Fieldwork tools and techniques
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify and adapt appropriate techniques to support a fieldwork enquiry.
Key learning points
- Questionnaires are a tool that geographers use to gather facts and opinions about places.
- In an interview one person asks another questions and they answer, so it’s important to choose questions carefully.
- Geographers connect data to locations using maps.
Keywords
Questionnaire - A questionnaire is a set of questions used to collect information or data.
Interview - An interview means talking to people to gather information.
Enquiry - An enquiry is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.
Techniques - Techniques are the particular ways of doing things.
Common misconception
Children may think that all questionnaires have to be multiple choice selected from given responses.
Explain that sometimes it is necessary to ask opinions in an open question so that people can submit their own ideas.
Teacher tip
Children could create their questionnaire using Google Forms and then use a QR code generator to send home for parents and carers to complete. This would automatically collate replies for the children.
Equipment
Children will create their own questionnaire to interview the local community.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.When would you use a questionnaire in an enquiry?
Q2.What would be included in the term 'media'?
Q3.OS maps are refreshed .
Q4.What does residential land use mean?
Q5.An is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.
Q6.What evidence could be used to identify a local issue?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1. means talking to people to gather information.
Q2.Match the keywords to their definitions.
are particular ways of doing things
a set of questions used to collect information or data
an investigation of a geographical question or issue
Q3.Good questionnaires could include these features:
Q4.Which of these are fieldwork techniques?
Q5.When collecting local opinions through interviewing, we should try to ask .
Q6.Why do geographers annotate maps with fieldwork data?
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