IGCSE Geography
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Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
This IGCSE Geography Course is ideal for anyone wishing to gain a knowledge and understanding of this subject. You will also find this course extremely valuable if you are looking for a progression route for further training whilst employed.
This course will help students develop a sense of place by observing the world around them on a local, regional and global scale. Learners will look at the processes affecting the development of natural and man-made environments and how people interact with their environments; examining the challenges they face in communities and cultures.
Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses are designed for examination at age 16-plus. This syllabus is available for examination in both the June and November sessions.
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About this course
You do not need any prior learning knowledge or experience to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone who wishes to take part in a highly rewarding home study course, although you would be expected to have a reasonable standard of literacy. You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 12 months from initial registration with the full support of your Tutor.
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Subjects
- Global
- Decision Making
- Geography
- Geograpgical data
- IGCSE
- IGCSE Geography
- Geography Skills
- Judgement and Decision
- Skills and Analysis
- The Importance of Scale
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Distance Learning Provider
A Distance Learning Course is the ideal way to gain a qualification without having the worry of trying to fit your studies around your everyday life. You can complete your studies in your own time and we are on hand seven days a week to help you plan your future.
Course programme
Modules
During the course you should develop:
- A greater understanding of place. This will be local, regional, national and global in scale
- An awareness of contrasting physical and human environments
- An understanding of the processes affecting the development of such environments
- Greater knowledge of the spatial effects of the ways in which people interact with the environment and each other
- A greater sense of the different communities that exist in the world
- An understanding of the opportunities and constraints presented by differing environments
This course has three main assessment objectives:
- AO1 Knowledge with understanding
- AO2 Skills and analysis
- AO3 Judgement and decision making
In assessment objective 1 (AO1) you will develop a knowledge and understanding of:
- The wide range of processes and human actions that contribute to physical, economic, social, political and cultural environments and their associated effects on the landscape. You will also develop an understanding of the spatial patterns and interactions which are important within these environments.
- The inter-relationships between humans and the environment
- The importance of scale
- The change that occurs over time to landscapes etc.
In assessment objective 2 (AO2) you will develop your analytical skills and will be able to:
- Analyse and interpret geographical data
- Apply geographical understanding of maps in a variety a number of forms
- Use geographical data to examine and determine patterns and relationships
- Demonstrate understanding of data observation and collection techniques
- Select and use techniques for organising data
In assessment objective 3 (AO3) you will develop your judgement and decision making skills and will be able to:
- Reason and make judgements which demonstrate:
- A sensitivity to, and a concern for, landscape, the environment and the need for sustainable development
- The aesthetic appreciation of the earth including its people, places, landscape, natural processes and phenomenon
- An appreciation of the attitudes, values and beliefs of others
- An awareness of the contrasting opportunities and constraints of people living in different places and under different conditions
- A willingness to review their own attitudes in the light of new knowledge and experiences
- Recognise the role of decision making within a geographical context as affected by:
- The physical and human contexts in which decisions are made
- The values and perceptions of groups and individuals
- The choices available to decision makers and the influences and constraints within which they operate
- The increasing level of global interdependency
Curriculum Themes
The curriculum is divided into three separate themes. These themes have been designed to develop an understanding of both the natural and the human environment. These themes are:
1 Population and settlement
2 The natural environment
3 Economic development and the use of resources
The course contains a number of assignments which your tutor will mark and give you valuable feedback on. We call these Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs). You need only send the TMAs to your tutor for comment, not the self-assessment exercises which are also part of the course to help you gauge your progress.
Additional information
IGCSE Geography