A personal approach to embedding GIS in secondary school geography curricular
School geography in the United Kingdom (UK) is under
pressure to justify its place in the country’s National Curriculum. It has
experienced a general decline in the number of students taking it at GCSE,
A-Level and University, in the face of growing competition from subjects seen
as being more ‘trendy’. Thus, it has had to look within itself and find ways to
appeal to, or reposition within, the student ‘marketplace’. One way has been to
‘jump on the bandwagon’ of the digital revolution, and as a result the use of
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is becoming more common in the secondary
Geography classroom.
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