Secondary education has revised it education system from old curriculum to general and stream education, on this article ujuzi blog writes for you form one competence found in new text book (tie book). The contents anylized here are introduction to Geography, the Earth’s planet and major features of the earth.
How should we teach geography subject in form one?
- To ensure students understand the lesson a teacher should prepare required teaching aids before starting lesson. For example if a teacher teaches students about Earth’s as spheres, teacher should use globes and also students to move outside looking curvature of the earth. These teaching aids will help to make memories to students
- Ensure participatory approach. As a teacher in class be as facilitator, give students activities to do relating to subject. For example if you teach about solar system give students task to prepare solar system and how planets move around the sun. Ask students their understanding and correct them for more understanding.
- Provide simple notes and very understandable to your learners notes should be base from their knowledge of participation in class.
Download form one notes here from link below
Is it necessary to provide exercise after lesson?
Yes as competent each lesson make sure you provide exercise and supervise within a class to ensure geography concept taught are understood or not. Give students feedback by making correction to them and identify students who has low performance in geography subject, or those who didn’t understand difficult concepts.
Is geography important to our daily life?
Yes geography subject is very important to our daily life because of the following reasons.
- It helps to get employment opportunities.
- It helps to get different professional such as engineers or teachers.
- Also geography subject helps us to interact with our environment. Such as determine climatic changes.
- Also, it helps to know our culture.
- It helps to know different theories and principles developed for origin of the universe.
