Table of Contents

Section 1 Getting started, keeping going 1: Transitions – essential info 2: Reflecting, reviewing and acting – adding value to your degree 3: Balancing study, work and fun 4: Looking after yourself, commuting, mature study and well-being advice 5: Random useful stuff 6: Careers and employability Section 2 Transforming your learning, becoming more academic! 7: Threshold concepts – difficult stuff 8: Creativity, innovation and thinking 9: Listening 10: Effective reading 11: Making effective notes 12: Constructing an argument Section 3 Capturing evidence 13: Research – searching for evidence 14: Acknowledging sources 15: Ethics and plagiarism 16: Collaborative learning: team research and reporting 17: Discussion Section 4 Assignments and assessment 18: Effective essay skills 19: Not the essay: reports, laboratory and field notebooks 20: Abstracts and executive summaries 21: Reviewing papers and books 22: Presentations 23: Posters and display stands 24: Examinations and revision 25: Introducing dissertations and extended projects Section 5 Field activities 26: Fieldtrips 27: Presenting maps, sketches and data 28: Answers

About the Author

Pauline E. Kneale is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Plymouth, UK.

Reviews

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