A questionnaire is a set of questions used to collect information or data.

An interview means talking to people to gather information.

An enquiry is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.

Techniques are the particular ways of doing things.

Fieldwork tools and techniques

Geography

This Unit links directly to 'Local area: Why are trees and forests important?', where pupils will continue to evaluate the local area by investigating green spaces and trees.

This unit builds on 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?' in which pupils learnt about issues at a regional scale in the Lake District, and it develops 'Local area: How is it changing?' in which local area change was identified and recorded. This unit is about evaluating change with a futures’ perspective.  

Local area: what needs changing?

{{}} means talking to people to gather information.

a set of questions used to collect information or data

an investigation of a geographical question or issue

questions that are clear and easy to understand

long questions with lots of technical words

questions with a selection of responses to choose from

Good questionnaires could include these features:

When collecting local opinions through interviewing, we should try to ask {{}}.

to remember the location of data collected

Why do geographers annotate maps with fieldwork data?

When would you use a questionnaire in an enquiry?

What would be included in the term 'media'?

An {{}} is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.

What evidence could be used to identify a local issue?

Starter Quiz