The course content related to effective field teaching and field teaching methods. The course also focused on the requirements and advice needed to successfully implement field work, such as completing risk assessments, planning, managing & evaluation. 
The weekend started by looking at the types of trips that we had already been on. On the Saturday we walked along a hill in Dartmoor to see what studies could be conducted, such as erosion profiles of footpaths and microclimates. We the visited a ‘hunny pot’ village, for a tourism study. 
On the Saturday night we studied stastical analysis and data interpretation, to ensure we were all aware of how the data we could collect with students could be used effectively. 
On the Sunday we visited a near by river basin to complete a river study (which involved trying out lots of methods of gathering data that we could use with students). In the afternoon we visited a new town and a rural village to look at the different opportunities for fieldwork available when study settlements.
The weekend was a fantastic opportunity to learn about effective field work opportunities, carrying out risk assessments and developing my knowledge of data gathering and data interpretation/representation.
The weekend was a fantastic opportunity to learn about effective field work opportunities, carrying out risk assessments and developing my knowledge of data gathering and data interpretation/representation.
I found learning about the risk assessment process extremely beneficial as we were able to complete site specific RA's for the different fieldwork opportunities we looked at, such as footpath erosion.All the paper notes I gathered from this course are in a seperate file - (Please see hard copy of my fieldwork file).
