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Reflecting on our fieldwork enquiry

I can reflect on my fieldwork enquiry and find strengths and weaknesses.

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Reflecting on our fieldwork enquiry

I can reflect on my fieldwork enquiry and find strengths and weaknesses.

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Key learning points

  1. In every fieldwork enquiry there will be things that will go well.
  2. In every fieldwork enquiry there will be other things that could have been improved.
  3. Reflecting on a fieldwork enquiry helps geographers to plan better fieldwork in the future.

Keywords

  • Strengths - areas of the fieldwork enquiry that went to plan and help answer the enquiry question

  • Weaknesses - areas of the fieldwork enquiry that did not go to plan

  • Significance - how important a factor is or how important the overall results are

Common misconception

Geographers should try to hide the things that do not go to plan in their fieldwork.

An important part of being a geographer is to be reflective and to take opportunities to improve on your practice.


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Pupils should not think of their reflections as a simple series of positives and negatives: encourage pupils to think about how some weaknesses might have a far greater impact on the nature of the results than others.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a summary?

an answer to an enquiry question
all of the data added together
Correct answer: a description that brings all the key information together
a statement that looks at the hypothesis

Q2.
What happens after we conclude our fieldwork?

We collect some more data.
We present the data.
We write a hypothesis.
Correct answer: We evaluate the enquiry.

Q3.
Why might we reject a hypothesis?

It is proven correct by the data.
It has lots of strengths.
It answers our enquiry question.
Correct answer: It is proven incorrect by the data.

Q4.
Which of the following types of land use would make an area unsuitable for solar panels?

The land is not used for anything
Correct answer: Children use the area for working and playing
The area is the top of a building
The area was once used for industry.

Q5.
Why might a school roof be a good place for solar panels?

Correct answer: It is not used for anything.
It is in the shade.
It uses a lot of energy.
It is easy to get to.

Q6.
When we our results, it is a good idea to start with the highest and lowest scores.

Correct Answer: compare

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4 Questions

Q1.
Significance is how a factor is.

Correct Answer: important

Q2.
Which of the following statements is true?

Geographers only think about the strengths of their enquiry.
Geographers only think about the weaknesses of their enquiry.
Geographers try not to think about strengths and weaknesses of their enquiry.
Correct answer: Geographers think about the strengths and weaknesses of their enquiry.

Q3.
Which of these are good evaluative questions?

Was the weather nice?
Did we enjoy the fieldwork?
Correct answer: Did we collect data in the right places?
Did we respect each other?

Q4.
In most cases, a method can be improved by …

reducing the amount of data collected.
Correct answer: increasing the number of measurements that can be taken.
repeating it until you get the right results.
not using high-tech equipment.