THE ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS OF IRELAND

38 T H AGTI ANNUAL CONFERENCE SATURDAY 13 T H OCTOBER 2012

ENDA WHELTON

THE ELECTIVES AN SRP ANALYSIS

WHAT IS AN SRPAN 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 MARKSI.E. YOU WILL NEED 15 S.R.P.’S APPROX

FOR A 30 MARK QUESTION.

EXAMPLES

FROM A QUESTION ON POPULATION DENSITYTHE 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

endawhelton@eircom.net

www.edco.ie/geographysrpsCode for answers: tghldw

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.