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2007 Geography National Curriculum
2007 Geography National Curriculum
In the 2007 Geography National Curriculum, seven key geographical concepts were named. This list leans towards the more abstract of geography’s key concepts (Brooks, 2018).
Place
Place
- How every place has unique physical and human characteristics which can be interpreted and represented in different ways.
Space
Space
- How the locations of human and physical features are influenced by each other and often interact across space.
Scale
Scale
- An influence on the way we think about what we see or experience.
- Any geographical enquiry benefits from being viewed from a range of scales to develop an understanding of how these scales are interconnected.
Interdependence
Interdependence
- How human action in one place has consequences somewhere else.
Physical and human processes
Physical and human processes
- How processes cause change and can be used to explain patterns and distributions.
Environmental interaction and sustainable development
Environmental interaction and sustainable development
- Appreciating the possible tensions between economic prosperity, social fairness, and environmental quality.
- The interaction of these factors provides the basis for understanding sustainable development.
Cultural understanding and diversity
Cultural understanding and diversity
- Considering how people and places are represented in different ways through geographical questioning.
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