Background OCR Legacy GCSEs

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Background OCR Legacy GCSEs
3 established Specifications
1987 B Avery Hill
1988 C Bristol Project
1986 Spec A
GCSE D The Pilot (80 centres to date)
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• Introducing the new specification
• Geography B

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• Our new Geography B specification helps put the
  student on the path to becoming a geography
  specialist by giving them the skills and
  knowledge relevant to the modern age.
• This qualification covers four key themes of
  geography as well as including new topic areas
  such as globalisation, climate change and
  sustainability relevant to the world today.

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• 3 Units of Assessment
• Unit B561 Decision Making Examination 25
• Unit B562 2 controlled Assessment tasks 25
• Unit B563 Terminal Examination 50
• 4 Geographical Themes underpin Specification B

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Four Key Themes

• Rivers and Coasts
• 2 Population and Settlement
• 3 Natural Hazards
• 4 Economic Development

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Unit B561 - Sustainable Decision Making
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Sustainable Decision Making

• One of the four key themes will be assessed
• Theme will be published to centre in advance
• Will relate to sustainable development
• Pre-release resource booklet sent to centres
  prior to the exam
• January and June sessions
• One opportunity to re-sit
• Higher and Foundation papers
• 3 stages of investigating the issue background
  to the issue, options and then the decision

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Future Themes

• The Key Theme of the SDME will be as follows
• June 2010 / Jan 2011 Economic Development
• June 2011 / Jan 2012 Rivers and Coasts
• June 2012 / Jan 2013 Population and Settlement
• June 2013 / Jan 2014 Natural Hazards
• June 2014 / Jan 2015 Economic Development
• June 2015 Rivers and Coasts

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Unit B562 - Geographical Enquiry
Fieldwork Focus 15 of full GCSE
Geographical Investigation 10 of full GCSE
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Fieldwork Focus

• Task titles set by OCR on 3 of the 4 Key Themes
• 1 task per theme, but 2 tasks on Rivers and
  Coasts
• Follow route to enquiry as laid out in the
  Specification
• Collection of primary data
• 1200 word report under controlled conditions
• Marked by centres using a marking criteria grid
• Moderated

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Geographical Investigation

• 9 issue-based geography themes
• Two tasks set per theme one of local scale, one
  on global scale

Disease
Trade
Ecosystems
Energy
Fashion
Sport
Tourism
Crime
New technologies
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Task

• Secondary data focus
• Investigative report which covers
• - location/background
• - investigation question
• - issues arising
• - evaluation of data
• - conclusion and future scenarios
• ICT encouraged
• 800 word controlled assessment task submitted
• Centre marked using a marking criteria grid
• Moderated

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Centres can choose more than one of the 9
Investigation themes. Each
candidates work must address one task title
Investigation Questions/Hypotheses will be
published in January prior to first teaching in
September
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Unit B563 - Key Geographical Themes examination
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Examination
Focus on the 3 key themes not covered in Unit B561
Candidates choose 1 question out of 2 on each of
three key themes
To be taken terminally (i.e. at end of Year
11) Higher and Foundation papers
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Short Course GCSE B
50 Controlled Assessment
50 Terminal Examination

• 2 of the 4 Key Themes covered in the Terminal
  Examination

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Resources
www.GCSEchanges.com
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Resources

• Join the OCR Geography e-community
• http//community.ocr.org.uk/community/
• Free to join
• Easy to subscribe
• Useful way of getting in touch with subject
  specialists throughout the country
• Ask questions
• Share knowledge, views and ideas.

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Resources

• Publishing partnerships
• Publisher partner resources branded with the
  Official Publisher Publication logo indicate
  that OCR works in partnership with Heinemann,
  Hodder and OUP.

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Get Started events

• Get Started events discuss how to teach the
  qualification.
• A typical Get Started event will
• review sample assessment material including
  candidate style answers
• evaluate the support available
• discuss the planning and time allocation
• discuss the delivery of the qualification
• focus on resources and delivery ideas for the new
  content in the specification

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Get Started in
London
Thursday 15th January 2009 Monday 30th March 2009
Contact training - http//www.ocr.org.uk/training
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