Introduction
Welcome to the Geography Department
As a department, we aim in developing pupils who have an awareness of environmental issues and a determination to consciously strive to adopt lifestyles that are considerate towards all others we share this planet with.
Through extensive outdoor fieldwork both in Cyprus and overseas, we try and help our students develop a broader perspective and personal qualities such as the ability to work effectively in teams in a diverse and multicultural world.
A. For of its pupils the Department aims to do the following:
B. For its staff, the Geography Department aims at.
Our Vision
As a department, we aim to help every pupil to maximize their potential. We hope to prepare tomorrow’s active, caring citizens, who become lifelong independent learners.As a department, we aim in developing pupils who have an awareness of environmental issues and a determination to consciously strive to adopt lifestyles that are considerate towards all others we share this planet with.
Through extensive outdoor fieldwork both in Cyprus and overseas, we try and help our students develop a broader perspective and personal qualities such as the ability to work effectively in teams in a diverse and multicultural world.
Departmental Aims and Ethos
A. For of its pupils the Department aims to do the following:
- Prepare them as effectively as possible for public examinations
- Provide a stimulating and engaging teaching environment.
- Develop pupil’s awareness of current geographical and environmental issues.
- Help students develop a sense of environmental responsibility: `think global act local.
- Advise and direct pupils who are considering Tertiary education into a broad range of geographical and environmental areas of study.
- Help students develop research, analysis and presentation skills especially in the out of classroom real-world context.
- Students should develop out-class research skills. This involves students being able to set up an overall aim and hypotheses, designing recording sheets, collecting data, sampling, analysing and presenting data. Finally as part of outdoor research, geography students should also develop an awareness of health and safety issues and an ability to evaluate the validity of their results.
- Students develop teamwork skills.
- Develop a respectful and tolerant attitude in a multicultural society, towards others with different backgrounds and different opinions.
B. For its staff, the Geography Department aims at.
- Developing a friendly and cooperative work environment and a culture of resource sharing maximising the teacher’s potential.
- Developing a culture of constructive debate and collective decision making
- Providing opportunities for professional development, both within and outside the Department. This includes attending regular inset courses organised by the Exam Boards.
- Teachers being actively involved in both Cyprus and the UK Geographical Associations and attending conferences and other organised functions. (e.g. the GA annual conference in the UK).
- To develop a culture of constructive debate, consensus and discussion to facilitate decision-making.
- Providing an intellectually stimulating environment for teachers to develop their skills as classroom practitioners.
- Providing opportunities for management experience by the delegation of tasks and responsibilities.
