Geography GCSE

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Geography _at_ GCSE

• By Mr Hughes

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What will I study?

• Change in The Human Environment
• Managing the Physical Environment
• World Development

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Change in the Human Environment

• World population trends
• How do Less Economically Developed Countries
  cope?
• What has happened to the UKs urban areas?
• Includes case studies ranging from Sao Paulo to
  the Bentall Centre!

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Managing the Physical Environment

• Volcanoes and Earthquakes
• Natural disasters
• Rivers and flooding
• Glaciers
• Water supply
• National parks

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Development

• World Trade
• Why give Aid?
• Problems with development
• Tourism

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Coursework

• 25 of your final mark will come from your
  project. This will involve a day trip to Box
  Hill.

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What can I do With Geography?

• On its own geography leads to careers in
• Leisure and Tourism
• Environmental Management
• Local Government
• Education

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It also links very nicely with

• Science
• History
• RE
• PE
• Politics
• English

• Business Studies
• Sociology
• Languages
• ICT
• Law
• Maths

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This could lead to a career in

• Law
• Management consultancy
• Conservation
• Land management

• Architect
• Cartographer
• Geologist
• Weather person on the telly
• Surveyor

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And

• Every day is a geography lesson
• It helps you to understand the world around you
• It helps you make sense of this world that we
  live in.

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• From migration to fair trade to earthquakes to
  floods to race relations to house prices to
  congestion charging to energy to snow to holidays
  to maps
• Only in Geography
• The best subject on Earth

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Leisure and Tourism GCSE

• The Vocational choice

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What is it?

• It is a course worth 2 GCSEs that looks at all
  aspects of the leisure industry and the tourist
  industry
• It is mainly focused on real issues in the UK
  today

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Leisure and what????

• Leisure- How people spend their free time.
  Includes sport, cinema, eating out and theme
  parks.
• Tourism- the travel industry. Includes holidays,
  sightseeing, visiting friends or even an away
  football match..

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What do we study?

• Three main areas
• Investigating leisure and tourism
• Marketing leisure and tourism
• Customer service in leisure and tourism

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Investigating leisure and Tourism

• This is an exam based topic worth a third of the
  total marks
• What makes leisure and tourisms
• Where in the UK these facilities are
• Who uses them
• What jobs people do
• How leisure and tourism are linked

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Marketing leisure and tourism

• This is worth a third of your marks and examined
  by a portfolio presentation( like a large
  project).
• Looks at how firms sell themselves to the general
  public
• You will compare two firms and examine their
  strengths and weaknesses

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Customer Service in Leisure and Tourism

• Also worth a third of your GCSE and is again
  examined by a portfolio
• What is customer service
• How to keep the customer satisfied
• How to handle complaints

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Who should take this course?

• Anyone who is interested in a job in tourism or
  leisure.
• Anyone who wants to take a higher qualifications
  in leisure and tourism such as Travel services,
  Sport and Recreation and Customer service NVQs.
• People who want to gain an understanding of real
  world situations that affect our country.

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So

• If you want to learn about the Millennium
  stadium, Old Trafford, Blockbuster video, how to
  deal with angry customers or even how to promote
  you own leisure company..
• Leisure and Tourism- the choice for you.