Geographers are concerned with the local and the global. They are interested in how local, regional and national decisions have global impacts. They are interested in the relationships between regions and countries, for example in exploring trade and their interdependence on each other. When identifying content, it is important that pupils are able to consider scale and have the ability to ‘zoom in’ and ‘zoom out’ in order to view processes and their impact from local, regional, national and international perspectives

‘Thinking like a geographer’

The phrase to ‘think like a geographer’ has long been used. It captures how pupils can learn to:

•             use what they know from one context in another

•             think about alternative futures

•             consider their influence on decisions that will be made

(Ofsted Review on Geography)