The report reviews the role of short field trips as a means of enhancing the student experience in programmes of Area Studies. It identifies opportunities for curriculum development and the challenges of alternative strategies of teaching and learning based on fieldwork overseas. The exemplar case study is a module from an American Studies degree programme that provides a Level 2 (Year 2) optional field class in the Mojave region of the southwest United States of America . The field trip programme is described and the procedures of planning are explained.
01/01/2006
investigating_the_pedagogical_challenges_and_opportunities_of_field_trip_modules_in_area_studies.pdf
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