Transcript THE ELECTIVES AN SRP ANALYSIS - Association of Geography

THE ELECTIVES
AN SRP ANALYSIS
THE ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHY
TEACHERS OF IRELAND
3 8 TH A G T I A N N U A L C O N F E R E N C E
S A T U R D A Y 1 3 TH O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2
ENDA WHELTON
WHAT IS AN SRP
 AN S.R.P. (SIGNIFICANT RELEVANT
POINT):
 THIS IS A DETAILED SENTENCE WITH
FACTUAL INFORMATION OR TWO
SHORTER SENTANCES WITH FACTUAL
INFORMATION RELEVENT TO THE
QUESTIION
 AN S.R.P. IS WORTH 2 MARKS
 I.E. YOU WILL NEED 15 S.R.P.’S APPROX FOR A
30 MARK QUESTION.
EXAMPLES
FROM A QUESTION ON POPULATION DENSITY
THE CHINESE ONE CHILD FAMILY POLICY:
 The policy consists of a set of regulations governing the
approved size of Chinese families. These regulations
included restrictions in family size, late marriage and
childbearing and birth spacing. (1 SRP = 2m)
 The general rule is that one child is allowed per
coupled inhabiting an urban area and two are allowed
per couple in a rural area if the first is a girl but there
are many exemptions to this rule including ethnic
minorities and parents without any siblings
themselves. (1 SRP = 2m)
4.1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 Q2 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
4.2 COUNTRIES CHANGE OVER TIME
 Q5 CASE STUDY OF A DEVELOPING COUNTRY –
BRAZIL
4.3 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
 Q7 CAUSES OF GLOBALISATION
4.4 IRELAND AND THE E.U.
 Q12 THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY
4.5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
 Q19 CONFLICT BETWEEN LOCAL & GLOBAL
INTERESTS
5.1 POPULATION CHANGE OVER TIME
 Q6 POPULATON STRUCTURE, FERTILITY RAYES
& MORTALITY RATES
5.2 OVERPOPULATION
 Q9 SOCIETY, CULTURE & INCOME LEVELS
LEADING TO OVERPOPULATION
5.3 MIGRATION
 Q13 THE RACIAL, ETHNIC & RELIGIOUS ISSUES
ARISING FROM MIGRATION
5.4 SETTLEMENT
 Q16 PLANNING STRATEGIES IN RURAL AREAS
5.5 URBAN SETTLEMENT
 Q20 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN CITIES
5.6 PROBLEMS WITH URBANISATION
 Q22 URBAN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
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GEOGRAPHY SRPS BOOK
 WHAT IS IT?
 A WORKBOOK AND AN ONLINE SAMPLE ANSWER
BOOK COVERING THE PHYSICAL, REGIONAL AND
ELECTIVE SECTIONS.
 DESIGNED TO BE USED BY TEACHERS AS A REVISION
AID FOR STUDENTS.
 IT FOLLOWS THE SYLLABUS IN A LINEAR FORMAT
COVERING ALL KEY AREAS AS OUTLINED BY THE
SYLLABUS.
 THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF ANSWERS:
1. FILL IN THE BLANKS IN YOUR WORKBOOK.
2. READ THE ANSWER ONLINE AND FILL THE KEY
POINTS TO EACH SRP INTO YOUR WORKBOOK.