AS students first week.....

So the year 12's begin their advanced Geography studies, first thing to note is the sheer number of them- 2 classes and 49 students in total, a massive number and my teaching must adapt to accommodate such massive numbers.

Due to my illness we are commencing their studies with AS unit 2- rebranding places instead of the usual unit 1.
So I begin by introducing the concept 'what is rebranding' and showing them examples of places that have been rebranded and defining the key unit terms- rebranding, reimaging and regeneration.

Then we moved onto perceptions of places to establish a need for rebranding, we did quick perception surveys and image analysis of places like Las Vegas, New York, London, Walton on the Naze and Blackpool, to start introducing students to techniques they will need to use in their fieldwork over the coming weeks.



This week we are going to look at profiling places and delve further into establishing a need for rebranding urban, rural and coastal areas.