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This enquiry investigates the perceptions secondary school pupils have of geography and whether they believe it links to everyday life.

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What Perspectives of Geography Do Pupils Have?

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What Perspectives of Geography Do Pupils Have?

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The motivation for the study was due to the fluctuation in GCSE uptake over the last few decades, Weeden (2007) reported that there was a 26% drop in 15 years.

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The first finding was that 64% of pupils see topics they learn in geography lessons outside of school in their wider life.

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Finally, another 14 pupils stated they see topics they learn in geography outside of school, 71% of those that said yes were girls, despite only making up 64% of the sample group. Therefore, a theme can be seen that girls perceive geography a part of their everyday lives more than those who identify as boys.

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Meanwhile, another 64% of pupils see skills they learn in geography as useful outside of the classroom.

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Thirdly, 14 pupils recognised skills they use outside of school as being ones they learnt in geography. Out of these, 79% were girls which outweighs the percentage of the sample group  they make up.