Raising Maori and Pasifika Achievement in Geography

Course structure

• Internal/external ratio?• Looking outside the matrix?• Eg. AS90952 Demonstrate understanding of the

formation of surface features in New Zealand (from Science – Level 1)• Link common content in internals where possible

eg. global study of earthquakes with AS above (internal tectonic processes)• Eg. sustainable dairying with lake pollution

Topic choice• Familiarity, wider family and staff

experiences• Tell the stories: Lavi’s frozen chickens

• Cyclones (ENE)• Pasifika (Contemporary Geo Event)• Rotorua (Cultural Process)• Crime in Chicago

Don’t try to cover too much

•EG. Cyclones – just SW Pacific, only 2 or 3 case studies•Focus on the essentials (when planning it helps to work backwards from the assessment)

Repetition

• Boil it down to key words and triggers• heating, evaporating, rising, spinning, cooling, condensing, sucking

• Templates to complete• Cloze activities•Mix and match• Card sorts• Quizzes

(For externals) ‘Wow’ words

• Impress the marker • Salinisation, defoliation, storm surge . . .

• Glossary – keep quizzing it

Draw it!

Static images• fro

Familiarity with the exam paper• It won’t mention tropical cyclones!• Look for key words eg. processes, response• Don’t worry if you can’t remember the

exact figure – take a guess• Define the concept at the beginning of an

answer and link it to your topic (advice from Jane) To change an environment means to make it look different to how it was before. When a tropical cyclone affects an island it will make changes to the natural environment. . .

Look at exemplars

• Can be encouraged by what can score• ‘What’s wrong with this answer?’• ‘What do we need to add?’• ‘Which of the 5 areas in this topic does the

question relate to?’

•Write an answer together on board. Circle the bits the marker will be impressed with

(For Internals)

• Use of Resource booklets to go with assessments• Assessments completed in class time• Allow sufficient time for students to

complete, extra time available at lunchtime/after school/hols• Scaffolded, writing frames (esp for level 1)• Tutorials – with food!• Resubs – allow conferencing

Get them into the field when possible• Dairy farm visit – subsidised by Schoolkit

$8 (dec 3/4) or $10 per student (dec 1/2) www.ourfarmvisit.co.nz•Mangere Mt/Otuataua• Arataki•Muriwai• Rotorua• planning an Auckland Reconnaissance trip

for week 2 next year