TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of a Poster Exercise in an Advanced Undergraduate Geography course
AU - Hay, Iain
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - This paper discusses the nature and application of a research poster exercise in senior (e.g. final year undergraduate) university classes. The exercise consists of three components. First, students are involved in a piece of supervised research in which they set their own research question; design, execute and evaluate research strategies; and communicate the synthesised results of their activities to an audience. Second, the exercise is stmctured in such a way that it provides students with an introductory opportunity to explore the bureaucratic and competitive structure of the modern research environment. Third, Student proficiency in oral, written, and graphical presentation of research results is refined. Expanding on earlier work on the use of posters in the teaching of geography at the tertiary level, the paper gives special emphasis to the rationale for conducting the research and to practica/ dimensions of poster production.
AB - This paper discusses the nature and application of a research poster exercise in senior (e.g. final year undergraduate) university classes. The exercise consists of three components. First, students are involved in a piece of supervised research in which they set their own research question; design, execute and evaluate research strategies; and communicate the synthesised results of their activities to an audience. Second, the exercise is stmctured in such a way that it provides students with an introductory opportunity to explore the bureaucratic and competitive structure of the modern research environment. Third, Student proficiency in oral, written, and graphical presentation of research results is refined. Expanding on earlier work on the use of posters in the teaching of geography at the tertiary level, the paper gives special emphasis to the rationale for conducting the research and to practica/ dimensions of poster production.
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U2 - 10.1080/03098269208709195
DO - 10.1080/03098269208709195
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0347318989
SN - 0309-8265
VL - 16
SP - 199
EP - 215
JO - Journal of Geography in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Geography in Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -