Fieldwork

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Fieldwork Research Investigations
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The fiery hoop of personal investigations

• Why am I doing this work?
• Exam boards set the task to develop your
  skillsplanning, presentation, interpretation,
  evaluation in a Geographical context.
• Skills in demand at university in the
  workforceteamwork, researching, meeting
  deadlines, presenting findings.

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How can I tackle this project?

• I didnt plan to fail.....I merely failed to
  plan!
• Be realisticits all about PLANNING!
• You need to select an interesting, manageable
  topictime-frame word limit!
• LISTEN ACT on advice offered by teachers ?
• Word process your project (no extra marks!)
• Keep the Examiners mark sheet to hand.

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What do I have to do?

• Investigate a geographical argument, assertion or
  problem.
• Identify/select a Hypothesis/Issue/Aim.
• Collect primary/secondary data methods
  techniques demonstrated?
• Presentation of findings of H / I / A.
• Analyse Interpret your data/findings.
• Conclude with relevance to H / I / A.
• Evaluation of the overall process of the
  investigation..LINK SECTIONS!

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Examiners comments.

• Positive jump seen between GCSE AS/A2
  Analysis Evaluation are much better.
• Hypothesis route is more analytical than
  descriptive.analysis is the aim of AS/A2.
• Too little integration of data presentation
  analysis organisation presentation!!
• Overly LONG worksuccinct concise Aim. A fair
  opportunity for all students.
• Lack of photos. Carefully constructed picture
  VISUAL DATA.

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A few more comments

• Great introductions then no mention of theory in
  conclusion/evaluation.
• Individuality marksdistinguish top grades.
• Death by bar chart not enough relevant
  variety!
• Sourcing of supportive research plagiarism!
• Not enough clear explanation of rationale for
  statistical tests etc. know why you are using
  the technique for processing data.
• Font size, spell check, labelling, scale/key.

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Sources for Resources?

• Textbooks...little out of date? A starting point?
• www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org
• Geography Review, Geographical Magazine,
  Newspapers broadsheets, online.
• Be aware of bias/perspective.
• Discipline your resource searches keep a dated
  record. Google is NOT a source! It is a search
  enginenever quote as a source!
• Plagiarismintellectual propertybeing recycled.