Life without fieldwork: Some lecturers' perceptions of geography and environmental science fieldwork

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-171

  Scott, Ian ^a   Fuller, Ian ^b   Gaskin, Steve ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Lecturer perception; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; STUDENT;

EID: 33646432778     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260500499832     Document Type: Article

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