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Fieldwork in Geography: Reflections, Perspectives and Actions

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Editors:
  1. Rod Gerber

    1. Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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  2. Goh Kim Chuan

    1. Division of Geography, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 54)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. An Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Power of Fieldwork

      • Rod Gerber, Goh Kim Chuan
      Pages 3-12

  3. Foundations of Fieldwork

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. A British Historical Perspective on Geographical Fieldwork from the 1820s to the 1970s

      • Bill Marsden
      Pages 15-36

    3. Geography Fieldwork: Tradition and Technology Meet

      • Joseph P Stoltman, Rolland Fraser
      Pages 37-52

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-265
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Geographers regard fieldwork as a vital instrument for understanding our world through direct experience, for gathering basic data about this world, and as a fundamental method for enacting geographical education. The range of international geography and educational experts who contributed to this volume has demonstrated that the concept of fieldwork has a considerable history in the field of geography. They have demonstrated that the theoretical aspects of fieldwork have been interpreted differently in regions around the world, but the importance of fieldwork remains strong globally.
A fresh look at the pedagogic implications for fieldwork in formal education offers ideas both for promoting it in geographical education and for maintaining its place in the geography curriculum.
Audience: Forward-looking geographers and educators now recognise that alternative strategies, especially those involving the use of information technology, should be developedto reaffirm the centrality of fieldwork in geographical and wider education.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Rod Gerber

  • Division of Geography, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore

    Goh Kim Chuan

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