Young people’s geographies
“ Young people participate in their own ‘lived geographies’: on a day-to-day basis they interact simultaneously with other people and are part of different social groups. They interact with others at a local level (friends, family, school/college, unknown others) and at greater distances, including the global (often via the internet). They navigate complex networks of participation from informal social groups (friends, school groups, shared social activities) to more organised social activities (such as leisure activities, sport and music concerts) and formalised group activities, especially in school. Their access to spaces, places and environments and other people are enabled and/or hindered by a range of factors and influences including parents, financial considerations, age group, gender, ethnicity, feelings of safety, personal interest and so on” (Firth & Biddulph, 2009, 14).
"YPG was not about students developing their own 'project' or expressing their opinions - it was about starting with the students: how to draw on their own geographies and shift curriculum thinking from knowledge transmission to knowledge creation, where young people and their geographies are not the content to 'be taught', but are the drivers that shape and inform curriculum" (Biddulph, 2012, 156).
Young people’s geographies: http://www.youngpeoplesgeographies.co.uk
Young people’s geographies: http://www.youngpeoplesgeographies.co.uk