This module encourages students to identify and consider the influential roles played by key figures within both Human and Physical Geography. In so doing, students are encouraged to engage with independent and self-directed modes of learning, with additional support being provided through workshops, one-to-one supervision meetings and bespoke WebCT resources.
&· To introduce students to a selection of key figures in the discipline, and to the idea that individual Geographers have played a major role in the development of the discipline as a whole.
&· To provide students with a formal opportunity to carry out their own independent study of a selection of important figures and ideas, expanding upon core material that will be covered in other modules within the course.
&· To provide students with an opportunity early in their course to develop and practice independent study skills and to make guided but independent choices about their own case-study material.
Detailed knowledge of the contributions made by specific individuals to the development and current state of the discipline. (3 and 4)
Ability to make guided but independent judgments about which individual Geographers merit detailed study in the broader context of the course as a whole. (3 and 4)
Ability to maintain a guided independent project over a relatively extended period of time, including the selection of topics, research of material, and presentation of findings. (1 and 2)
5 hours workshops
10 hours WebCT discussion-board participation
40 hours maintaining weekly reflective diary
10 hours compiling reflective diaries for submission
30 hours guided reading on key figures within Geography
50 hours researching and writing essays on key figures within geography
3 hours reflection on tutor feedback on assessment
1,500 word essay on a key figure within Human Geography
1,500 word essay on a key figure in Physical Geography.
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