1. Juliet MacKenzie julietandrewmackenzie@gmail.com
Exploring Routes to Understanding Geography Learning   So, just how is it students learn Geography?
Juliet MacKenzie

2. Outline Learning Geography by Key Stage Three students
Data collection methodology
Data analyses methodology
Findings
Next Steps

3. Learning Geography by Key Stage Three students
My research questions
Research of Learning Geography
Educator’s Models of Learning Geography

4. Providing a Research Context : A Case Study
England
Practitioners
Stake (1995)
Bassey (1999)
Hopwood (2012)
Yin (1994)
Midlands
Secondary School
One Class
Six students
Issues (Dooley, 2002)
Clarity of processes
Practitioner confusion when combining components
Role within theory-building is unclear

5. Information Collected
Technique Used
Number
Programme of Study 2007 Analysis 1
Class Observations - full 2
Class Questionnaires 28
Focus Group Activities 4
Student Interviews 12
Teacher Interviews
Exploration Activity 6
Teacher Assessments
Student’s work 15

6. Data Analysis Methodology
Approaches
Multi analysis
Different perspectives
Difficulties
Order of analyses
Using a framework
Goffman’s (1975) sociological frames
Grumet’s (1990) Voices in Educational theory
Labov’s (1972) socio-evaluative perspective
Longacre’s (1976) Anthropological Analysis

7. Narrative Difficulties
Analysis was very much from the entitled models – sociological, evaluative, and anthropological
Convoluted Process
Time Consuming

8. Data Analysis Methodology
Approaches
Multi analysis
Different perspectives
Difficulties
Order of analyses
Using a framework
Goffman’s (1975) sociological frames
Grumet’s (1990) Voices in Educational theory
Labov’s (1972) socio-evaluative perspective
Longacre’s (1976) Anthropological Analysis
Solutions
Being flexible
Establishing a framework?

9. Narrative Analysis Framework for Geography Learning
1st Lesson Information
2nd Learning Situations & Student Reflections
3rd Learning Processes, Progress * Assessments
4th Learning Components & Elements
5th Learning Inferences

10. Provisional at Present
Findings
Provisional at Present

11. Next Steps Finish data analysis Write stories – with specific foci
Write thesis’ conclusions & recommendations
Disseminate findings

12. Juliet MacKenzie julietandrewmackenzie@gmail.com
Exploring Routes to Understanding Geography Learning   So, just how is it students learn Geography?
Juliet MacKenzie