Prior learning and progression — Eduqas GCSE Geography B
Teaching note based on the EDUQAS specification.
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Prior learning and progression explained
This progression statement tells you what the course expects you to build on from earlier learning.
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You broaden your understanding of locational contexts by studying more places and more varied environments, and you deepen it by explaining why locations matter rather than only naming them. The statement also asks for greater awareness of the importance of scale: the same process looks different at local, regional, national and international levels, and you should be able to say which scale you are working at and why it changes the picture. Finally it introduces the concept of global, meaning connections and processes that operate worldwide, such as trade, migration or climate, and how these link to particular places. Use this guidance to check your own notes: for each location, ask what scale you are describing and how it connects to wider global processes.
Your focus
- Describe and explain the characteristics of a range of locational contexts.
- Identify the scale at which a geographical process operates and explain how scale affects understanding.
- Explain how global processes connect to and shape particular places.
Prior learning and progression exam tips
Examiner Tips
- 💡For every location you study, write one line naming the scale (local, regional, national, global) and one line on how it links to a wider process.
- 💡Build a comparison table of the same process at two scales so you can explain the difference clearly.
- 💡When revising a case study, ask 'why here?' and 'how does this connect beyond this place?' to deepen locational understanding.
- 💡Use precise locational vocabulary, such as named countries, regions and physical features, rather than vague terms like 'abroad' or 'far away'.
Common Mistakes
- Names locations without explaining their characteristics; instead, describe and explain what makes each locational context distinctive.
- Describes a process at only one scale; instead, state the scale and explain how the process looks different at another scale.
- Treats 'global' as a synonym for 'everywhere the same'; instead, show how global processes connect to and are shaped by particular places.
- Lists places without linking them to wider processes; instead, connect each location to the geographical idea or process being studied.