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Skills, Techniques and Decision Making 1st Edition for Advanced Level Geography
Category: A-Level Geography
This book is a thorough yet accessible textbook of geographical methods. It has been written especially for the CCEA Geography AS and A2 specification by two teachers with many years' experience in teaching and examining at A Level.
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The authors guide the student through the development of geographical skills such as the selection of appropriate sources, techniques to identify and collect evidence from both primary and secondary sources, the effective presentation of results and the rationale of the final conclusions. All skills and techniques, including those appropriate to the Decision Making Exercise, in the CCEA A Level Specification are covered.
The issues are addressed in the following sections:
Section 1 - AS Fieldwork Report
Section 2 - Data Collection
Section 3 - Statistical Methods
Section 4 - Graphical Presentation and Mapping Techniques
Section 5 - Decision Making
Mary Reid B.Sc (Hons), PGCE, is head of Geography in Dominican College, Belfast. She graduated from QUB and taught Geography in St Louise's Comprehensive College before her appointment to Dominican College in 1993. She has wide experience working with a number of examining boards but is currently a Principal Examiner for AS Geography with CCEA.
Stephen Roulston, B.Ed, MA, D.Phil, taught Geography briefly at Foyle and Londonderry College, and then moved to Ballymena Academy, becoming Head of Department there. In 1998 he took up a position as the Geography Field Officer with NEELB. He now works with C2k as a Learning NI Development Consultant.
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