Planet
Planet - the bi-annual publication of the GEES Subject Centre
Planet is the bi-annual publication of the GEES Subject Centre. Its aims are to:
- Identify and disseminate good practice in learning and teaching across the three disciplines of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and present examples and case studies.
- Provide a forum for the discussion of ideas about learning and teaching in the three discipline communities.
- Provide information for readers on Subject Centre activities and on related resources, conferences and educational developments.
Planet is published and sent to all departments in the GEES community. Planet is also available to download in PDF format below.
Contents
- Guidance for contributors
- To get copies of Planet (current or back issues)
- Planet Download area (PDF)
- Dec 2010: Planet - Issue 23
- Sep 2009: Planet - Issue 22
- Jan 2009: Planet Special Edition - Issue 21 - Employability, Employer Engagement and Enterprise in the GEES Disciplines
- Jun 2008: Planet - Issue 20
- Jan 2008: Planet Special Edition - Issue 19 - Recruitment and Retention in the GEES Disciplines
- Jun 2007: Planet - Issue 18
- Dec 2006: Planet Special Edition - Issue 17 - Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- July 2006: Planet - Issue 16
- Dec 2005: Planet - Issue 15
- Jun 2005: Planet Special Edition- Issue 14 - Postgraduate Taught Courses in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Dec 2004: Planet - Issue 13
- Apr 2004: Planet Edition 7 - Issue 12
- Dec 2003: Planet Special Edition 5 - Issue 11 - Linking Teaching and Research and undertaking Pedagogic Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Jun 2003: Planet Edition 6 - Issue 10
- Jan 2003: Planet Edition 5 - Issue 9
- Dec 2002: Planet Special Edition 4 - Issue 8 - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Ideas for learning and teaching in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Jun 2002: Planet Edition 4 - Issue 7
- Apr 2002: Planet Special Edition 3 - Issue 6 - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - learning and teaching guidance for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Jan 2002: Planet Edition 3 - Issue 5
- Nov 2001: Planet Special Edition 2 - Issue 4 - Case Studies in Problem based Learning (PBL) from Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Jun 2001: Planet Edition 2 - Issue 3
- Jun 2001: Planet Special Edition 1 - Issue 2 - Embedding Careers Education in the Curricula of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Jan 2001: Planet Edition 1 - Issue 1
Dec 2010 : Planet Issue 23
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feature articles:
- Editorial
- Using structured reflection to encourage more active use of feedback – Jacqueline M. Pates,
Robert Blake and Ali Cooper - Assessment for Learning Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (AfL CETL) resources
- Using portfolio assessment to engage Level 1 Geoscience students in their subject and to develop their learning skills – Alan P. Boyle, Dave J. Prior, Andy E. Heath
- Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange (ASKe) Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Resources
- Assessment criteria and standards of the Geography Dissertation in the UK - Dawn T. Nicholson, Margaret E. Harrison, W. Brian Whalley
- Diversity in Level 1 GEES Assessment: moving from less of more to more of less – Tim Stott
- A Word in Your Ear 2009 – Conference Report – Derek France
- Marks, remarks and feedback. Do we really need examinations? – W. Brian Whalley
- Formative feedback and assessment: a review – Sharon Gedye
- Investigating students’ responses to different styles of essay feedback – Jasper Knight
- Assessment and the ‘professional student’ engaging with academic integrity
- The use of Personal Response Systems (PRS) in multiple-choice assessment: benefits and pitfalls over traditional, paper-based approaches – Helen M. Roe and David P. Robinson
- Bringing digital stories into assessment – Kelly Wakefield and Derek France
- Aligned assessment of technology-mediated field learning – Claire Jarvis, Jennifer Dickie, Gavin Brown
- The Great NUS Feedback Amnesty
- Reflections on using digital audio to give assessment feedback – Carol Ekinsmyth
- Using an individual volunteer project to provide an innovative learning and assessment experience in the field of sustainability – Mary Dengler, Diana Williams
- GEES Assessment for Learning Conference held at the University of Manchester on 22 June 2009 – Alin Dobrea
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Sep 2009: Planet Issue 22
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feature articles:
- GEES, Employability and the Credit Crunch - Dr Sharon Gedye
- Why Study Geography, Earth or Environmental Sciences? - Emma Hargrave
- Competition compilation: Why study Geography, Earth or Environmental Sciences? - Dr Sharon Gedye
- Linking employability and sustainability skills through a module on ‘Greening Business’ – Dr Zoe Robinson
- The Stirling Employability E-Mentoring Project (SEEM): A disciplinary focus on employability - Dr Carol Salt and Ginny Saich
- Are GEES Students ‘good environmental citizens’? - Dr Zoe Robinson and Dr Beth Greenhough
- “How big’s your engine mate?” Encouraging active participation in ESD by assessing the carbon footprint of fieldwork - Dr Chris Ribchester, Tamara Hunt and Prof. Roy Alexander
- From Harvard to Bradford; experiences of running a peer education for sustainable development project - Dr Peter Hopkinson, Dr Liz Sharp, Sheri Leigh Miles and Lou Comerford Boyes
- Teaching post-socialism, twenty years on - Dr Dominique Moran
- Prior use of Google Earth by undergraduate Geography students - Prof. Simon Haslett
- Google Earth, virtual fieldwork and quantitative methods in Physical Geography- Dr Varyl Thorndycraft, Don Thompson and Dr Emily Tomlinson
- Second Life Androgogy and Pedagogy Project - Evaluation and Review (SLAPPER) - Dr Glynn Skerratt
- Facebook: An educational support tool for teaching Earth Sciences - Dr David Selby
- Acknowledging the ‘forgotten’ and the ‘unknown’: The role of video podcasts for supporting field based learning - Dr Claire Jarvis and Dr Jennifer Dickie
- Design, development and student evaluation of a Virtual Alps Field Guide - Prof. Tim Stott, Dr Anne-Marie Nuttall and Jim McCloskey
- Improving student understanding of complex spatial-temporal relationships in Earth Sciences using computer animation and visualization - Dr Nigel P Mountney
- C-change in GEES: Open licensing of climate change and sustainability resources in the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - Michael Sanders
- Exploring practices, improving student learning: Threshold Concepts conference 2008 - Dr Helen King
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Jan 2009: Planet Special Edition - Issue 21 - Employability, Employer Engagement and Enterprise in the GEES Disciplines
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feature articles:
- Employer engagement in the Earth and environmental sciences - Sharon Gedye
- HEA Academy support for employer engagement (EE) - Freda Tallantyre
- Talkin’ ‘bout my generation: a brief introduction to generational theory - Yolande Knight
- A gap analysis od student employability profiles, employer engagement and work-placements - Simon Kemp, Fay Martin, Pat Maier and Ian Williams
- Employability of GEES graduates: the approach of the Environment Agency - Chris Thomas
- Today’s talent – tomorrow’s energy: employing geography, Earth and environmental scientists - Annette Thomas
- Employer engagement - a practical perspective - Stefan Drew
- The Chester Graduate/Undergraduate Employability Conference and Employability Strategy - Kelly Wakefield, Chris Ribchester and Derek France
- Meteorology employers’ requirements of graduates - Ross Reynolds
- Raising student awareness of enterprise skills: accredited and non-accredited routes - Pauline Kneale
- Enterprise education in Geography: the case of the Plymouth Dragons - Brian Chalkley and Katrina Gibson
- Embedding employability and employer engagement into postgraduate teaching: a case study from ‘environmental management systems’ - Simon Kemp
- Knowledge transfer partnerships, environmental management systems and masters level teaching - Colin Trier
- Establishing a skills and employability audit and some devices for establishing skills in the syllabus - W. Brian Whalley
- Embedding employability context through assessment design - Zoe Robinson
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June 2008: Planet Issue 20
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feature articles:
- Mapping the environmental landscape: an investigation into the state of Environmental Science in higher education - Jennifer Blumhof and Phil Holmes
- Mapping the Earth Sciences Learning and Teaching agenda for 2007-2011 - Neil Thomas
- Product or Process? A pilot study into the perceptions of research training by PhD students in GEES subjects at three universities - Steve Gaskin
- The use of systems thinking software for research-led teaching of biogeochemical cycles: preliminary findings - Robert J.G. Mortimer and Michael D. Krom
- The geography curriculum and sustainable development: a didactic research process - Emilia Sarno
- Using criterion-referenced assessment and 'preflights' to enhance education in practical assignments - W. Brian Whalley and Lyla Taylor
- The Development of Fieldwork Problem-Based Exercises in the Applied Geosciences - David Giles, Malcolm Whitworth and Andrew Poulsom
- Geoverse: piloting a National e-journal of undergraduate research in Geography - Helen Walkington
- E-Learning or a-Gimmick? Evaluating the use of rich media in Geography fieldwork - James Newman and Richard Jones
- Ethical and critical dimensions in learning and teaching: the case of geodemographics - John Robb
- Podcasts to support student learning in the GEES subjects - Ming Nie
- Geography Old Style - John Bradbeer
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Appendices to Steve Gaskin Article
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Jan 2008: Planet Special Edition- Issue 19 - Recruitment and Retention in the GEES Disciplines
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feature articles:
- School students’ perceptions of careers related to Geography, Earth and Environmental Science (GEES) - Helen King
- Changes in A-level Geography & their implications for HE - Viv Pointon
- The Engagement of Higher Education in the 14-19 Reforms - Delyth Chambers
- Raising Earth Science awareness amongst Year 11 & 12 school students - Alan Boyle, Peter Kokelaar and Maggie Williams
- A case study of activities to enhance undergraduate recruitment into Geography - Jenny Hill, Wendy Woodland and Garry Atterton
- The application of marketing thinking to student retention - Ifan D H Shepherd
- Pre-entry qualifications – staff perceptions versus reality - Sarah Maguire, Clare Carter and Roisin Curran
- What should a (Geography) degree for the 21st century be like? - W. Brian Whalley
- Masters marketing: routes to success? - Jane Penrose
- An employer’s perspective on the recruitment & retention of GEES graduates in the Environmental Sector - Chris Thomas
- Some key ideas on recruitment and retention in the GEES Disciplines - The GEES Subject Centre Conference 2007
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June 2007: Planet Issue 18
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feature articles:
- E-learning in the UK: Perspectives from GEES practitioners - Derek France and Steve Fletcher
- Virtual lecturing: Delivering lectures using screencasting and podcasting technology - Sandy Winterbottom
- Reflections on using podcasting for student feedback - Derek France and Anne Wheeler
- Evaluation of low-cost Personal Digital Assistants for field data collection and fieldwork leadership by students and staff - Tim Stott
- Supporting fieldwork using information technology - John Maskall, Alison Stokes, Jason B. Truscott, Alastair Bridge, Kirsty Magnier and Viv Calderbank
- A virtual world of work: A tool to prepare students for employability - Jennifer M. Jones
- Developing ‘real-world’ methods in urban geography fieldwork - Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack
- Extended work-related placements in developing countries: Supporting remote learning and assessment - Heather Winlow, David Simm and Simon Haslett
- Personal Development Planning (PDP) really happens at work - Pauline Kneale
- Re-orienting a physical geography skills programme for careers relevance: An Environmental Baseline Teaching Simulation - Zoe P. Robinson and Gareth Digges La Touche
- Engaging students with sustainability issues - Harriet Sjerps-Jones
- Acting sustainably: Encouraging and crediting student engagement in sustainable development - Jennifer A. Elliott
- The affective domain – report on a workshop at Carleton College - Alan Boyle
- Student Reflection: An ‘ideal world’? - Shelagh B. Waddington and Paul N. Wright
- Earth Science Teachers’ Association Annual Conference 2006 Geoscience in Transition: A one-day workshop for higher education staff involved in school liaison
- A summary of the GEES Subject Centre’s year 2006-2007
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Dec 2006: Planet Special Edition- Issue 17 - Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge
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Editorial:Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge - Helen King
Section 1: Introduction to threshold concepts
- An introduction to threshold concepts - Glynis Cousin
- College student conceptions of geological phenomena and their importance in classroom instruction - Julie Libarkin
- Overcoming geological misconceptions - Patrick James and Ian Clark
- Modelling change with system dynamics and with threshold concepts - Dave Riley
- Threshold concepts within the disciplines: Symposium at the University of Strathclyde - John Bradbeer
Section 2: Threshold concepts in GEES
- Quantification as a troublesome concept in the GEES disciplines - Alison Stokes
- The concept of time: can it be fully realised and taught? - Jason B.Truscott, Alan Boyle, Sue Burkill, Julie Libarkin and Jo Lonsdale
- Knowledge, evidence, complexity and uncertainty: a summary - Yolande Knight
- Understanding spatial literacy: cognitive and curriculum perspectives - Helen King
- Interdisciplinarity: a key to real-world learning - Jane Dalrymple and Wendy Miller
- Sustainability as a troublesome concept in the GEES disciplines - Kirsty Magnier
Section 3: Examples of practice and pedagogic research
- Preliminary report on studio teaching in Earth Sciences: a way to improve students’ problem-solving abilities? - Alan Boyle, Graham Potts, Maggie Williams and Peter Williams
- Encouraging reflective practice amongst students: a direct assessment approach - Lucy Philip
- Designing effective learning opportunities and promoting employment skills through a range of continuous assessments - Susan Heard and Malcolm Hole
- Simulating environmental surveys using custom developed software - Emilia Bertolo and Simon Clay
- Teaching quantitative skills and integrative thinking in earth sciences using object oriented computer models - Nathan Sheldon
- Teaching and learning uncertainty in science: the case of climate change - Brendan Hall
- Those who can do - those who can’t don’t: doing ethnography to impact on student experiences of digital geographies - Gerry Lucas and Simone Kruger
- Exploring students’ perceptions of interactive pedagogies in education for sustainable development - Fumiyo Kagawa, David Selby, Colin Trier
- The catalyst that is sustainability: bringing permeability to disciplinary boundaries - David Selby
- Geoscience education in the United States - Julie Libarkin
- Threshold concepts - topics listed by GEES conference participants
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The following issues are available to download:
July 2006: Planet - Issue 16
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feature articles:
- Field safety training for staff in geography, earth and environmental sciences in HE: establishing a framework - Pauline Couper and Tim Stott
- Skills at Masters’ level in geography higher education: teaching, learning and applying - Jay Mistry, Fiona White and Andrea Berardi
- Combining student independent learning and peer advice to improve the quality of undergraduate dissertations - Margaret E. Harrison and W. Brian Whalley
- Investigating geography undergraduates’ attitudes to teaching, learning, and technology - Jasper Knight
- Applying the Mexican Hat Approach to GEES subjects – an evaluation - Paul N.Wright
- Enterprising geography, earth and environmental sciences students - Inge Struder
- “Please answer each question clearly in the space provided…”: using real-world forms to focus undergraduate learning - Duncan Reavey
- Problem-based learning in practice: understanding human water needs - James O. Jenkins
- The importance of effective facilitation in student-centred learning: an example from physical geography - G.L.Heritage and A.D.Thomas
- Harnessing the competitive spirit - using competition to excite and engage - Lucy Philip
- A work placement review from an undergraduate’s perspective - Ed Poulter and Ben Smith
- Global perspectives in GEES: a complacent or creative response? - Jenny Lunn
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Dec 2005: Planet - Issue 15
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feature articles:
- Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge in the GEES
disciplines (PDF file 47kb) - John Bradbeer - So, what really makes a good GEES lecturer? (PDF file 774kb) - Paul N.Wright
- What makes the best learning experience for a student in Geography, Earth or Environmental Sciences (PDF file 42kb) - Frances Mansfield and Rob Marten
- A group resource-based learning approach (PDF file 53kb) - James O Jenkins
- Students assessing students: case studies on peer assessment (PDF file 55kb) - C. Philip Wheater, A. Mark Langan and Peter J. Dunleavy
- Experiential learning: assessing process and product (PDF file 249 kb) - David Simm
- Blended learning? Design and evaluation of a level 3 undergraduate fluvial geomorphology course (PDF file 254kb) - Tim Stott and David Huddart
- The e-MapScholar Virtual Placement (PDF file 254kb) - Sarah Cornelius, David Medyckyj-Scott, David Forrest, and Andrew Elcock
- Hotspot – a computer-based simulation of site investigation of contaminated land (PDF file 319kb) - John Maskall, Martin Nash and Mike Sanders
- Building PDP into the curriculum (PDF file 253kb) - Peter Lumsden
- Writing geology: key communication competencies for geoscience (PDF file 365kb) - Dr. Simeon J.Yates, Dr. Noel Williams, Ann-Florence Dujardin
- Professional status for GEES graduates and academics
- Geography teacher training in Poland (PDF file 111kb) - Charzynski Przemyslaw and Jolanta Rodzos
- Management and geography: why not? (PDF file 39kb) - Petar Slaveykov and Kliment Naydenov
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Jun 2005: Planet Special Edition- Issue 14 - Postgraduate Taught Courses in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Editorial (PDF file 97kb) - Helen King
Introduction
- A busy academic’s guide to recent policy developments and publications in postgraduate education (PDF file 88kb) - Heather Sears
- Postgraduate taught course developments in geography, earth and environmental sciences in the UK: an initial assessment of drivers (PDF file 73kb) - Lindsey McEwen
- A growth market: the increase in taught postgraduate numbers in the Environmental Sciences (PDF file 39kb) - Dave Eastwood
feature articles
- Evaluating the ‘postgraduateness’ of vocational taught Masters environmental courses: student perspectives - Lindsey McEwen, Rob Duck, Martin Haigh, Steve Smith, Liz Wolfenden and Katie Kelly.
- A learning resource to support Masters-level training of geologists in professional practice - Norman Moles, Rory Mortimore and Andrew Thrower
- Enthusing staff delivering taught Masters programmes - Pauline Kneale
- Bridging the gap between academia and practitioners: training coastal zone managers - Emma Treby and Anita Shah
- GIS teaching via distance learning: experiences and lessons learned - Paul Elsner
- Taking the distance out of distance learning - Glynn Skerratt and Clodagh Murphy
- MSc degrees in Managing Sustainable Mountain/Rural Development at the University of Highlands and Islands - Martin F. Price and Frank Rennie
- 21st century research training on the Internet: Let’s get serious about an e-PhD? - Robert J. Abrahart, Marion Potschin and Roy Haines-Young
- Graduate-level professional development opportunities for in-service teachers: helping to meet no child left behind (NCLB) mandates - Randy Gabrys Alexson
- Linking teaching and learning: a Masters level programme for primary and secondary classroom teachers - William Slattery
- M.Phil. in the Earth Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica - Trevor A. Jackson and Stephen K. Donovan
- The UK Grad programme - Dr Steve Hutchinson
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Dec 2004: Planet - Issue 13
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feature articles:
- Linking Teaching and Research in an Undergraduate Fieldwork Module: a case study (PDF file 72kb) - Jenny Hill, Wendy Woodland and Richard Spalding
- Crisis Resolution of Student-Led Research Projects at Distant Localities (PDF file 198kb) - Dave Simm and Mark McGuinness
- Linking the Doing to the Thinking: using criterion-based assessment in role-playing simulations (PDF file 75kb) - Roddy Fox and Kate Rowntree
- Level 1 Student Perceptions about Employability, Career Planning and Careers Guidance (PDF file 49kb) - Chris Ribchester and Helen Mitchell
- Employability of Geography Graduates in the GIS and GI-Related Fields (PDF file 57kb) - Krystyna Brown
- Personal Development Planning (PDF file 56kb) - Pauline Kneale
- Planting Hope: supporting the greener curriculum (PDF file 174kb) - Martin Haigh
- Continuing Professional Development (PDF file 73kb) - Helen King
- The Motivations and Professional Development Needs of Aspiring and Serving External Examiners in the GEES Disciplines (PDF file 73kb) - Derek France and Steve Fletcher
Subject Centre activities, developments and projects:
- Conference Reports (PDF file 93kb)
- Widening participation and employability Yolande Knight
- Supporting the supporters Carolyn Roberts / Tony Atkins
- Enhancing the campus through project work Wendy Miller
- Webbed Foot (PDF file 61kb)
- News from the GEES Subject Centre (PDF file 56kb)
- Small-scale learning and teaching projects (PDF file 56kb)
- Guide for the Overwhelmed - and the Underwhelmed (PDF file 46kb)
Full copy of Planet - Issue 13 (PDF file 828kb)
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Planet Edition 7
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Planet Edition 7 - April 2004 pages 1 to 22 (PDF file 1.35 MB) - includes 8 feature articles:
- Reflections on Embedding Scholarly Activity in Teaching and Learning Strategies - Andrew Clegg, Department of Social Studies, University College Chichester
- One Chance Only? Trying to Challenge a Lifetime's Perspective on Geography - Catia Brunelli and Barbara Gambini, University di Urbino, Italy
- Teaching Intrapreneurship: Cases from Business - Pauline Kneale, School of Geography, University of Leeds
- Research and teaching: making or breaking the links? - Roger Lee, Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London
- Using a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to create a community of learners studying people and place - Elisabeth Skinner, School of Environment, University of Gloucestershire
- Bringing the mountain to the student: developing a fully integrated online volcano module - Chris Turney, School of Archaeology & Palaeoecology; David Robinson, Educational Technology Unit; Maria Lee, Educational Technology Unit and Alan Soutar, Media Services, Queen's University Belfast
- Empowering Geography Students in Large Groups - Shelagh Waddington, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
- HERODOT Thematic Network and the Tuning of Geography Education in Europe - Glenda Wall and Karl Donert, Liverpool Hope University College
Planet Edition 7 - April 2004 pages 22 to 40 (PDF file 1.35 MB) - includes Subject Centre activities, developments and projects:
- LTSN-GEES: Collaborating in the UK and Beyond
- Module Websites as Tools for Active Learning in Undergraduate Geography
- Enhancing Student Employability in the South-West (an ESECT, LTSN-GEES and University of Plymouth Conference)
- Overseas Fieldwork & Cultural Exchanges in HE: Student Support & Safety - A National Conference
- Their people and our people: a geographer at the LTSN Economics Biennial Conference, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, 16-17 September 2003
- Diary Dates
- Webbed Foot - Online Image Collections
- Geography and Environment A guiding hand through the maze of information: JISC Resource Guides
- Dine Out on Work Related-Learning
- National Recognition for E-learning at the University of Gloucestershire
- LTSN-GEES Resource Briefing: Mathematics, Statistics & Quantitative
Skills
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Planet Edition 6
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Planet Edition 6 - June 2003 pages 1 to 29 (PDF file 1.35 MB) - includes 10 feature articles:
- A Geomorphological 'Icebreaker' exercise in team-development for problem-based learning - Brian Whalley, Queens University Belfast
- Making the Most of the First Day of Class in Geography - Eric Fournier, Samford University, USA
- The use of role play and VLEs in teaching Environmental Management - Juliette Pavey and Danny Donoghue University of Durham
- Overseas fieldwork and learning for spatial planning: a case study - John McCarthy, University of Dundee
- Access to Courses and Access to Careers - Brian Chalkley, LTSN-GEES
- Travelling the road towards a SENDA compliant GEES website - Neil Witt and Anne McDermott, University of Plymouth
- Geographers into teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University - Chrissie Gibson, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Real World Experiences? Reflections of Current and Past Students on Practitioner Inputs to Environmental Taught Masters Courses - Lindsey McEwen et al.
- Field courses provide European diversity at low cost - Graham Walters, London Metropolitan University
- Improving Team Teaching in the Earth Sciences through an Action Learning Approach - Ken McQueen, University of Canberra
Planet Edition 6 - June 2003 pages 30 to 58 (PDF file 0.77 MB) - includes Subject Centre activities, developments and projects:
- LTSN-GEES Small-scale Projects 2002 - Output
- Webbed Foot
- Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)
- LTSN-GEES Resource Database
- The Professional Scholarship Programme For Land Based Industries
- Sustainable Development Advocacy Programme
- Diary Dates - June 2003 to March 2004
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Planet Edition 5
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Planet Edition 5 - January 2003 pages 1 to 19 (PDF file 0.72MB) - includes 6 feature articles:
- Using C & IT to Support Fieldwork on Tenerife - Barbara Rumsby and Richard Middleton, The University of Hull
- Running group projects: dealing with the free-rider problem - Peter Levin, LSE
- The e-MapScholar Project: GEES-e resources - The e-MapScholar team
- The use of C& IT to support fieldwork teaching and assessment at the University of Derby - Mackenzie et al.
- Attracting the right students to University courses - Rosanna Breen, University of Cambridge
- The Scholarship of Teaching - Brian Chalkley, LTSN-GEES
Planet Edition 5 - January 2003 pages 20 to 34 (PDF file 0.65 MB) - includes Subject Centre activities, developments and projects:
- LTSN-GEES Employability Project
- Widening Participation: what does it mean for learning and teaching?
- Can We Help You?: The LTSN-GEES Enquiry Service
- Arrival: The LTSN-GEES Resource Database
- Invitation to join the Area Studies Network
- Can we pay you a visit? Departmental Workshops 2003
- Geography Discipline Network Grant
- RGS-IBG 'Chartered Geographer Status'
- Webbed Foot
- Diary Dates
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Planet Edition 4
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Planet Edition 4 - June 2002 pages 1 to 19 (PDF file 0.75MB) - includes 5 feature articles:
- Flood Hazard Management: Using an Alternative Community-Based Approach - John Harrison, University of Stirling.
- Optimal use of MS PowerPoint for teaching in the GEES disciplines - Dawn Nicholson, Manchester Metropolitan University.
- A CD-based courseware package for the teaching and consolidating of geological field skills - Mike Smith, Neil Hudson, Adrian Watson, Don Mackenzie, University of Derby and Julia Gale, University of Texas at Austin.
- Action research study to assess how well students transfer skills of communication into their second year - Sue Burkill, University of Plymouth and Derry Corey, College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.
- Fieldwork Education and Technology: A GEES Perspective - Steve Fletcher, Southampton Institute, Derek France, Chester College of Higher Education, Kate Moore, University of Leicester and Geoff Robinson, University of Leicester.
Planet Edition 4 - June 2002 pages 20 to 44 (PDF file 0.6 MB) - includes Subject Centre activities, developments and projects:
- Disability Update SENDA 2002: Are you Ready?
- LTSN-GEES Small Scale Learning and Teaching Projects 2001: 12 months on
- LTSN-GEES Small Scale Learning and Teaching Projects 2002
- UPDATE-The New QAA Systems for Quality Assurance and Enhancement
- Launching the LTSN-GEES Resource Database and Enquiry Service
- Linking Teaching and Research in the GEES Disciplines
- Geographers into Teaching (GiT) News: An update 18 months on
- The 2002 Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) Annual Conference and AGM
- Time to reflect? Promoting reflection among students and staff: a national conference on reflective learning
- GEES Goes to Hollywood: The Association of American Geographers (AAG), 98 th Annual Conference
- The LTSN-GEES Senior Advisors
- A Vintage Year for GEES!
- Diary Dates
- The Planet Archive
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Planet Edition 3
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Planet Edition 3 - January 2002 pages 1 to 25 (PDF file 0.5MB) - includes 9 feature articles:
- Linking the worlds of academia and work: Work based learning in the geosciences - Jennifer Jones John Moores University
- Breaking the feedback loop: Problems with anonymous assessment - Drew Whitelegg Anglia Polytechnic University
- Disabled Students and Fieldwork Towards Inclusivity? - Mick Healey, Carolyn Roberts University of Gloucestershire, Alan Jenkins and Jonathan Leach, Oxford Brookes University
- Pedagogic Research: The new frontier - Seraphim Alvanides et al, University of Newcastle
- Workshop-based teaching of research design - David Simm and Carol David, St Mary's College Twickenham
- One Year's Experience of duo (Durham University Online) - Barbara Watson and Daniel Donoghue, University of Durham
- Sustainable development and the professions - Steve Martin, Visiting Professor, Open University and Annie Hall, Environment Agency
- Using Class Quizzes for Weekly Review - Martin Haigh, Oxford Brookes University
- Examining Home Learning Environments - Greg Spellman, Ken Field, and John Sinclair, University College Northampton
Planet Edition 3 - January 2002 pages 25 to 41(PDF file 1.1MB) - includes Subject Centre activities, developments and projects:
- Disability Update
- Educational Activities Developments and Projects
- The LTSN-GEES Guide to some e resources
- Webbed Foot
- Diary Dates
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Planet Edition 2
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Planet Edition 2 - June 2001 pages 1 to 23 (PDF file 0.5MB) - includes 8 feature articles:
- Local Sustainability and LA21 a vertically integrated, research, learning & teaching activity - Peter Hughes, Derek Blair, Hugh Clear-Hill and Chris Halewood
- Helping academics to write: experiences and insights from a writers retreat - Sarah Moore and Maura Murphy
- The 'statisticar': driving data collection and analysis - Mark Langan, Philip Wheater, Peter Dunleavy and Rod Allman
- 'I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand' - putting learning models into practice - Benjamin Horton
- Mapping the Territory at Cheltenham and Gloucester - Carolyn Roberts
- Theory into practice: Making the most of team working - Martin Pill
- UKESCC Earth Science Courseware goes on the WWW - Bill Sowerbutts
- But isn't this what you're paid for? (The pros and cons of peer assessment) - Ian Hughes
Planet June 2001 pages 24 to 50 (PDF file 1.2MB) - includes Subject Centre activities, developments and projects
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Planet Edition 1
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Planet Edition 1 - January 2001 (PDF file 1.5MB) - includes 5 feature articles:
- Teaching and the RAE - Mick Healey
- Developing Field-Sim; Software to Support Fieldwork - Mike Sanders and malcolm Nimmo
- An Oil Business Simulation for Geology Students - Gordon Walkden
- Urban Planning: A New Collaborative Learning Environment - Chris Webster, Jeff Johns and Kioe Sheng Yap
- Synergy: The Greenwich Experience - Mike McGibbon
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Planet Special Edition 5
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Planet Special Edition 5 - Part A Linking Teaching and Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PDF file 0.5MB) - includes 19 feature articles
- Linking Teaching and Research and undertaking Pedagogic Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) - Steve Gaskin, LTSN-GEES
- Designing a curriculum that values a research-based approach to student learning in GEES - Alan Jenkins,Westminster Institute, Oxford Brookes University
- The Research-Teaching Nexus in (GEES) - Mick Healey, School of Environment, University of Gloucestershire with Jennifer Blumhof, Division of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Hertfordshire and Neil Thomas, School of Earth Sciences & Geography, Kingston University
- Appendix 1 -Linking Teaching and Research in the Environmental Sciences - Jennifer Blumhof, Division of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Hertfordshire
- Appendix 2 -Linking Teaching and Research in the Earth Sciences - Neil Thomas, School of Earth Sciences & Geography, Kingston University
- Linking teaching and research using Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Interactive Multimedia Assignments (IMM) - Patrick James, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Adelaide
- Linking teaching and research in the undergraduate fieldwork training
programme at the University of Adelaide - Patrick James, Graham Heinson and Andreas Schmidt
Mumm, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide - Examples of Integrating Field-based Research and Teaching in GEES - Stephen Edwards, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,The University of Greenwich at
Medway - Linking Teaching and Research through Departmental Research Conferences for Student Project Work - Mark McGuinness & David Simm, Department of Geography, Bath Spa University College
- Santa Cruz Field Course: developing Team Research Expertise - Andrew Plater, John Boyle, Katie Willis,Andy Morse and Mark Pelling Department of Geography, University of Liverpool
- Field Research and Teaching - an Enhancement of Student Learning - Steve Suggitt, Natural, Geographical & Applied Sciences, Edge Hill College of Higher Education
- 'Research Frontiers': Bringing Research into Teaching via Project-based and Teamwork Approaches - Brian Whalley and David Favis-Mortlock, School of Geography, Queen's University of Belfast
- Linking Teaching and Research within a Community-Based Project - Anita Shah and Emma Treby, School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University
- Using Digital Mapping Tools and 3-D Visualisation to Improve Undergraduate Fieldwork - Ken McCaffrey, Robert Holdsworth, Phil Clegg, Richard Jones and Robert Wilson Department, of Earth Sciences, University of Durham
- Evaluating a Student Group Project on Creating a Geographic Information System - Krystyna Brown, School of Geography and Environmental Management University of the West of England, Bristol
- Problems, Pollution and Pedagogy -Linking Teaching and Research through
a Problem-Based Learning Exercise - Paul Wright, School of Maritime and Coastal Studies,
Southampton Institute - 'Talking Heads', Teaching and Research: a View from the Chalk Face - LTSN-GEES
- Linking Teaching and Research in the GEES Disciplines: A Guide to Key Reading
- National & International Centres & Projects on Linking Teaching and Research - Linking Teaching and Research in the Disciplines Project (2002- 2003)
Planet Special Edition 5 - Part B Pedagogic Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PDF file 0.4MB) - includes 10 feature articles
- 'Enhancing Fieldwork Quality through Pedagogic Research'
- Fieldwork is Good? The Student Experience of Field Courses
- Carrying out Pedagogic Research into the Constructive Alignment of Fieldwork
- Technology before Pedagogy? A GEES C& IT perspective
- Perceptions of Geography and Environmental Science Fieldwork in the Light of Foot and Mouth Disease, UK, 2001: What do Students Really Think?
- Learning to do Discipline-based Pedagogic Research in GEES
- Using Pedagogic Research in Course Design: A Geochemistry Example In Distance Learning
- Reflection, Alignment and Mineralogy
- Examining the Effects of Teaching/ Learning Methods on Student Understanding of Value-Laden Issues
- Pedagogic Research: A Guide to Key Reading
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Planet Special Edition 4
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Planet Special Edition 4 - Planet Education
for Sustainable Development (ESD): Ideas for learning and teaching in Geography,
Earth and
Environmental Sciences (PDF file 1MB) - includes 15 feature articles:
- Introduction - Setting the Sustainability Scene - Brian Chalkley, LTSN-GEES
- Sustainable development education and Curriculum 2000 - Ros Wade, South Bank University
- Re-orienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability: Reporting on a UNESCO Initiative - William Scott and Stephen Gough, University of Bath
- Teacher Education, Outdoor Education and Sustainability in Scotland - Peter Higgins and Gordon Kirk, University of Edinburgh
- Sustainable Development in the UK: exploring education initiatives since Rio - William Scott, Alan Reid and Stephen Gough, University of Bath
- Sustainable development education in the UK: the challenge for higher education institutions - Shirley Ali Khan, Sustainability First
- How can Higher Education produce graduates with the capacity to accelerate change towards a more sustainable society? - Andy Johnston and Heloise Buckland, Forum for the Future
- Education for sustainable development by web-based distance learning: postgraduate teaching of virtual PgDip/ MSc courses - David Eastwood, University of Ulster
- Sustainability, Systems Thinking and Professional Practice - Steve Martin, The Open University and University College, Worcester
- Sustaining Environmental Education: the contribution of Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) - Martin Haigh, Oxford Brookes University
- The Role of Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Russian Universities - Nikolay Kasimov, Svetlana Malkhazova and Emma Romanova, Moscow State University
- A Sustainable Development module in the Department of Economics at Moscow State University - Sergey Bobylev, Moscow State University
- Teaching Sustainable Development at the Chernomorsky Institute of the Moscow State University - Vladimir Tikunov, Moscow State University
- Sustainable Development Concepts in the Training of Professionals in Natural Resources Management - A. Kapitza, Elena Golubeva and Olga Denissenko, Moscow State University
- Green Swedes -a National Initiative to Promote the Greening of the Curriculum in Swedish HE - Kaisu Sammalisto, The MINT-group and University of Gävle, Sweden
- Geography and Education for Sustainability in Australia - Roy Jones, Curtin University of Technology
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Planet Special Edition 3
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Planet Special Edition 3 - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - learning and teaching guidance for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PDF file 0.9MB) - includes 13 feature articles:
- The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA) 2001 - An introduction to the new legislation - Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
- Introducing the QAA Code of Practice for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher education - students with disabilities - Karen Czapiewski, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
- Learning, Teaching and Disability: The Need for a New Approach - Mike Adams, National Disability Team
- Using Online Learning to Disseminate Disability-related Staff Development Materials - Mike Wray, Manchester Metropolitan University
- The Teachability Project: Creating an Accessible Curriculum for Students with Disabilities - Anne Simpson, University of Strathclyde
- Of Mountains and Molehills: An Overview of Accessibility and Technology for Learning and Teaching - Juliet Laxton, University of Southampton
- Mobility impaired students could face access and location problems on entering Higher Education - Ann Norman, MSc Student
- Dyslexia: Implications for Learning, Teaching and Support - Judith Waterfield, University of Plymouth
- Disabled Students and Fieldwork: Towards Inclusivity? - Mick Healey and Carolyn Roberts, University of Gloucestershire, Alan Jenkins and Jonathan Leach, Oxford Brookes University
- Able Student, Disabled Person: practical activities and disabled students - Alan Jones, Nottingham Trent University
- Academic Assessment and Students with Disabilities - Lawrie Phipps, TechDis
- Disability: The Students' View - (Various)
- QAA Code of Practice on students with disabilities
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Planet Special Edition 2
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Planet Special Edition 2 - Case Studies in Problem based Learning (PBL) from Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PDF file 0.5MB) - includes 9 feature articles:
- The Problem Based Learning Landscape - Maggi Savin Baden - Coventry University
- Using Problem Based Learning to Develop Graduate Skills - Jennifer Blumhof, Marianne Hall and Andrew Honeybone - Hertfordshire Integrated Learning Project (HILP)
- Problem Based Learning a Personal View - Chris Lee - University Of Glamorgan
- Name and Locate That 'Town' (La Muskalah) A Problem Based Learning (PBL) Exercise in Environmental Geology - Chris Lee - University Of Glamorgan
- Problem Based Learning (PBL) - A Case Study from Environmental Sciences - Simon Belt - University of Plymouth
- Challenging the Teaching Convention in Geography Using Problem-Based Learning: The Role of Reflective Practice in Supporting Change - Adrian Chappell - University of Salford
- Using Geographic Information Systems and the Internet to Support Problem based Learning - Michael Solem - Southwest Texas State University
- The World Bank Scenario - A Problem Based Learning Activity in Human Geography and Environmental Science - Randy Gabrys Alexson and Christopher Kemnitz - University of Wisconsin Superior
- Fieldwork and Problem based Learning - Chris Perkins, Martin Evans, Helen Gavin, Jennifer Johns and John Moore - University of Manchester
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Planet Special Edition 1
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Planet Special Edition 1 - Embedding Careers Education in the Curricula of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PDF file 0.5MB) - includes 18 feature articles:
- What does the employer want? A British Geological Survey perspective on graduate employability - Ian Penn
- The use of an employers forum for student career development - Sarah Maguire and Claire Guyer
- Stressful experiences are useful experiences: creating skill-based materials for GEES students - Pauline Kneale
- A 'Career Planning Agreement' devised for Geography programmes - Alice Goddard
- Embedding and assessing career management skills in Earth Sciences degree courses: a subject-specific group and individual assignment - Neil Thomas
- Developing and embedding reflective portfolios in the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Pauline Kneale
- Developing undergraduate entrepreneurial abilities using Problem Based Learning - Barbara Page
- Putting Careers into a single honours Geography programme - Chris Ribchester and Judith Done
- Why include careers? The data - Pauline Kneale
- Geographers into Teaching News - Felicity Thorne
- Geographers and the workplace: an embedded module - Sue Hawksworth and Pauline Kneale
- The Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) for Geographers and Earth Scientists - Andrea Duncan and Dawn Weatherston
- What career skills do our graduates take to the marketplace? - Sue Hawksworth and Pauline Kneale
- A graduates' perspective - from Geography to recruiting Geographers - Martin Bradbury and Pauline Kneale
- A careers module for final year Geographers - Brian Chalkley and Mandy Burns
- Developing personal and professional skills in Geology at the University of Plymouth - Will Diver, Colin Williams and Jim Griffiths
- It's not what you study, it's how you benefit from your study that interest us' - Andrew Bottomley
- Externalising geo-assessment - Ann Worsley
- QAA Code of Practice on Careers Education Information and Guidance (CEIG)
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If you would like copies of current or previous editions of Planet please contact the Subject Centre:
Susie Stillwell
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Article Submissions
All articles with any accompanying figures, tables, diagrams and photographs, should be submitted in electronic format to Susie Bissell at the above address, or emailed to geespublications@plymouth.ac.uk
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