Permanent changes to assessment from November onwards We have made minor changes to the assessments of International GCSE Geography for the November and future series. Exams Paper 1: Living with the physical environment. Students cannot re-sit individual components. Students can re-take the whole qualification as many times as they wish. Specification summary Living with the physical environment The challenge of natural hazards The living world ecosystems, tropical rain forests and hot deserts Physical landscapes including the Middle and Far East Challenges in the human environment Urban issues and challenges The changing economic world Global issues water, energy, population change, communication Geographical and Fieldwork skills Geographical skills Fieldwork skills in unfamiliar contexts The individual fieldwork enquiry Resources available with this specification OxfordAQA provides the resources and advice you need to teach our International GCSE Geography specification effectively.
Planning resources. Specification Familiarise yourself with the syllabus content and assessment structure of this qualification. Teacher guidance document Useful information for teachers, including course planning and more detail about our assessments. Scheme of Work review version The Scheme of Work provides a suggested pathway through the specification, enabling you to plan your course. Scheme of Work full version Plan your course and ensure you cover the essential content with this suggested pathway, including lots of ideas for teaching and learning activities.
Teaching resources. Geography taster webinar recordings Watch a recording of our Geography taster webinar from November to understand our approach to the specification and assessment approach.
Geography recorded webinar. Teacher Guidance video: Geography. Textbooks Textbooks are also available from Oxford University Press. Assessment resources. Command words Make sure your students understand what skills they are expected to demonstrate in each exam question. Mock papers and mark schemes The following sample papers and mark schemes can be used for mock exams in preparation for the main exam. Contents list. Changes for Introduction Specification at a glance Subject content 3.
Previous Introduction. Next 3 Subject content. What's assessed 3. Questions Section A: answer all questions 33 marks Section B: answer all questions 25 marks Section C: answer any two questions from questions 3, 4 and 5 30 marks Question types: multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose.
Look at other aspects of the exam board package including subject support, resources and post-results service. Look at the case studies and examples which are required by each exam board and know and understand the difference between the two! See if any of these are obscure.
Ring the exam board and speak to the subject specialist with any queries that you may have. Give over a whole department meeting to discuss which spec would be best — provide an overview and give other teachers time to read and digest before discussing the options. Once you have decided upon a specification have a look at the other specifications to see if there are overlaps and therefore adaptable resources.
Talk to local Heads of Department to see what they are doing and to share resource planning. Make use of social media e. Consider the different strengths of your department Ask your students which topics they like the look of. Think about topics that you already do and the resources or lessons that you could simply adapt to the new specification.
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