People behind the statistics

A useful and timely post from Catherine Owen (given the recent eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano).

Image: Catherine Owen

It looks at the way that teachers use statistics following disasters, and how that might be developed to ensure that the actual people involved are not forgotten.

Catherine refers to a video in the post, and that can be found on the Encounter Edu website along with some teaching materials.

Here's the original tweet as well - Catherine asks for your own ideas on what you could do to share your stories of the people behind the statistics, so please get in touch if you have some.

NEW BLOG: The people behind the statistics. I would love to hear how you have shared stories of the people behind the statistics with your students. @NFUEducation @jfpayne @TheFloodHub https://t.co/18h7exj5Hg #geographyteacher

— Catherine Owen (@GeogMum) January 16, 2022

Good teachers need good textbooks...

Here's one I co-wrote...

Sample material for @OCR_Geography GCSE B spec now available! https://t.co/94MPJM8p28 #geographyteacher Save 20% with code WK0003733

— Hodder Geography (@HodderGeography) March 1, 2016

Cover of forthcoming GCSE textbooks

GCSE Geography Request

I'm interested in the support strategies for GCSE Geography that seem to work the best for you.

I've also set this post up to show the potential for using GOOGLE FORMS for collecting data. This can be used for data collection for KS3 and GCSE/'A' level projects. It features in a new book on 'Fieldwork through Enquiry', which I wrote for the Geographical Association, and will be published later this year.

If you have a GMail account, you will already have a Google Drive available to you, which you can claim by visiting the site.
There is a HELP PAGE here.

If you had a minute or so to fill in the few questions that I've added below that would be much appreciated. As any entries are made, they will appear on a spreadsheet, and can then be analysed. There are also some immediate visualisation options....
Thanks in advance...