Senior Geography is concerned with people in varied environments around the world. Environments are the surroundings we
live in, including such things as landforms, climates, settlements, and our social organisation. Studies in geography help
us live our day to day lives by informing us about our local area and other parts of the world. For example, knowing about
the world helps us understand (i) differences in quality of life among the people of the world, and (ii) the impact of human activities on Earth's varied environments. Understanding these things about people and environments enables the student of Geography to think carefully about how the quality of human life might be improved, about effective use of resources, and about ways in which environments might be protected. Students are also shown how they might participate in helping to achieve these things. Senior Geography students develop many useful skills. An important skill is making decisions, for example, about where to locate things. This skill may be used to choose the use of a future home or business. Moreover, in pursuing enquiries in geography, students undertake such activities as fieldwork; computing; working with maps, statistics, photographs and satellite images; and presenting reports. If people are to participate effectively in Australian society, they must come to terms with rapid technological and social changes. Geography offers students the opportunity to draw on a wide range of knowledge from the natural and the social sciences. This breadth helps students of geography to interrelate human activity and rapidly changing environments.
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What Do Geography Students Study?
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What Do Geography Students Study?
The Senior Geography Course consists of four semester units. Each provides a meaningful and valuable program. 1. Managing the Natural Environment
2. People and Development
3. Social Environments
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How Is Senior Geography Studied?
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Learning in Geography takes place in a variety of settings, including the classroom, the library, the school grounds, the local
community, and in distant environments (during excursions). Fierldwork is especially important in Geography because it enables
students too develop skills in order to find out about environments at first hand.
Generally, geographers ask and seek to answer the following key questions about whatever they are studying:
In addressing questions such as these, students use a wide range of data as the basis of their studies. Students are encouraged to extend their geographical inquiries into the Earth's patterns and processes through classrooom studies, library research and fieldwork.
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The development of geographical knowledge and abilities requires learning at home as well as at school and in the community.
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Geographical knowledge and skills may aid students wishing to enter various tertiary courses including:
Anthropology Architecture Environmental Studies Engineering Economics and Commerce Geography Geology Journalism Psychology Social Work Surveying Town Planning Teaching Tourism Studies in Geography may assist a young person to gain employment, for example, as: |