For your final Geographical Reading activity, you have a choice between two sources. Both of these look at how farming in the UK is changing to be more sustainable:
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You could listen to a podcast on the topic of regenerative farming. Using the media player, scroll to the first episode “What is Regenerative Farming”. You should summarise and critically analyse in the usual way.
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You could read a policy brief on the topic of Enhanced Rock Weathering. Don’t be put off by the length – the last 9 pages are all references!
Geographical Study
Continue your work on the results, data presentation and analysis in your Geographical study.
Geographical Issues
After discussing your proposal document, you should now be in a position to investigate your sources and decide which of three of them will be your main sources. This week you should:
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Read the sources in full, taking notes.
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Find out some basic information about the author/publisher.
This will allow us to confirm these are appropriate sources and that there is enough information available to allow you to critically analyse them and get the marks the SQA offers for this.
Geographical Techniques
We’re revisiting interviews & questionnaires this week, but focussing on their implementation. We’ll cover:
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How to choose a sample for a questionnaire
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How to conduct structured, semi-structured and unstructured interviews
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The differences between conducting in-person and online interviews/questionnaires
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How to process qualitative data
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Ethics and their place in data gathering of all forms
We’ll use resources from the Open University and the RGS to support our learning, alongside this video for interview best practice.
