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Title: Valedictory GEOG101 Lectures, Evaluation, Essays, Examinations and Futures


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Valedictory GEOG101Lectures, Evaluation,
Essays, Examinationsand Futures
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What are we doing today?
  • We review the delivery of the course philosophy
    and design
  • We carry out an assessment of the effectiveness
    of the course
  • We provide feedback on the essays
  • We look towards the chance you get to show what
    you have learned
  • We suggest what might happen in 2005

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1. Remember these slides ... ?
  • This introductory lecture is about the major
    disciplinary patterns of geography as they exist
    and as they have changed in recent times.
  • We will look primarily at Geography in
    Aotearoa/New Zealand, exploring the patterns of
    secondary and tertiary work in the subject.
  • The purpose is to establish a platform on which
    the rest of the course can build. You do not
    need to take notes, but the Powerpoint is on the
    server for reference.

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Prior knowledge in course GEOG101
  • We assume a fair number of you will have done
    GEOG103-03A, and that you will have seen the mix
    of theory/concept and the case materials we
    present in Geography in this Department.
  • The Resources and Environment paper replicates
    many taught in other departments, and covers
    familiar ground, while opening up some new lines
    of thought.

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The first lecture made points like
  • We assume that most people will have had some
    contact with Geography as taught in secondary
    geography. The secondary syllabus is more formal
    than a university programme, but the links to
    what we do in a course like GEOG101 are
    significant.
  • In the modern era (1945 -) Geography is
    significantly positivist, and geographic models
    (such as central place theory) are widely used.
    The critics of positivism advocated other ways of
    looking at the world (perspectives), and now
    Geography is much more pluralistic.

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Robyns lectures made some important points about
perspectives
  • Geography is a created body of knowledge.
  • It is not neutral it is not objective it is
    constantly changing. It is a CONSTRUCT.
  • It is being created and recreated by geographers
    who are individuals who occupy particular class,
    ethnic, gender and institutional positions.
  • What was orthodoxy in geography one hundred years
    ago, is no longer orthodox now. What is orthodox
    now will also date and be replaced.

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Examples of perspectives
  • Robyn nominated at least five perspectives
    feminist, postmodern, post-structural,
    postcolonial and Maori, but made the point that
    there are many more.
  • She illustrated this with the question what is
    Marxism? and offered a beginners guide to the
    terminology.

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  • This was followed by three more perspectives
  • postmodern and post-structural geographies power
    and place
  • new cultural geographies placing gender,
    sexuality and race
  • Maori geographies Pania, Kataraina and Wiki

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and then there was Russell
  • Russells lectures used his cartographic
    expertise to explore the ways space is
    represented, and the political drivers of such
    representations.
  • Russell used national and international examples
    to support his lectures.

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Finally, we spent some time looking at our
place in rural Waikato
  • Science does not forget about people, but the
    detailed and remotely sensed views of rural
    Waikato need to be related to communities on the
    ground and integrated into planning processes
    with due care. Lecture 10 used the rural base of
    the Waikato as a gateway to explore a different
    geographical perspective, and one that is
    probably more familiar to you than the post
    colonial or postmodern. We talked about remote
    sensing and GIS.
  • Lecture 11 looked at population, changing
    geographies and the lives of the rural elderly
    in Waikato. We discovered that research often
    uses a range of perspectives demography to
    qualitative work for social policy.

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2. Course evaluation
  • We would like some feedback on the effectiveness
    of our efforts to deliver the course we planned.
  • We have kept the evaluation simple, but (in line
    with our philosophy) we value whatever you might
    have to offer on the Please comment sections.
    Qualitative data are really important.
  • Naturally, the forms are confidential

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3. The essay assignment
  • There are lots of comments on your essays, some
    critical, some amplifications and some just plain
    admiration for originality and attempting to
    boldly go (in the classic split infinitive of
    Startrek.) In general, the essays were good and I
    thought that you understood what we were trying
    to say.
  • There grades reported on most essays if you
    dont have a grade yet, we would like to talk to
    you at 100 pm today in I2.22.

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If I was going to make some general comments they
would include
  • 1. The definition of perspectives was good,
    although if you did not use the Johnston
    dictionary you may have struggled with
    definitions not related to closely enough to
    their application in geography humanism was a
    bit of a problem. Robyns three perspectives
    didnt always help.

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  • 2. The examples you choose where generally
    excellent in some cases taking large of complex
    places lead to problems about the
    generalisations they were too vague.
  • 3. There was some outstanding field work and
    research on some places.

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  • 4. The selection of citations from literature was
    also very well done I found some excellent
    quotes interpreted in new ways.
  • 5. The down side was the failure to acknowledge
    I have not penalised these as heavily as I
    should.

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  • 6. The listing of references in the bibliography
    was uneven there were awfully casual and poor
    efforts here. Most people did adequately.

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  • 7. Your writing style was generally good. The
    best essays were beautifully prepared and
    wonderfully written.
  • 8. I have used marginal notation like ð,
    expr or or even / to suggest you should
    look at your wording, and I have been quick to
    suggest alternative wording in some places.

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  • 9. A few favorites (not!) 1970s, their not
    there, comas and possessives.
  • I recommend Margaret McLarens Check it Out if
    you are getting similar comments on a lot of your
    submissions.

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4. Where to from here the examinationAfternoon
, 26 Octoberin MSB and PWC Lecture Theatres
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This is the front page of last years final
paper. Make sure you understand the
opportunities you have .
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Here is a sample from the 2002 GEOG101
paper. The short answer questions will be
different this year.
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These are the paragraph style questions. They
are different, too.
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and finally some essay topics.
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  • 5. Where to from here?
  • Celebrate your success, have a good summer break
    and come back prepared for a new range of second
    year courses in Geography.
  • The six second year courses on offer (three in
    semester a in 2005, three in semester B) are as
    follows

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A Semester, 2005
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GEOG206A Principles of Environmental Planning
  • Dr Mairi Jay 6040
  • A core paper in the REP Programme. It relates to
    GEOG103 and introduces environmental planning
    under the RMA and provides valuable links to
    programmes in environmental science, management
    and tourism.

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GEOG210A Regional Geography Pacific Islands
Region
  • Associate Professor John Campbell 6040
  • Notes the links to the small island nations of
    Oceania focusing on social, economic and
    environmental change exploring the principles of
    sustainability. Paper links to both 101 and 103
    and qualifies for TRIP major.

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GEOG219A Maori Land and Communities
  • Angeline Greensill 6040
  • Examines geographical perspectives on
    colonisation, raupatu, planning in iwi and hapu
    frameworks, treaty claims and community
    development. Paper is one of two in the
    undergraduate programme exploring Maori
    geographies

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B Semester 2005
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GEOG209B Contemporary Cultural Geographies
  • Associate Professor Robyn Longhurst 7030
  • Examines developments in contemporary cultural
    geography, exploring critical theory in areas of
    feminism, postmodernism, and post colonialism
    among others. The geographies of places are
    explored. Direct links to GEOG101.

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GEOG224B Tourism Environments - Marine
  • Dr Hamish Rennie 7030
  • Notes the importance of the marine environment in
    tourism and the way it is managed as a resource.
    It notes competing uses and the competition for
    marine space. The paper is required for the BTour

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GEOG228B Information Technology and Cartography
  • Associate Professor Lex Chalmers 1000
  • Focuses on the production and understanding of
    maps using computer technology. The paper has an
    extensive computer laboratory program, starting
    from scratch and leading to the use of digital
    mapping in planning and environmental mapping.
    Links to GEOG103.

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An aerial view of campus, with GIS layers
superimposed GPS points, roads and campus
features from second year laboratory.
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Summer a long way from Te Whare Whananga o
Waikato
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