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=**Welcome to Geog-On2IB!**=


 * Here you will find a range of resources to help you get to grips with the Geography IB programme as well as revise for your exams in the future.**
 * This site will allow you to recap topics during the course in your own time, to revitalise your knowledge, and help keep you focused when not in the classroom.**


 * This study aid will offer you a range of support materials, and also links to other relavent wider reading sources, thus giving you the opportunity to push yourself throughout the next 2 years.**


 * If there are any questions or queries you may have regarding further issues related to the IB Geography Programme, please do not hesitate to contact me at**
 * geog-on@hotmail.co.uk**


 * The following information will tell you a bit more about what the IB Geography Diploma offers to you, as well as its place amongst other group 3 subjects within the IB Hexagon.**

=**The Nature Of Geography**= Geography is a dynamic subject that is firmly grounded in the real world and focuses on the interactions between individuals, societies and the physical environment in both time and space. It seeks to identify trends and patterns in these interactions and examines the processes behind them. It also investigates the way that people adapt and respond to change and evaluates management strategies associated with such change. Geography describes and helps to explain the similarities and differences between spaces and places. These may be defined on a variety of scales and from a range of perspectives. Within group 3 subjects, geography is distinctive in that it occupies the middle ground between social sciences and natural sciences. The Diploma Programme geography course integrates both physical and human geography, and ensures that students acquire elements of both scientific and socio‑economic methodologies. Geography takes advantage of its position between both these groups of subjects to examine relevant concepts and ideas from a wide variety of disciplines. This helps students develop an appreciation of, and a respect for, alternative approaches, viewpoints and ideas. = ** Geography And The International Dimension ** = The geography course embodies global and international awareness in several distinct ways. It examines key global issues, such as poverty, sustainability and climate change. It considers examples and detailed case studies at a variety of scales, from local to regional, national and international. Throughout the course, teachers have considerable flexibility in their choice of examples and case studies to ensure that Diploma Programme geography is a highly appropriate way to meet the needs of all students, regardless of their precise geographical location. Inherent in the syllabus is a consideration of different perspectives, economic circumstances and social and cultural diversity. Geography seeks to develop international understanding and foster a concern for global issues as well as to raise students’ awareness of their own responsibility at a local level. Geography also aims to develop values and attitudes that will help students reach a degree of personal commitment in trying to resolve these issues, appreciating our shared responsibility as citizens of an increasingly interconnected world. =**Standard Level**= Students at Standard Level (SL) in geography are presented with a syllabus that has a common core and optional themes. The syllabus requires the development of certain skills, attributes and knowledge as described in the assessment objectives of the course. All core module topics will be assessed in Paper 1. Here pupils will take 2 optional modules of their choice to be assessed in Paper 2.

= **Higher Level** = Students at Higher Level (HL) will do all of the above plus an extra mandatory module called Global Interactions. Higher Level students will take an EXTRA optional module (3 at Higher Level, 2 at Standard Level) of their choice. All pupils taking the Higher Level course will also take an extra exam; Paper 3 to assess their knowledge of the Global Interactions module.

=**Group 3 Aims**= The aims of all subjects in group 3, individuals and societies are to encourage the systematic and critical study of: human experience and behaviour; 1. physical, economic and social environments; and the history and development of social and cultural institutions. 2. develop in the student the capacity to identify, to analyse critically and to evaluate theories, concepts and arguments about the nature and activities of the individual and society. 3. enable the student to collect, describe and analyse data used in studies of society, to test hypotheses, and to interpret complex data and source material. 4. promote the appreciation of the way in which learning is relevant both to the culture in which the student lives, and the culture of other societies. 5. develop an awareness in the student that human attitudes and beliefs are widely diverse and that the study of society requires an appreciation of such diversity. 6. enable the student to recognize that the content and methodologies of the subjects in group 3 are contestable and that their study requires the toleration of uncertainty. = ** Geography Aims ** = In addition, the aims of the geography syllabus at are to enable students to:

7. develop an understanding of the interrelationships between people, places, spaces and the environment. 8. develop a concern for human welfare and the quality of the environment, and an understanding of the need for planning and sustainable management. 9. appreciate the relevance of geography in analysing contemporary issues and challenges, and develop a global perspective of diversity and change.

=GOOD LUCK!=