Back to Resource Database Homepage

GEES Resource Database: Browse by Educational-Taxonomy: Practical (inc Lab and Field) Skills

parent: Key Skills

Number of Records: 39.

A skill-based curriculum

Description:
One of a group of case studies collected under the title 'Developing Skill-based Curricula through the Disciplines: Case Studies of Good Practice in Geography', SEDA Paper 89. Available as a web document.

full record

A student's first encounter with geoscience fieldwork: making it an effective learning experience.

Description:
Abstract no. 153.This abstract is one of a large number taken from ?Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education?, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre

full record

Assessing through viva voce examination

Description:
Abstract no. 88. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ?Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education?, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Braken invasion

Description:
Abstract No. 95. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ?Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education?, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Compendium of practicals for the biosciences.

Description:
This ?Practical Compendium? is a collection of practical learning resources developed by the Centre for Bioscience. The compendium is still in development and the Centre for Bioscience is looking for further contributions in this area.

full record

Conducting research in fluvial geomorphology.

Description:

This case study is one of a number submitted to the GEES SC as part of the 'Linking Teaching and Research in the Disciplines' project.

full record

Detailed underground mapping in a mine: learning to think in three dimensions

Description:
Abstract no. 149. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Edinburgh 2003: an approach to fieldwork in human geography

Description:
One of a group of case studies collected under the title 'Developing Skill-based Curricula through the Disciplines: Case Studies of Good Practice in Geography', SEDA Paper 89.

full record

Effective teaching in the field: IMAGE, the future for geological fieldwork?

Description:
Abstract no. 146.

full record

Effective team-working in a group project (level 4 undergraduate)

Description:
Abstract no. 170. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Experiments in geomorphology

Description:
Abstract no. 93. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Experiments in soil erosion

Description:
Abstract no. 96. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Field buzz groups

Description:
Abstract No. 221. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Fieldwork and the Open University

Description:
Abstract no. 147. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Fieldwork is good? The student experience of field courses

Description:
A paper from the GEES Subject Centre publication Planet, Special Edition 5, Part B, Pedagogic Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (2003). Available for download as a pdf.

full record

Fieldwork undertaken for community partners in undergraduate and honours geography curricula

Description:
This online case study is one of a number submitted to the GEES SC as part of the 'Linking Teaching and Research in the Disciplines' project.

full record

Geological field teaching using discovery techniques

Description:

This publication is one of the outputs of the programme for Science Education Enhancement and Development (SEED), an FDTL1 (Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning) project funded by HEFCE. SEED?s overall aim was to develop, document and disseminate good practice in Science teaching and learning. This resource is available for download as a pdf.

full record

Geology of the wessex coast, southern england

Description:
This website provides a large set of geological field guides (nearly 100) to the Wessex coast of Southern England.

full record

Group projects: an effective fieldwork teaching strategy

Description:
Abstract no. 165.This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education.’ This resource was originally set up by the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) in 1997 to host case studies of interesting and effective practices in the teaching, learning and assessment of geography from international higher education departments.

full record

Integrated teaching and research in geography and the earth and environmental sciences as exemplified by the Greenwich-Cyprus experience.

Description:
A paper abstract from the LTSN GEES Residential Conference 2003

full record

Interactive Mathematics and Geoscience Education (IMAGE).

Description:
Abstract No. 157. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Introduction to the laboratory

Description:
Abstract No. 94. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Laboratory work in science education: an evaluation with case studies

Description:

This publication is one of the outputs of the programme for Science Education Enhancement and Development (SEED), an FDTL1 (Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning) project funded by HEFCE. SEED?s overall aim was to develop, document and disseminate good practice in Science teaching and learning. This resource is available for download as a pdf.

full record

Linking teaching and research within the Bourne Stream Partnership: a community based project.

Description:
A paper abstract from the LTSN GEES Residential Conference 2003.

full record

Perceptions of geography and environmental science fieldwork in the light of foot and mouth disease, UK, 2001: what do students really think?

Description:
A paper abstract from the LTSN GEES Residential Conference 2003.

full record

Practical geography: a fieldwork and project-based course unit

Description:
Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) paper 89. Available for free download.

full record

Practicals and laboratory work in geography

Description:
This book is part of the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) series 'Good Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices in Geography'. Available as hardcopy for a fee from the GDN website under 'Publications' (see link below).

full record

Proceedings of The UK Geosciences Fieldwork Symposium

Description:
The UK Geosciences Fieldwork Symposium took place in 1997 and was convened by the UK Geosciences Education Consortium as part of a series of national conferences and workshops held to discuss and promote good practice in Earth Science learning and teaching. ESTA Occasional Series No. 2.

full record

Projects on geographical issues

Description:
Abstract No. 99. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Santa Cruz Field Course: developing team research expertise.

Description:
This case study is one of a number submitted to LTSN-GEES as part of the 'Linking Teaching and Research in the Disciplines' project.

full record

Skill-based profiling at Oxford Brookes University

Description:
One of a group of case studies collected under the title 'Developing Skill-based Curricula through the Disciplines: Case Studies of Good Practice in Geography', SEDA Paper 89. Available for free download.

full record

Student perceptions of geography and environmental science fieldwork in the light of restricted access to the field, caused by foot and mouth disease in the UK in 2001.

Description:
An article from the Journal of Geography in Higher Education. Abstract available from link below. Access to JGHE, hardcopy or electronic, is via personal or institutional subscription.

full record

Teaching introductory geological mapwork using workpacks.

Description:
Abstract No. 144. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

The use of Pymmes Brook, North London, as a resource and tool in pollution and monitoring Modules.

Description:
This case study is one of a number submitted to the GEES Subject Centre as part of the 'Linking Teaching and Research in the Disciplines' Project.

full record

Unfamiliarity as a learning experience: a personal view from the Canary Islands.

Description:
Abstract No. 173. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Using multimedia for providing feedback to students undertaking concurrent group project-based practicals

Description:

This publication is one of the outputs of the programme for Science Education Enhancement and Development (SEED), an FDTL1 (Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning) project funded by HEFCE. SEED?s overall aim was to develop, document and disseminate good practice in Science teaching and learning. This resource is available for download as a pdf.

full record

Water quality problems in Leeds

Description:
Abstract No. 90. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Weathering, rainsplash and rivers

Description:
Abstract No. 97. This abstract is one of a large number taken from ‘Case Studies of Interesting Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education’, an online resource of GEES case studies collected by the Geography Discipline Network and the GEES Subject Centre.

full record

Workshop-based teaching of research design.

Description:
An article written for the GEES Subject Centre publication PLANET, issue 3 (2002). Available hardcopy from the GEES Subject Centre or downloadable as a pdf file from the URL below.

full record

Back to Resource Database Homepage