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Centre for Bioscience Professional Development Programme
Making the Most of Fieldwork
Tuesday 14 March 2006
Losehill Hall, Castleton, Derbyshire
The second of the Centre for Bioscience's fieldwork events was held in the beautiful surroundings of Losehill Hall, Castleton - the Peak District's Centre for Environmental Learning. The day was structured around two invited presentations and swapshop contributions from delegates. A summary of the day and links to relevant resources are given below:
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Programme
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| 10.00 |
Registration; Tea and Coffee |
| 10.20 |
Welcome and Introduction to the day |
| 10.30 |
Pedagogic research in a science context
Ian Hughes, University of Leeds |
| 11.10 |
Swapshop 1 - Delegates' examples of practice or issues associated with fieldwork
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| 13.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00 |
Preparing students for fieldwork
Chris Southgate, University of Central Lancashire |
| 14.30 |
Swapshop 2 - Delegates' examples of practice or issues associated with fieldwork
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| 15.15 |
Presentation from Losehill Hall |
| 15.45 |
Plenary |
| 16.00 |
Close and depart |
PDF summary
Related resources
Applied Undergraduate Research Skills
This CETL aims to develop undergraduates’ applied research skills, as practiced within research intensive departments, through students’ active engagement with two major primary research resources: fieldwork and the use of university collections and museums.
Experiential learning in environmental and natural sciences
This CETL aims to build on the University of Plymouth's experience in the areas of fieldwork, laboratory work and work-based learning.
View the general information we have on fieldwork in the biosciences.
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