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Aim
The aim of Geography Stages 4–5 is to develop students’ knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes essential to an appreciation of geographical phenomena and to prepare students for informed and active citizenship in a changing world.
Objectives
Knowledge and Understanding
Through the study of Geography, students will develop knowledge and understanding about:
- the natural and human characteristics of environments;
- how culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and geographical issues;
- the natural and human processes that form and transform the features and patterns of the earth’s surface;
- the characteristics and spatial distribution of environments on the earth’s surface;
- how people and communities modify, and are affected by, the natural environment;
- how to apply geographical knowledge, understanding and skills necessary for active and informed citizenship.
Skills
Through the study of Geography, students will develop skills in:
- acquiring geographical information
– reflecting on prior learning
– asking geographical questions
– identifying and gathering geographical information
- processing geographical information
– analysing geographical information
– organising and synthesising geographical information
- communicating geographical information
– answering geographical questions
– applying geographical information
- participating as active and informed citizens
– acquiring knowledge about citizenship
– applying this knowledge to take action.
Values and Attitudes
Through the study of Geography, students will develop interest in, and informed and responsible attitudes towards, people, cultures, societies and environments, with a commitment to:
- ecological sustainability
- a just society
- intercultural understanding
- informed and active citizenship
- lifelong learning.
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