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ERIC Number: EJ604193
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
Developing Fieldwork in Social and Cultural Geography: Illustrations from a Residential Field Class in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
May, Jon
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v23 n2 p207-25 Jul 1999
Argues that fieldwork develops student understanding of various concerns in social and cultural geography. Recommends using a new approach that focuses on the role of fieldwork in the research process and illustrates this approach by describing an account of a residential field class to Los Angeles (California) and Las Vegas (Nevada). (CMK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Educational Innovation, Field Instruction, Higher Education, Human Geography, Research Design, Student Evaluation, Student Improvement, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: California (Los Angeles); Nevada (Las Vegas)