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Journal of Geography in Higher Education Volume 20, 1996 - Issue 3
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Addressing the new agenda for fieldwork in higher education

Martin Higgitt Effective Fieldwork Teaching Project, Educational Development and Support Centre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Pages 391-398 | Published online: 24 Feb 2007
 
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Abstract

Recent changes in higher education in the UK effectively make the traditional mode of fieldwork delivery unsustainable. This, coupled with criticisms of past fieldwork practices, suggests the need for a thorough re‐evaluation of the role and delivery of fieldwork programmes in contemporary higher education. A prudent place to start addressing this new agenda is an evaluation of some basic educational theory and the objectives of fieldwork. From such basic considerations, some of the contemporary problems with teaching fieldwork can be more effectively tackled and strategies for designing field exercises devised.

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