Ifan D H Shepherd
Biographic Data
| ID | 4511841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ifan D H Shepherd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ifan D H |
| FAMILY NAME | Shepherd |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPHERD I D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlesex University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
From Geography Department to Business School
A number of strategies have been adopted for developing and delivering GIS curricula in various disciplines. This paper describes and evaluates the main strategies, and illustrates them with reference to recent practice. The author then uses a transplantation analogy to describe the process whereby he adapted his own GIS modules following a move from a modestly sized geography department to a large business school. Several critical questions are …
Religious marketing
This paper critically examines the idea that politics and religion occupy adjoining berths in the extended marketing camp. Following a brief review of contemporary religious marketing, a comparison is undertaken of religion and politics to determine whether they conform to a common marketing framework for non‐business environments. The idea that marketing in faith environments is validated by the ‘religious economy’ theory is critically examined,…
Internationalising Geography in Higher Education
Key issues relating to the internationalisation of geography in higher education are explored. Drawing on past experience, critical questions are posed regarding the goals, ownership, management and operation of a proposed international network for teaching and learning in geography in higher education. It is argued that those developing the network must learn from the lessons of the past, both to avoid repeating avoidable mistakes and to ensure …
Work Experience
The common linkage made between student work experience and the acquisition of personal transferable skills is challenged. Not only are workplaces biased environments for the acquisition of supposedly generic skills, but other venues (including university campuses) are at least as effective in providing students with such assets. It is noted that the transferability of skills is still largely an untested assumption, that many students do not have…
How Long is Short
Some reflections are made on the principles underlying the design of the short-and-thin model of work experience at Middlesex University. Drawing on five years' experience of delivering this particular model, some of its advantages and disadvantages are identified, from the viewpoint of both students and employers. A number of broader issues are raised concerning the design of work experience and placements, including the credit rating of work-re…
Read all about it! A cumulative index to the journal of geography in higher education
Read all about it! A cumulative index to the journal of geography in higher education ." , 21(3), pp. 433–434
Using the internet
Small is beautiful
A ‘short and thin’ model for work experience has been devised at Middlesex University. The reasons for adopting this approach are discussed, and its benefits and drawbacks are identified. The challenge of designing a work experience for a technological area such as GIS that also meets the academic requirements of a non‐vocational degree programme is also discussed
Issues and trends in textbook publishing
A group of publishers with international experience of producing geography textbooks outline their views on this particular form of educational resource. Among the issues discussed are the role of textbooks, methods of production, international differences in courses and readership, impact of current changes within the discipline and the higher education system, and emerging technologies that might lead to alternatives to textbooks in the near fu…
Teaching dilemmas
Student reading and course readers in geography
Student reading is frequently seen as a major component of study in higher education, yet the amount actually undertaken frequently falls short of teacher expectations. The use of course readers to encourage and support student reading in geography courses is described and details of one institution's practice are provided as a guide to others of the benefits and pitfalls involved. The authors’ expectations of the value and limitations of readers…
Teaching Geography in Higher Education
Teaching geography with the computer
The use of computers to improve teaching and learning in geography is beset by many problems, and surrounded by many misconceptions. Although computer hardware has penetrated most geography departments in recent years, its use as a mainline teaching resource remains at a low level. This paper argues that despite the difficulties, computers can make a real contribution to almost every type of teaching method and most subject areas of geography in …
The electronic reading list
An interview with Ron Johnston
Data in geography
Internships and the education of geographers
Resources in view
Computer and Statistical Techniques for Planners R.S.Baxter (1976) London: Methuen, 336 pp Computer Programming for Spatial Problems E.B.MacDougall (1976) London: Edward Arnold, 160 pp Computers in Geography P.M.Mather (1976) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 125 pp Computing for Geographers J.A.Dawson & D.Unwin (1976) Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 362 pp Situations in Human Geography: A Practical Approach J.P.Cole (1975) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 238 pp
Teaching geography with the computer
The use of computers to improve teaching and learning in geography is beset by many problems, and surrounded by many misconceptions. Although computer hardware has penetrated most geography departments in recent years, its use as a mainline teaching resource remains at a low level. This paper argues that despite the difficulties, computers can make a real contribution to almost every type of teaching method and most subject areas of geography in …
Internationalising Geography in Higher Education
Key issues relating to the internationalisation of geography in higher education are explored. Drawing on past experience, critical questions are posed regarding the goals, ownership, management and operation of a proposed international network for teaching and learning in geography in higher education. It is argued that those developing the network must learn from the lessons of the past, both to avoid repeating avoidable mistakes and to ensure …
Issues and trends in textbook publishing
A group of publishers with international experience of producing geography textbooks outline their views on this particular form of educational resource. Among the issues discussed are the role of textbooks, methods of production, international differences in courses and readership, impact of current changes within the discipline and the higher education system, and emerging technologies that might lead to alternatives to textbooks in the near fu…
Using the internet
Religious marketing
This paper critically examines the idea that politics and religion occupy adjoining berths in the extended marketing camp. Following a brief review of contemporary religious marketing, a comparison is undertaken of religion and politics to determine whether they conform to a common marketing framework for non‐business environments. The idea that marketing in faith environments is validated by the ‘religious economy’ theory is critically examined,…
Work Experience
The common linkage made between student work experience and the acquisition of personal transferable skills is challenged. Not only are workplaces biased environments for the acquisition of supposedly generic skills, but other venues (including university campuses) are at least as effective in providing students with such assets. It is noted that the transferability of skills is still largely an untested assumption, that many students do not have…
Small is beautiful
A ‘short and thin’ model for work experience has been devised at Middlesex University. The reasons for adopting this approach are discussed, and its benefits and drawbacks are identified. The challenge of designing a work experience for a technological area such as GIS that also meets the academic requirements of a non‐vocational degree programme is also discussed
Student reading and course readers in geography
Student reading is frequently seen as a major component of study in higher education, yet the amount actually undertaken frequently falls short of teacher expectations. The use of course readers to encourage and support student reading in geography courses is described and details of one institution's practice are provided as a guide to others of the benefits and pitfalls involved. The authors’ expectations of the value and limitations of readers…
How Long is Short
Some reflections are made on the principles underlying the design of the short-and-thin model of work experience at Middlesex University. Drawing on five years' experience of delivering this particular model, some of its advantages and disadvantages are identified, from the viewpoint of both students and employers. A number of broader issues are raised concerning the design of work experience and placements, including the credit rating of work-re…
The electronic reading list
Teaching Geography in Higher Education
An interview with Ron Johnston
Internships and the education of geographers
Resources in view
Computer and Statistical Techniques for Planners R.S.Baxter (1976) London: Methuen, 336 pp Computer Programming for Spatial Problems E.B.MacDougall (1976) London: Edward Arnold, 160 pp Computers in Geography P.M.Mather (1976) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 125 pp Computing for Geographers J.A.Dawson & D.Unwin (1976) Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 362 pp Situations in Human Geography: A Practical Approach J.P.Cole (1975) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 238 pp
Resources in view
Computer and Statistical Techniques for Planners R.S.Baxter (1976) London: Methuen, 336 pp Computer Programming for Spatial Problems E.B.MacDougall (1976) London: Edward Arnold, 160 pp Computers in Geography P.M.Mather (1976) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 125 pp Computing for Geographers J.A.Dawson & D.Unwin (1976) Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 362 pp Situations in Human Geography: A Practical Approach J.P.Cole (1975) Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 238 pp
Data in geography
Internships and the education of geographers
An interview with Ron Johnston
The electronic reading list
Teaching geography with the computer
The use of computers to improve teaching and learning in geography is beset by many problems, and surrounded by many misconceptions. Although computer hardware has penetrated most geography departments in recent years, its use as a mainline teaching resource remains at a low level. This paper argues that despite the difficulties, computers can make a real contribution to almost every type of teaching method and most subject areas of geography in …
Teaching dilemmas
Student reading and course readers in geography
Student reading is frequently seen as a major component of study in higher education, yet the amount actually undertaken frequently falls short of teacher expectations. The use of course readers to encourage and support student reading in geography courses is described and details of one institution's practice are provided as a guide to others of the benefits and pitfalls involved. The authors’ expectations of the value and limitations of readers…
Teaching Geography in Higher Education
Small is beautiful
A ‘short and thin’ model for work experience has been devised at Middlesex University. The reasons for adopting this approach are discussed, and its benefits and drawbacks are identified. The challenge of designing a work experience for a technological area such as GIS that also meets the academic requirements of a non‐vocational degree programme is also discussed
Issues and trends in textbook publishing
A group of publishers with international experience of producing geography textbooks outline their views on this particular form of educational resource. Among the issues discussed are the role of textbooks, methods of production, international differences in courses and readership, impact of current changes within the discipline and the higher education system, and emerging technologies that might lead to alternatives to textbooks in the near fu…
Read all about it! A cumulative index to the journal of geography in higher education
Read all about it! A cumulative index to the journal of geography in higher education ." , 21(3), pp. 433–434
Using the internet
Work Experience
The common linkage made between student work experience and the acquisition of personal transferable skills is challenged. Not only are workplaces biased environments for the acquisition of supposedly generic skills, but other venues (including university campuses) are at least as effective in providing students with such assets. It is noted that the transferability of skills is still largely an untested assumption, that many students do not have…
How Long is Short
Some reflections are made on the principles underlying the design of the short-and-thin model of work experience at Middlesex University. Drawing on five years' experience of delivering this particular model, some of its advantages and disadvantages are identified, from the viewpoint of both students and employers. A number of broader issues are raised concerning the design of work experience and placements, including the credit rating of work-re…
Internationalising Geography in Higher Education
Key issues relating to the internationalisation of geography in higher education are explored. Drawing on past experience, critical questions are posed regarding the goals, ownership, management and operation of a proposed international network for teaching and learning in geography in higher education. It is argued that those developing the network must learn from the lessons of the past, both to avoid repeating avoidable mistakes and to ensure …
Religious marketing
This paper critically examines the idea that politics and religion occupy adjoining berths in the extended marketing camp. Following a brief review of contemporary religious marketing, a comparison is undertaken of religion and politics to determine whether they conform to a common marketing framework for non‐business environments. The idea that marketing in faith environments is validated by the ‘religious economy’ theory is critically examined,…
From Geography Department to Business School
A number of strategies have been adopted for developing and delivering GIS curricula in various disciplines. This paper describes and evaluates the main strategies, and illustrates them with reference to recent practice. The author then uses a transplantation analogy to describe the process whereby he adapted his own GIS modules following a move from a modestly sized geography department to a large business school. Several critical questions are …
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