Going global? Long-haul fieldwork in undergraduate geography

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-253

  McGuinness, Mark ^a   Simm, David ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark skills; Fieldwork; Reflection; Research diaries

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144433037     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260500130478     Document Type: Article

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