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What do I need to know about Fieldwork?
What do I need to know about Fieldwork?
As part of your GCSE course you must undertake fieldwork on two occasions in two contrasting locations.
Your fieldwork knowledge and skills are assessed in the Unit 1 and Unit 2 papers. There will be an 18 mark question on each of these papers. Fieldwork accounts for 18% of your total GCSE Geography mark.
You will be assessed on your own experiences of fieldwork and also fieldwork in unfamiliar contexts.
What are the stages of Geographical fieldwork enquiry?
What are the stages of Geographical fieldwork enquiry?
Step 1
Step 1
What are we investigating?
What are we investigating?
What kind of questions can be investigated through fieldwork?
What kind of questions can be investigated through fieldwork?
Step 2
Step 2
What techniques and methods can be used in fieldwork?
What techniques and methods can be used in fieldwork?
What is the difference between Primary data and Secondary data? What are sampling techniques?
Step 3
Step 3
How can we process and present our data in various ways?
What maps/graphs/diagrams are appropriate to use?
Step 4
Step 4
How can we analyse and explain the data collected?
How can we analyse and explain the data collected?
What links can we make to relevant geographical case studies and theories?
What links can we make to relevant geographical case studies and theories?
Step 5
Step 5
What evidenced conclusions can we draw?
What evidenced conclusions can we draw?
Have we been able to answer our key question/hypothesis?
Step 6
Step 6
Reflect critically on fieldwork data, methods used, conclusions drawn and knowledge gained.
Why is our fieldwork not perfect?
This short video discusses the steps of an enquiry.
This short video discusses the steps of an enquiry.
How do I revise for the Fieldwork based exam questions?
How do I revise for the Fieldwork based exam questions?
For general advice on the fieldwork that we conducted, please see the YouTube link and powerpoint below. For more specific advice for each paper then see the links below.
For general advice on the fieldwork that we conducted, please see the YouTube link and powerpoint below. For more specific advice for each paper then see the links below.
Fieldwork revision.pptx
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