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Biological fieldwork provision in higher education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Fieldwork is regarded as an important component of many bioscience degree programmes. QAA benchmarks statements refer explicitly to the importance of fieldwork, although give no indication of amounts of field provision expected.
Mauchline, Alice L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Why Not a Single Image? Combining Visualizations to Facilitate Fieldwork and On-Screen Mapping

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2019
Visualization products computed from a raster elevation model still form the basis of most archaeological and geomorphological enquiries of lidar data.
Žiga Kokalj, Maja Somrak
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fieldwork and disability: an overview for an inclusive experience

open access: yesGeological Magazine, 2020
Fieldwork forms the basis of geoscience studies. However, field activities present limitations for people with mental or physical impairments. This aspect can preclude participation in field trips by certain groups of students or limit their experience ...
D. Chiarella, Grazia Vurro
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Digital fieldwork with Fieldmove - how do digital tools influence geoscience students’ learning experience in the field?

open access: yesJournal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
Third year geoscience students were introduced to digital tools for fieldwork, Fieldmove on iPads, in a capstone field mapping course at Oslo University, Norway.
A. Lundmark   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making geoscience fieldwork inclusive and accessible for students with disabilities

open access: yesGeosphere, 2019
Fieldwork is a fundamental characteristic of geoscience. However, the requirement to participate in fieldwork can present significant barriers to students with disabilities engaging with geoscience as an academic discipline and subsequently progressing ...
A. Stokes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Promoting Environments that Measure Outcomes: Partnerships for Change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper describes the development of the PrEMO© (Promoting Environments that Measure Outcomes) program. PrEMO© is an innovative model promoting evidence-based practice (EBP) while developing capacity and quality of Level II fieldwork placements.
Burke, Janice P.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Ethics Abroad: Fieldwork in Fragile and Violent Contexts

open access: yesPS, 2018
The diversity of political spaces, availability of cheap labor, ease of access to powerful figures, and safety net of a foreign passport attract researchers to the developing world.
Kate Cronin-Furman, Milli Lake
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond the Field: Ethics after Fieldwork in Politically Dynamic Contexts

open access: yesPerspectives on Politics, 2019
As researchers, when do our ethical obligations end? How should our ethical obligations respond to dynamic and unstable political contexts? Political scientists frequently work in dynamic political situations that can pose new ethical questions beyond ...
Eleanor Knott
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Getting more from getting out : increasing achievement in literacy and science through ecological fieldwork [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper demonstrates the positive impact of learning through ecological fieldwork upon children's ability to write, and to write about science. Specifically we have carried out a relatively large-scale study (involving 379 children aged 9–11 years ...
Boyd, Margaret, Scott, Graham
core   +1 more source

“Antarctica just has this hero factor…”: Gendered barriers to Australian Antarctic research and remote fieldwork

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Antarctica is often associated with images of masculine figures battling against the blizzard. The pervasiveness of heroic white masculine leadership and exploration in Antarctica and, more broadly, in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and ...
M. Nash   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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