very concerned about these proposals. It is at odds
with other safety initiatives like CCTV which has been
installed to keep a lid on crime. Switching off the street
lights could lead to a rise in anti-social behaviour.”
• Mick Castle, Borough Councillor
• “Just last year we were successful in having lights put up
in one area because of drug-related problems and to
now have this same area plunged into darkness will
mean that our efforts for public safety were for nothing.”
• Julie Brociek-Coulton, Councillor.
Developing a DME on
Ecosystems
• Theme 9
• 2.2 How can ecosystems be
managed sustainably?
• 3.1 What is the evidence that
ecosystems are being used
unsustainably?
How should the marine
environment of Cardigan Bay be
managed?
• Costs / benefits of tourism compared
to scallop fishing.
• Who benefits? Who decides?
Developing a DME on Coastal
management
• Theme 7
• 2.1 What are the advantages
and disadvantages of hard and
soft engineering strategies used
to manage our coasts?
• 3.2 What is the most sustainable
way to manage our coastline in
the face of rising sea levels?
Are the Wentlooge levels worth
protecting? • A four way decision:
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Do nothing
Maintain the line
Retreat the line
Advance the line