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Geography site middle- upper primary easy to read student language, engaging layout. Offers teachers page with lesson plans and presentations. Also link for kids geography games

Research article comparing two experienced Geography teachers use of PCK. The article argues Geography teachers need extensive content knowledge, understand how knowledge is constructed and in particular that teachers need to address students preconceptions and incorporate them into teaching and learning.

The SA DECD Leading Learning website has some great teaching resources which align with the Australian Curriculum. The 'Geography: What is it for?' clip has contributed to the foundation of my PCK in regards to teaching geography.

Scroll down to the open access article "ICT in Geography" - may be useful for references

This site provides access to the nine geography standards and eleven samples of classroom geography teaching. Each of these is designed to offer a basis for professional learning.

An article on who to engage students in geography learning with examples given of two teacher's units.

Hi there I know its supposed to be in 80 days but my unit plan is going to be 10 lessons. I have decided that I am planning on the Year 9 Australian Curriculum Geography - Geographies of interconne...

This was the first resource I came across after Googling the title I've written above. I took the advice in the learning path in selecting my subject for my unit plan (to pick a weaker teaching area in order to strengthen it) and this resource has helped me immeasurably! It provides focus questions, PDF and video samples, as well as providing additional links surrounding developing geographical thinking and communication skills and understanding geography teaching in terms of pedagogical practices. All in all, a good find!

I found this webpage very helpful in showing teachers how to have a strong PCK when teaching Geography.

PCK and geography

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A good blog from a teacher in the UK who has some great ideas on secondary Geography teaching. He talks about a few good ICTs to use as well for Geog.

Articulating the pedagogical content knowledge of accomplished geography teachers

This article goes over actual geography lessons. It shows how to incorporate unplanned geographic events that are happening around the world into lessons and outlines the benefits to students in doing so.

 This is my blog outlining a rough idea for a Foundation/Prep Geography unit plan

Experienced geography teachers' PCK of students' ideas and beliefs about learning and teaching

"In the 360 degree video, Mike Kent, a Geography teacher, delivers a great lesson and you can look round the entire room as students and teacher move around, get things done, interact with the teacher and go through a Q&A session. It is fascinating. They're using this approach for lesson observations allowing the teacher, or their colleagues, to watch it back in full Virtual Reality. This gives the teacher a view of themselves, from the student's point of view, as well as observe 'everything' that happens in the classroom. It made me think of different possibilities….."

Yr5 - Geography it teaches students more complex grid references. it may need extensive scaffolding for some lower level students.

Plenty of opportunity to use these tools in Maths, Science, Geography etc ...

NSW Ed department resource to help new teachers of Geography

A great article which has contributed to my Geographical PCK. It can be accessed through the USQ library. I especially love the concluding words "Children's voices empower pedagogy".