Dr David Preece
@doctorpreece.bsky.social
Head of Geography Teacher Development at Teach First, experienced geographer, teacher, educator and coach. Keen to explore how we can develop and share better - all views my own!
https://drpreece.home.blog/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-preece/
https://drpreece.home.blog/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-preece/
Any #geographers doing Eduqas B spec with a particular experience in water & resource management?
We have a trainee who'd love to get some insight from someone who is familiar with the spec - drop me a message if you know anyone, or would be up for a chat?
We have a trainee who'd love to get some insight from someone who is familiar with the spec - drop me a message if you know anyone, or would be up for a chat?
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Any #geographers doing Eduqas B spec with a particular experience in water & resource management?
We have a trainee who'd love to get some insight from someone who is familiar with the spec - drop me a message if you know anyone, or would be up for a chat?
We have a trainee who'd love to get some insight from someone who is familiar with the spec - drop me a message if you know anyone, or would be up for a chat?
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*** NEW POST ***
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Creating a Forward Looking Geography Curriculum
This piece continues my exploration of what makes a curriculum genuinely ambitious, purposeful and hopeful. As schools rethink their geography provision in light of new expectations and a rapidly chan...
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
*** NEW POST ***
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
Geography isn’t just about the world as it is—it’s about the world as it could be. 🌍
In the piece: how to build knowledge, procedural skills, hope and future-thinking into our curricula.
Read it here open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...
#GeogChat
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Storm Claudia, named by @aemet.es, will affect the UK on Friday
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Storm Claudia, named by @aemet.es, will affect the UK on Friday
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Heavy rain and strong winds will bring disruption and possible flooding
Warnings are in force so stay #WeatherAware ⚠️
Assuming that no one is hurt, and no property is at risk, this is just completely spectacular: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
I know it's weird, but I do think seeing an erupting volcano would be a bucket list adventure. Maybe not all the way to Hawai'i, but...
I know it's weird, but I do think seeing an erupting volcano would be a bucket list adventure. Maybe not all the way to Hawai'i, but...
Watch: Lava soars 1,100 ft above Hawaii’s Kilauea in latest eruption
The fountaining event lasted for nearly five hours and was the 36th volcanic episode since December 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Assuming that no one is hurt, and no property is at risk, this is just completely spectacular: www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
I know it's weird, but I do think seeing an erupting volcano would be a bucket list adventure. Maybe not all the way to Hawai'i, but...
I know it's weird, but I do think seeing an erupting volcano would be a bucket list adventure. Maybe not all the way to Hawai'i, but...
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Throughout #COP30, we’re running events engaging students and teachers with the critical debates taking place in Brazil, including using EN-ROADS to simulate climate solutions and two ‘Good COP, Bad COP’ model negotiations on 26 November. 🌎
Find out more and register: bit.ly/4nGBula
Find out more and register: bit.ly/4nGBula
Teacher events | RGS
We offer CPD opportunities along with events for students and teachers to participate in together.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Throughout #COP30, we’re running events engaging students and teachers with the critical debates taking place in Brazil, including using EN-ROADS to simulate climate solutions and two ‘Good COP, Bad COP’ model negotiations on 26 November. 🌎
Find out more and register: bit.ly/4nGBula
Find out more and register: bit.ly/4nGBula
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🧠 How can we help pupils revise effectively at KS4 — not just more, but better?
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
Helping Pupils Revise Effectively at KS4
Every year, as exam season approaches, teachers face a familiar challenge: helping pupils move from knowing some things about a subject to knowing enough of the right things, in the right way, to succ...
enserm.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🧠 How can we help pupils revise effectively at KS4 — not just more, but better?
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
New post on my Substack 👇
➡️ enserm.substack.com/p/helping-pupils-revise-effectively
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We're offering 30 fully funded places on our Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status: Increasing Diversity in Teacher Education cohort - designed specifically for experienced senior school leaders from global majority backgrounds.
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/pzqlzawiiy
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/pzqlzawiiy
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We're offering 30 fully funded places on our Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status: Increasing Diversity in Teacher Education cohort - designed specifically for experienced senior school leaders from global majority backgrounds.
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/pzqlzawiiy
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/pzqlzawiiy
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🚨 The Government has published the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
The independent review, chaired by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, offers a balanced critique of our current curriculum and assessment system, and outlines a series of recommendations for reform.
Our reaction 🧵⤵️
The independent review, chaired by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, offers a balanced critique of our current curriculum and assessment system, and outlines a series of recommendations for reform.
Our reaction 🧵⤵️
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 The Government has published the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
The independent review, chaired by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, offers a balanced critique of our current curriculum and assessment system, and outlines a series of recommendations for reform.
Our reaction 🧵⤵️
The independent review, chaired by @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, offers a balanced critique of our current curriculum and assessment system, and outlines a series of recommendations for reform.
Our reaction 🧵⤵️
And, as if by magic, a really thoughtful curriculum-focused piece on the considerations for the Curriculum & Assessment Review lands from @ensermark.bsky.social
Looking forward to the reflections on fieldwork, GIS - and how we can think carefully about some of the inclusive and "for all" spaces!
Looking forward to the reflections on fieldwork, GIS - and how we can think carefully about some of the inclusive and "for all" spaces!
The Curriculum & Assessment Review from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social sets a new tone: evolution, not revolution.
But what does it mean for geography teachers?
🧵 Here’s a quick look at my latest piece: “Shaping a curriculum of powerful knowledge”
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
But what does it mean for geography teachers?
🧵 Here’s a quick look at my latest piece: “Shaping a curriculum of powerful knowledge”
enserm.substack.com/p/reading-th...
Reading the Curriculum Review as a Geography Teacher (Part 1)
Curriculum coherence and geographical knowledge
enserm.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
And, as if by magic, a really thoughtful curriculum-focused piece on the considerations for the Curriculum & Assessment Review lands from @ensermark.bsky.social
Looking forward to the reflections on fieldwork, GIS - and how we can think carefully about some of the inclusive and "for all" spaces!
Looking forward to the reflections on fieldwork, GIS - and how we can think carefully about some of the inclusive and "for all" spaces!
There are a lot of wise commenters with their first thoughts on this morning’s publication of the Curriculum Review. I need more time to think through all of the implications for the wider landscape or for Geography, but I was struck by some of the data from the analytical evidence in support.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There are a lot of wise commenters with their first thoughts on this morning’s publication of the Curriculum Review. I need more time to think through all of the implications for the wider landscape or for Geography, but I was struck by some of the data from the analytical evidence in support.
Reposted by Dr David Preece
Thanks so much again to the expert panel, including @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @jo-annebaird.bsky.social and the others for their wisdom
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Thanks so much again to the expert panel, including @cassiebuchanan.bsky.social @jonhutchinson.bsky.social @jo-annebaird.bsky.social and the others for their wisdom
Lots of people seem to have substacks these days.
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Lots of people seem to have substacks these days.
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
If you wanted to create some articles about teaching and supporting geography teachers, would you do a substack or a blog? What's the difference? Why?
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We're offering 30 fully funded places on our Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status: Increasing Diversity in Teacher Education cohort - designed specifically for experienced senior school leaders from global majority backgrounds.
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/0rnglbimyb
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/0rnglbimyb
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're offering 30 fully funded places on our Chartered Teacher (Leadership) Status: Increasing Diversity in Teacher Education cohort - designed specifically for experienced senior school leaders from global majority backgrounds.
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/0rnglbimyb
Find out more: https://chartered.pulse.ly/0rnglbimyb
Grateful to mark a month since Secondary Geography in Action was published.
drpreece.home.blog/2025/11/03/s...
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
drpreece.home.blog/2025/11/03/s...
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
Secondary Geography in Action
I’m delighted that today marks a month since my contribution to the Sherrington/Hachette series Secondary Geography in Action was published. I have been thrilled to see it in different places and t…
drpreece.home.blog
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Grateful to mark a month since Secondary Geography in Action was published.
drpreece.home.blog/2025/11/03/s...
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
drpreece.home.blog/2025/11/03/s...
www.hachettelearning.com/geography/se...
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Frankly, it’s amazing that schools work at all.
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Frankly, it’s amazing that schools work at all.
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
Every day, hundreds of pupils stream through the gates and a vast, invisible system whirs into motion: teaching, safeguarding, meals, attendance, support, behaviour, communication, enrichment and care.
A short thread about why schools are miracles:
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Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:
The first half term back always feels like a sprint, and as you look forward to key milestones, many of them can feel significantly far away. The nights are darker, and Christmas feels like months away.
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The first half term back always feels like a sprint, and as you look forward to key milestones, many of them can feel significantly far away. The nights are darker, and Christmas feels like months away.
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Same! Saw this interesting comment on Reddit about Kermit. 🐸
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Same! Saw this interesting comment on Reddit about Kermit. 🐸
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THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
I'd urge Geography teacher colleagues to be really cautious when thinking about "geography in the news" or teaching Melissa as a case study any time soon, too.
By all means, show the imagery of the tracks and maps, and talk about why it's Cat5 - but I don't think it's a "case study" for now.
By all means, show the imagery of the tracks and maps, and talk about why it's Cat5 - but I don't think it's a "case study" for now.
Echoing colleagues: Think before you (re)post. #Melissa is about to impact a relatively poor part of Jamaica. I doubt we will know the true extent of the devastation for days or weeks.
Information vacuums fill with disinformation. Expect a lot of “breaking wind” on SM.
Map source: World Bank
Information vacuums fill with disinformation. Expect a lot of “breaking wind” on SM.
Map source: World Bank
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'd urge Geography teacher colleagues to be really cautious when thinking about "geography in the news" or teaching Melissa as a case study any time soon, too.
By all means, show the imagery of the tracks and maps, and talk about why it's Cat5 - but I don't think it's a "case study" for now.
By all means, show the imagery of the tracks and maps, and talk about why it's Cat5 - but I don't think it's a "case study" for now.
Though, to be clear, that doesn't mean that "we're getting the hurricane"....
It's set to turn more unsettled for the end of the week
The jet stream will pick up an area of low pressure and steer it towards the UK
Heavy rain and strong winds are likely for some, so keep up to date with the forecast 🌧️🌬️
The jet stream will pick up an area of low pressure and steer it towards the UK
Heavy rain and strong winds are likely for some, so keep up to date with the forecast 🌧️🌬️
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Though, to be clear, that doesn't mean that "we're getting the hurricane"....
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Stunning video of the enormous eye at the center of hurricane Melissa.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
US Air Force provides views from inside Hurricane Melissa
The U.S. Defense Department has released footage of views inside Hurricane Melissa. The military said a U.S.
apnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stunning video of the enormous eye at the center of hurricane Melissa.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
Taken by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” just before they had to abandon their mission.
Melissa is extremely dangerous, the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the season.
Always interesting to see scale and population estimates... this is a very interesting thread! The cat city is my favourite, obviously...
Always fascinating watching people underestimate the size of London vs other UK ciries.
On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool.
If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.
On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool.
If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Always interesting to see scale and population estimates... this is a very interesting thread! The cat city is my favourite, obviously...
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.