A British Historical Perspective on Geographical Fieldwork from the 1820s to the 1970s

Marsden, Bill

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“…Most closely associated with medical training, PBL is also advanced in other disciplines and traditions, including geographical fieldwork, which breaks away from the routine of ‘the more everyday classroom’ (Nicholson, 2008: 29). With origins in outdoor education (Marsden, 2000; Ploszajska, 1998) and local surveys (Jones and Nelson, 2008; Layton and White, 1948), this tradition has recently been renewed through experimental fieldwork (Baillie-Smith, 2012; Bonnett, 2012). The UK’s academic regulator, the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), explains and endorses this approach.…”

Section: Finding and Making Space For Curiositymentioning

confidence: 99%

Space for curiosity

Phillips

2013

Progress in Human Geography

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In education and creative industries, ordinary workplaces and everyday life, curiosity is widely regarded as a good thing, worthy of encouragement and support. This raises practical questions about how to be more curious and encourage curiosity in others. To bring these questions into focus, it helps to think geographically, asking: how can we find and make ‘space’ for curiosity? But curiosity is not simply a practical problem. Through spaces for curiosity, it is possible to raise more fundamental questions about what curiosity is and what it can be: about who can be curious, and what curiosity is for.

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Section: Finding and Making Space For Curiositymentioning

confidence: 99%