Fieldwork tools and techniques
I can identify and adapt appropriate techniques to support a fieldwork enquiry.
Fieldwork tools and techniques
I can identify and adapt appropriate techniques to support a fieldwork enquiry.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Questionnaires are a tool that geographers use to gather facts and opinions about places.
- In an interview one person asks another questions and they answer, so it’s important to choose questions carefully.
- Geographers connect data to locations using maps.
Common misconception
Children may think that all questionnaires have to be multiple choice selected from given responses.
Explain that sometimes it is necessary to ask opinions in an open question so that people can submit their own ideas.
Keywords
Questionnaire - A questionnaire is a set of questions used to collect information or data.
Interview - An interview means talking to people to gather information.
Enquiry - An enquiry is an investigation of a geographical question or issue.
Techniques - Techniques are the particular ways of doing things.
Equipment
Children will create their own questionnaire to interview the local community.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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are particular ways of doing things
a set of questions used to collect information or data
an investigation of a geographical question or issue