Skills at Master's Level in Geography Higher Education: Teaching, Learning and Applying

Authors: Mistry, Jayalaxshmi¹; White, Fiona²; Berardi, Andrea³

Source: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Volume 33, Number 1, January 2009 , pp. 123-148(26)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The perceptions of 'skills' at taught Master's level between course directors (teaching of skills), alumni (learning and use of skills) and employers (the skills requirements) were compared within the field of development and environment studies. The findings underline some of the commonalities and discrepancies between what is taught, what is learnt and what is required in terms of skills. The results are discussed in relation to the growing diversity of students doing Master's courses, what constitutes Master's level, benchmark standards and employability. Furthermore, in light of the growing numbers of taught Master's courses, the paper also highlights the lack of pedagogic literature on taught postgraduate level teaching and learning, a need to improve benchmark standards for the teaching of skills at Master's level and support for staff development programmes.

Keywords: Skills; geography; Master's; environment studies; development studies

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260802276409

Affiliations: 1: Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 2: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK 3: Open Systems Research Group, Faculty of Technology, The Open University, UK

Publication date: 2009-01-01

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