Regional Vs Systematic Geography

This is one way of considering the content in your curriculum and is the work of Alex Standish.

Standish defines systematic geography as the study of one geographical ‘layer’ of the earth’s surface and how it works and is different from other layers.
Regional geography is the study of how all the different layers interact within one bounded area.

The two do not have to be mutually exclusive within a curriculum. You may study different regions and embed systematic geography within this.
Equally, you might take a systematic approach but use multiple detailed case studies to contextualise to different regions.

The most popular approach is a mixture of the two, which Standish (2017, 2018) argues is the approach that should be taken in terms of school geography.

1Organising a KS3 Geography Curriculum

1.1Introduction

1.1.1Organising a Key Stage 3 Geography Curriculum

1.1.2Regional Vs Systematic Geography

1.2Concepts in Curriculum Making

1.2.1The Value of Using Concepts in Curriculum Making

1.2.2What are Geography's Key Concepts?

1.2.3More Key Concepts

1.2.4Further Considerations

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