Resources
Curriculum area resources support teachers to implement the curriculum. Resources are organised by 'Planning resources', 'Teaching resources' and 'Assessment resources'.
Overview of Geography
The Geography curriculum presents a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world, using the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. It addresses scales from the personal to the global and time periods from a few years to thousands of years.
Geography as a discipline integrates the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to build a holistic understanding of the world. Spatial thinking and geospatial technologies increasingly inform scholarship in these areas. In this sense, aspects of Geography are a component of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), fostering the development and application of distinctive STEM skills. Students learn to question why the world is the way it is, reflect on their relationships with and responsibility for that world and propose actions designed to shape a socially just and sustainable future.
The Geography curriculum can be viewed on the Victorian Curriculum F–10 website
To learn about key components of the Geography curriculum, view presentation
Introducing Geography.
For F–10 curriculum area advice to support remote learning, see Curriculum advice for remote and flexible learning for this curriculum area.
Contact
Leonie Brown
Curriculum Manager - Geography
tel: + 61 3 9059 5143
email: Leonie.Brown4@education.vic.gov.au
Professional associations
Australian Geography Teachers Association (AGTA)
The Australian Geography teacher professional association, affiliated with state and territory associations such as the GTAV, providing teachers with a biennial conference, curriculum and teaching resources and the journal of Geographical Education.
Geography Teachers Association of Victoria (GTAV)
The Victorian Geography teacher professional association provides teachers with resources to support curriculum, assessment and pedagogy, and offers both professional learning activities and an annual state conference.