Starter quiz
- What is an opinion?
- A proven fact that is universally accepted.
- A personal view or judgement formed about something. ✓
- A method used to collect data in fieldwork studies.
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- What is the first step in conducting a fieldwork study?
- collecting data
- analysing data
- drawing a conclusion
- formulating an enquiry question ✓
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- Why is an enquiry question important in fieldwork studies?
- It guides the direction of the study. ✓
- It provides the final conclusion.
- It helps in data analysis.
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- Put the steps you need to take to conduct a survey in the correct order.
- 1⇔think of an enquiry question
- 2⇔decide what data you would like to collect
- 3⇔plan and write survey questions
- 4⇔conduct an interview
- Scale score questions and yes/no survey questions are easier to ...
- 'analyse' ✓
- Which tools are useful for collecting opinions?
- surveys ✓
- photographs
- interviews ✓
- maps
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Exit quiz
- What does fieldwork in geography involve?
- gathering information in a real environment ✓
- studying in a library
- reading textbooks
- watching documentaries
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- What is a key aspect of fieldwork in geography?
- memorising geographical facts
- learning about different cultures
- observing geographical processes ✓
- drawing detailed maps
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- Why is it important for risk assessments to be carried out before fieldwork?
- Risk assessments are important for deciding what type of transport to use.
- Risk assessments are important for determining the type of data to be collected.
- Risk assessments are important for deciding on the enquiry question.
- Risk assessments are important for ensuring people's safety during fieldwork. ✓
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- A ______ shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.
- 'route' ✓
- Which of these are evidence of people bringing about change in the local area?
- road sweepers ✓
- builders ✓
- cars
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- All change is positive. True or false?
- 'false' ✓
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Key learning points
- Fieldwork can include environmental assessment, e.g. what do we think about change here?
- Photographs can evidence changes that are happening.
- The work that people do can change the local area positively or negatively.
- Changes spotted could be ranked as to how dramatic the effect is or will be.
Common misconception
When planning their route children may not have any concept of distance.
Use the map scale to estimate how far the route is. An average walking speed is around 12 minutes per km.
Keywords
Fieldwork - Fieldwork is investigating outdoors using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.
Environmental assessment - An environmental assessment is an evaluation of the positive and negative qualities of the locality.
Risk assessment - A risk assessment looks at what hazards we might come across and how to keep us safe.
Route - A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.
Evidence - Evidence is a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true.
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