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Linking Teaching and Research and Carrying Out Pedagogic Research in GEES Disciplines and Departments - a Resource to Support Your Practice

Based on the LTSN-GEES Teaching And Research In Geography, Earth And Environmental Sciences
Residential Conference - held Monday June 30th - Tuesday July 1st 2003
at The Royal Court Hotel, Warwickshire

Background

"I believe that the main hope for realising a genuinely student centred undergraduate education lies in re-engineering the teaching -research nexus."

Paul Ramsden (2001,4) , Pro Vice Chancellor, Learning and Teaching, University of Sydney.

These pages are aimed at

Please note that these pages are particularly but not solely addressed to staff in GEES disciplines -Geography and Earth and Environmental Sciences.

In the UK and elsewhere it is of immediate importance as many fear government(s) are seeking to cut teaching / research links (see Government White Paper "The Future of Higher Education")

Resources to Support Your Practice:

Programme

DAY ONE - Theme: Linking Teaching and Research

Monday 30th June 2003

09:30 - 10:00 Registration, Coffee (and informal Poster Viewing)

10:00 - 10:05 Welcome and Introduction: Brian Chalkley, LTSN-GEES
(Windsor Room)

10:05 - 10:30 KeyNote 1: Cliff Allan (LTSN Programme Director)
(Windsor Room) LTSN: Promoting and supporting links between teaching and research (64 Kb PowerPoint presentation)

10:35 - 11:40 Plenary Session 1: Introduction to Linking Teaching and Research (Alan Jenkins, Westminster Institute, Oxford Brookes University)
(Windsor Room).

11:45 - 12:45 Paper Session 1: Linking Teaching and Research (Chair: Pauline Kneale, School of Geography, University of Leeds)
(Windsor Room)

Papers to be presented:

  1. Integrated Teaching And Research In Geography And The Earth And Environmental Sciences As Exemplified By The Greenwich-Cyprus Initiative (Stephen Edwards)
  2. Digital Structural Mapping Of The Moine Thrust Foreland At Loch Assynt: An Example Of Interaction Between Research And Teaching (Ken Mccaffrey, Bob Holdsworth & Robert Wilson)
  3. Linking Teaching And Research Within The Bourne Stream Partnership: A Community Based Project (Anita Shah & Emma Treby)

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch and Informal Networking

13:45 - 14:45 Paper Session 2: Linking Teaching and Research (Chair: John Bradbeer, Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth)
(Windsor Room)

Papers to be presented:

  1. Bringing Research Into Teaching Via Project-Based And Teamwork Approaches: How Learners Might Approach Research Frontiers (Brian Whalley & David Favis-Mortlock)
  2. Managing The Learning Environment Of An Australian Research Training Programme In The Earth And Environmental Sciences (Patrick James)
  3. Completing The Research Cycle - What Do Students Learn Through Publication? (Jacqueline Potter)
  4. Reflection, Alignment And Mineralogy (Alan Boyle)

14:45 - 15:40 Parallel session in disciplinary groups on how teaching-research relationships shaped by disciplinary concerns.

15:40 - 16:00 Tea and Informal Networking

16:00 - 16:55 Plenary Session 2: Report back and generic discussions on linking teaching and research from disciplinary group meetings (Chair: Mike Bradford, Department of Geography, University of Manchester)
(Windsor Room)

17:00 - 18:00 KeyNote 2: (Liz Beaty, Director of Learning and Teaching, HEFCE)
(Windsor Room) Teaching, Research and the White Paper: opportunity and challenge (175 Kb PowerPoint presentation)

18:00 - 19:15 Free Time** and Informal Networking

19:15 - 19:45 Cheese and Wine Reception in Windsor Room
LTSN-GEES Resource Database (Mike Sanders, LTSN-GEES) and
JISC RDN Resource Guides Launch (Adam Gardner, RDN)

19:45 - 21:30+ Conference evening BBQ and drinks on the lawn!

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DAY TWO - Undertaking Pedagogic Research: The Teaching/Research Agenda

Tuesday 1st July 2003

07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 - 09:10 Welcome to Day 2: Setting the Scene (Brian Chalkley, LTSN-GEES)
(Windsor Room)

09:15 - 10:15 Paper Session 3: Undertaking Pedagogic Research

Group A (Windsor Room) - Fieldwork (Chair: Sue Burkill, Educational Development, University of Plymouth)

Papers to be presented:

  1. Perceptions Of Geography And Environmental Science Fieldwork In The Light Of Foot And Mouth Disease, UK, 2001: What Do Students Really Think? (Ian Fuller , Steve Gaskin & Ian Scott)
  2. Technology Before Pedagogy? (Steve Fletcher, Derek France, Kate Moore & Geoff Robinson)
  3. Staff Perceptions Of The Role Of Fieldwork In The UK GEES Curriculum (Jim Andrews, Martyn Stewart, Wendy Sougnez, Tim Stott & Pauline Kneale)
  4. Fieldwork Is Good? - The Student Experience (Andrew Turner, Sheena Wurthmann, Alan Boyle, Sarah Maguire, Adrian Martin, Clare Milsom, Rhu Nash, Steve Rawlinson)

Group B (Blenheim Suite) - Other curriculum areas (Chair: Richard Blackwell, LTSN Generic Centre)

Papers to be presented:

  1. Identification Of Critical Factors In The Successful Progression Of Foundation Level Students In Undergraduate Science (David Harwood)
  2. Mathematically-Weak Students' Perspectives On The Teaching Of Quantitative Material In The Undergraduate Geography Curriculum (Andrew Folkard)
  3. Researching 'Intra'-Preneurship: Case Study Alternatives To Work Placements (Pauline Kneale)
  4. You Always Remember Your First Time - Reflections From Class And Tutor On Their First PBL Experience (Paul Wright)

10:15 - 11:15 Coffee and Formal Poster Viewing (Windsor Alcove)

  1. Undergraduate Geographers' Conceptions Of Learning, Teaching And Geography: Some Findings From An International Study (John Bradbeer, Mick Healey & Pauline Kneale)
  2. Problem-Based Learning And Environmental Management (John Bradbeer)
  3. Encouraging Publication Of Research Conducted On Taught Postgraduate Courses (Anita Shah & Eunice Pinn)
  4. Evaluating A Student Group Project To Create A Geographic Information System (Krystyna Brown)
  5. How Does The Removal Of Fieldwork From Academic Programmes In The GEES Disciplines Impact On Learning And Teaching? (Ian Scott, Ian Fuller & Steve Gaskin)
  6. Chichester Harbour: A Model For Integrated Environmental Management, Teaching And Research (Colin Bailey)
  7. Technology Before Pedagogy? (Steve Fletcher, Derek France, Kate Moore & Geoff Robinson)
  8. Staff Perceptions Of The Role Of Fieldwork In The Uk GEES Curriculum (Jim Andrews, Martyn Stewart, Wendy Sougnez, Tim Stott & Pauline Kneale)
  9. Fieldwork Is Good? - The Student Experience (Andrew Turner)
  10. LTSN-GEES Teaching and Research Linkages Project Group Linking Teaching and Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) (Mick Healey)
  11. Linking Teaching, Research And Work-Related Learning Through Fieldwork: One Stone, Many Birds (Dave Higgitt)
  12. An Induction Field Course And Its Magic (Sheena Wurthmann, Andrew Turner, Alan Boyle, Sarah Maguire, Adrian Martin, Clare Milson, Rhu Nash, Steve Rawlinson)
  13. Linking Teaching And Research In The Biosciences (Heather Sears and Ed Wood)

11:15 - 12:15 Paper Session 4: Undertaking Pedagogic Research

Group A (Windsor Room) Other Curriculum Areas (Chair: Lorraine Craig, Research and Higher Education Division, RGS-IBG)

Papers to be presented:

  1. Learning To Do Pedagogic Research In The Disciplines: A UK Partnership Approach (Helen King)
  2. Undergraduate Geography Fieldcourses: Exploring The Learning Experiences Of Students (Claire Cottingham & Mick Healey)
  3. Learning Styles Amoung Geography Undergraduates: An International Comparison (Mick Healey, Pauline Kneale & John Bradbeer)
  4. 'Real World' Experiences? Reflections Of Different Stakeholders On Practitioner Inputs To Environmental Taught Masters Courses (Lindsey McEwen, Martin Haigh & Steve Smith)

Session B (Blenheim Suite) Other Curriculum Areas (Chair: Steve Gaskin, LTSN-GEES)

Papers to be presented:

  1. An Examination Of The Effects Of Teaching / Learning Methods On Student-Understanding Of Value Laden Issue (Thérèse Kennedy-Doyle And Shelagh Waddington)
  2. Teaching Higher Education In A Further Education Environment: Issues And Perspectives (June Harwood And David Harwood)
  3. Developing Collaborations Between Learning Scientists And Geoscience Educators In The United States (Cathryn Manduca)
  4. The Vertical Project (Sheena Wurthmann and Sarah Maguire)

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch and Informal Networking

13:15 - 14:15 Plenary Session 4: 'Talking Heads' - Semi-structured interview with Heads of Departments on issues relating to Linking Teaching & Research and Pedagogic Research
(Windsor Room)

Panel to include:
Gordon Walkden (HOD, Department of Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen)
Carolyn Roberts (HOD, School of Environment, University of Gloucestershire)
Brian Whalley (former HOD, School of Geography, Queen's University Belfast)
Sue Burkill (Head, Educational Development, University of Plymouth and former HOD, Geography Department, College of St Mark & St John)
Chair: Roger Lee (HOD, Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London)

14:20 - 15:15 Plenary Session 5: Looking Forward - setting the agenda: The next steps
Chair: Brian Chalkley (LTSN-GEES)(Windsor Room)

15:15 Close and Depart

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