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Geography 7-10 / Year 10 / Skills / Questioning and researching using geographical methods
Curriculum content descriptions
collect, represent and compare data and information from primary research methods, including fieldwork and secondary research materials, using geospatial technologies and digital tools as appropriate (AC9HG10S02)
Elaborations
- identifying primary research methods, including fieldwork, to collect original materials; for example, survey and interviews regarding perspectives on environmental management at the local scale, or strategies to improve human wellbeing of First Nations Australians at the national and local scale
- collecting relevant secondary research materials online using targeted criteria; for example, “allintext: critically endangered list by country” or “allintext: targets for reducing hunger or increasing access to health care”
- identifying and respecting protocols for consultation with communities of First Nations Australians when planning and conducting investigations; for example, acknowledging their earth-centred world view and how their traditional knowledges contribute to environmental management projects, or considering cultural and spiritual wellbeing of First Nations Australians when implementing programs to reduce economic and social inequality
- evaluating primary or secondary research materials for relevance (for example, “Does the information reflect current thinking?”), reliability (for example, “Who is/are the author/s? Does the author reference other experts in the field?”) and bias, such as information bias presenting one side of an issue, or selection bias presenting information on the positive aspects of foreign aid with cultural and social issues not considered
- comparing findings from primary research with those from secondary research materials for relevance and reliability; for example, comparing survey data or interviews on attitudes towards environmental management or improving human wellbeing with commentary or reports on peoples’ views on the causes of issues affecting the environment or human wellbeing
- representing multi-variable data using geospatial technologies; for example, using scatterplots to visually represent data for countries to demonstrate the correlation between 2 variables, such as comparing adult literacy with GDP per capita in United Arab Emirates or Bhutan
- representing multi-variable data using digital tools; for example, generating pie graphs showing threats to biodiversity; using digital photographs to indicate differences in material goods between people and places, and the influence of environment, culture and income; using tables to measure and compare wellbeing using different indexes and the world gender equality gap
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Fieldwork, Data representation, Maps (Geographic location), Geographical information systems, Data collection