Rebalancing the Junior Certificate Geography syllabus

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Rebalancing the Junior Certificate Geography
syllabus
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What is rebalancing?

• Writing syllabus to a common template
• Writing learning outcomes
• Addressing overload
• Eliminating overlap
• Addressing obsolescence

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Implementing the template

• Introduction
• Body of Syllabus
• Learning outcomes
• Assessment
• Links

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Why learning outcomes?

• Describes what the students are expected to be
  able to know and do
• Focus on student rather than on teacher
• Aid to plan and design the teaching, learning and
  assessment of the students
• Common language to describe learning across
  subjects

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Proposed changes in presentation

• Six sections instead of three
• Sections divided into units eliminated
• Description of content reduced to short
  description of topic
• No columns for local, national and international
  settings
• Detailed learning outcomes
• Cleaner design less clutter

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Layout of current syllabus
Proposed new layout
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Addressing overload

• Aim at 20 reduction
• Some statements removed
• Settings reduced
• Skills reduced in number

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Updating syllabus

• Changing emphasis of some topics
• Emphasis on services in Tertiary Sector
• Pace of industrial development East Asia