Geography

Assessment

Throughout the course students are assessed regularly in an informal manner (class discussions, debates, presentations, peer assessment and self-assessment) as well as in a formal manner (past papers, portfolio check, marking and feedback on assignments). Paper 1: Tectonic processes and hazards, landscape systems, processes and change, the water cycle and water insecurity, the carbon cycle and energy security, climate change futures: 2-hour exam made up of short answer questions (like a GCSE paper) and 2 essays, 30% Paper 2: Globalisation, shaping places, superpowers, migration and sovereignty: 2-hour exam made up of shirt answer questions (like a GCSE paper) and 2 essays, 30% Paper 3: Synoptic themes in Geography, players, attitudes and actions, futures and uncertainties: 1 hour 45 minutes exam based on a resource booklet containing information about a geographical issue, a variety of short answer questions and extended writing questions, 20% Independent Investigation Coursework: This is great preparation for independent study at university level. Students are required to develop their own fieldwork question and analyse and evaluate primary and secondary data, which will have been collected during a 4-day residential fieldtrip, to answer their question: 3000-4000 word written report which is internally assessed, 20%