4th Edition
Study Skills for Geography, Earth and Environmental Science Students
This guide will help you to survive and thrive during your degree and on into the workplace. Everything you do at university can be useful in your career. Packed with practical hints, study tips, short cuts, real-life examples and careers advice, the new expanded fourth edition of this book is an invaluable resource throughout your geography, earth science or environmental science studies.
This book provides guidance for successful study on many topics including:
- Starting as a student
- Being an effective researcher
- Presenting information effectively in posters, presentations, essays and reports
- Time management, well-being and ethics
- Field and laboratory work
- Assessment and feedback
Written in an accessible style, this guide also explains the role of the academic, and how it differs from that of a school teacher. It prepares you for the world of work by showing how the skills you learn at university today can be used in your career choice of tomorrow.
Section 1 Getting started, keeping going
Chapter 1: Transitions – essential info
Chapter 2: Reflecting, reviewing and acting – adding value to your degree
Chapter 3: Balancing study, work and fun
Chapter 4: Looking after yourself, commuting, mature study and wellbeing advice
Chapter 5: Random useful stuff
Chapter 6: Careers and employability
Section 2 Transforming your learning, becoming more academic!
Chapter 7: Threshold concepts – difficult stuff
Chapter 8: Creativity, innovation and thinking
Chapter 9: Listening
Chapter 10: Effective reading
Chapter 11: Making effective notes
Chapter 12: Constructing an argument
Section 3 Capturing evidence
Chapter 13: Research – searching for evidence
Chapter 14: Acknowledging sources
Chapter 15: Ethics and plagiarism
Chapter 16: Collaborative learning: team research and reporting
Chapter 17: Discussion
Section 4 Assignments and assessment
Chapter 18: Effective essay skills
Chapter 19: Not the essay: reports, laboratory and field notebooks
Chapter 20: Abstracts and executive summaries
Chapter 21: Reviewing papers and books
Chapter 22: Presentations
Chapter 23: Posters and display stands
Chapter 24: Examinations and revision
Chapter 25: Introducing dissertations and extended projects
Section 5 Field activities
Chapter 26: Fieldtrips
Chapter 27: Presenting maps, sketches and data
Chapter 28: Answers
Biography
Pauline E. Kneale is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Plymouth, UK.
Praise for Study Skills for Geography Students:
‘Kneale’s guide provides a useful and imaginative guide to good practice in the skills required for geographical learning while recognizing the individuality of student learning experiences. Its style is refreshing, combining serious points with light relief.’ Area
