Geography

Course summary

The International Baccalaureate Course considers both human and physical geography, examining the way people live and their interactions with the Physical Environment. The geography course examines key issues such as poverty, sustainability and climate change at a variety of scales. Such considerations are highly pertinent in the twenty first century where economic, social and environmental issues dominate the news; geography can use its position to examine such challenges in a holistic manner, drawing on ideas from a variety of disciplines. The aims of IB Geography are stated as enabling students to: 1.Develop an understanding of the dynamic interrelationships between people, places, spaces and the environment at different scales. 2.Develop a critical awareness and consider complexity thinking in the context of the nexus of geographic issues, including: •acquiring an in-depth understanding of how geographic issues, or wicked problems, have been shaped by powerful human and physical processes •synthesizing diverse geographic knowledge in order to form viewpoints about how these issues could be resolved 3.Understand and evaluate the need for planning and sustainable development through the management of resources at varying scales.