Martin J Haigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5226450 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin J Haigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin J |
| FAMILY NAME | Haigh |
| SIGNATURE | HAIGH M J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Promoting Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: The Value of Links between Higher Education and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Environmental sustainability education, the dissemination of environmental education for sustainable development into the community, should be a lifelong process and not one restricted to a learner's years in higher education. Informal environmental sustainability education, including personal involvement in NGO environmental action, can be an effective way of increasing the understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. NGO projects h…
Headwater deforestation: A challenge for environmental management
Internationalisation of the Curriculum: Designing inclusive education for a small world
Responding to the globalisation of commerce and communication and driven by competition in the multi-billion dollar international market for higher education, many universities are seeking to market their educational provision internationally. Feedback from some disappointed 'customers' has created pressure for change in the way that instruction is designed and delivered. This pressure is beginning to affect teachers in subjects perceived as inte…
Land reclamation and Deep Ecology: In search of a more meaningful physical geography
Deep Ecology provides a complete and practical philosophy to guide practice, research and teaching in physical geography. This proposes that long–term human self–interest is served best by serving the needs of Nature, which also provides an agenda for research. Understanding is constructed in three steps from the realization of the internal self, through the social self and ultimately the ecological Self, which provides an agenda for teaching and…
Constructing Gaia: Using journals to foster reflective learning
Learning journals are used to help advanced-level undergraduate students construct a personal understanding of Gaia Theory. In this context, students like the journal technique and consider it appropriate to the course. They also agree that writing journals contributes to promoting subject learning, introspection and self-awareness of their own learning processes. For the instructor, the journals provide detailed insight into the development of s…
Constructing Gaia: Using journals to foster reflective learning
Learning journals are used to help advanced-level undergraduate students construct a personal understanding of Gaia Theory. In this context, students like the journal technique and consider it appropriate to the course. They also agree that writing journals contributes to promoting subject learning, introspection and self-awareness of their own learning processes. For the instructor, the journals provide detailed insight into the development of s…
Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas
Student Perceptions of the Development of Personal Transferable Skills
First year students, third year students and, possibly, their teachers agree that students are required to practise more skills than they receive credit for through assessment. First year students think that they are assessed on more skills than they are taught, but third year students believe the reverse. Third year students believe that they have been taught a greater number of skills than first year students and, possibly, more than their teac…
Hill Irrigation: Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture
Empowerment, ethics, environmental action: A practical exercise
Just as active learning creates a deeper understanding than passive learning, so active geography grants a deeper understanding of geographical processes than passive geography. Geography students may be empowered to use their knowledge to improve the world they inhabit. However, to be effective they also need a holistic appreciation of both the ecological and ethical implications of their actions. They must become attuned both to their own inter…
Interpreting the Dust Bowl: Teaching environmental philosophy through film
This paper describes an experiment in using film in teaching environmental philosophy to geography students, which employs a 20‐minute clip from the opening scenes of The Grapes of Wrath (directed by John Ford, 1940). Use is made of the ambiguity of the film's interpretation of conditions in rural Oklahoma during the ‘Dust Bowl’ years of the 1930s to challenge students to apply and illustrate the contrasting viewpoints supplied by a set of widely…
The landscape assay: Exploring pluralism in environmental interpretation
The ‘Landscape Assay’ is a field study exercise which invites students to explore, understand and gain an appreciation of some of the variety of ways people interpret the world around them. It also aims to give students a deeper understanding of the causes of some environmental controversies. The term ‘assay’ has been chosen for this exercise because it links the exercise with concepts of assessment and judgement without connecting it too closely…
Headwater management: The voice of experience
Headwater management: Problems and policies
Environmental Indicators of Landslide Activity along the Kilbury Road, Nainital, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya
Landslides are a major hazard along Himalayan highways and there is a need for better methods of hazard evaluation. This case study of a 6-km section of the Kilbury Road, Nainital, seeks to select variables that may be used to describe the frequencies of three classes of landslide activity: slumping, landslides involving the deformation and perhaps rotation of mobilized debris, affect 38 percent of the roadbed but no significant environmental cor…
The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation
1. The Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation: what is the nature of the perceived crisis? 2. The Himalayan Region: a geographical overview 3. When did Deforestation Occur? An historical perspective on Himalayan forestcover changes 4. Perceived Pressures on the Himalayan Forests and Their Role as Environmental Shield 5. Mountain Slope Instability: natural processes or human intervention? 6. The Himalayan-Lowland Interactive System: do land…
Geomorphology in Environmental Planning
Understanding ‘Chipko’: The Himalayan people's movement for forest conservation
Chipko is a rural, non‐government, popular organisation devoted to forest conservation and rural development in Uttarakhand. Its main supporters are rural women who are worried about the decline of their agro‐ecosystem. This requires the preservation of an adequate balance between arable and forest land, which supplies fuel, fodder, and hence manure for the fields. Today, this balance is wrong, the forest land is being degraded and the arable lan…
Land reclamation and afforestation research on the coal-mine-disturbed lands of Bulgaria
Teaching soil conservation in the laboratory using the ‘Bank erosion channel’ Flume
The evaluation of an experiment in physical geography teaching
An attempt is made to evaluate the impact of an educational experiment by means of the Lancaster ‘Approaches to Studying’ and ‘Course Perceptions’ questionnaires. The experiment involved adopting General Systems Theory as a vehicle for the introduction of physical geography. It was hoped that this would help students think about the environment in more holistic terms. By means of questionnaire analysis, it was discovered that restructuring conven…
Geography and general system theory, philosophical homologies and current practice
Ravine erosion and reclamation in India
Ground Retreat and Slope Evolution on Plateau-Type Colliery Spoil Mounds at Blaenavon, Gwent
A 5-year investigation revealed that ground retreat from unvegetated slopes (87 mm p.a.) exceeded that from vegetated slopes (25 mm p.a.). Similarly, the retreat of the vegetated slope which faced south-west (37 mm p.a.) exceeded that from the vegetated slope which faced north-east (1'3 mm p.a.). Maximum retreat scores were recorded on the lower part of the upper convexity and the lower main slope on vegetated slopes and from the mid-slope on the…
Internationalisation of the Curriculum: Designing inclusive education for a small world
Responding to the globalisation of commerce and communication and driven by competition in the multi-billion dollar international market for higher education, many universities are seeking to market their educational provision internationally. Feedback from some disappointed 'customers' has created pressure for change in the way that instruction is designed and delivered. This pressure is beginning to affect teachers in subjects perceived as inte…
Student Perceptions of the Development of Personal Transferable Skills
First year students, third year students and, possibly, their teachers agree that students are required to practise more skills than they receive credit for through assessment. First year students think that they are assessed on more skills than they are taught, but third year students believe the reverse. Third year students believe that they have been taught a greater number of skills than first year students and, possibly, more than their teac…
Interpreting the Dust Bowl: Teaching environmental philosophy through film
This paper describes an experiment in using film in teaching environmental philosophy to geography students, which employs a 20‐minute clip from the opening scenes of The Grapes of Wrath (directed by John Ford, 1940). Use is made of the ambiguity of the film's interpretation of conditions in rural Oklahoma during the ‘Dust Bowl’ years of the 1930s to challenge students to apply and illustrate the contrasting viewpoints supplied by a set of widely…
The landscape assay: Exploring pluralism in environmental interpretation
The ‘Landscape Assay’ is a field study exercise which invites students to explore, understand and gain an appreciation of some of the variety of ways people interpret the world around them. It also aims to give students a deeper understanding of the causes of some environmental controversies. The term ‘assay’ has been chosen for this exercise because it links the exercise with concepts of assessment and judgement without connecting it too closely…
Empowerment, ethics, environmental action: A practical exercise
Just as active learning creates a deeper understanding than passive learning, so active geography grants a deeper understanding of geographical processes than passive geography. Geography students may be empowered to use their knowledge to improve the world they inhabit. However, to be effective they also need a holistic appreciation of both the ecological and ethical implications of their actions. They must become attuned both to their own inter…
Constructing Gaia: Using journals to foster reflective learning
Learning journals are used to help advanced-level undergraduate students construct a personal understanding of Gaia Theory. In this context, students like the journal technique and consider it appropriate to the course. They also agree that writing journals contributes to promoting subject learning, introspection and self-awareness of their own learning processes. For the instructor, the journals provide detailed insight into the development of s…
Ravine erosion and reclamation in India
Promoting Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: The Value of Links between Higher Education and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Environmental sustainability education, the dissemination of environmental education for sustainable development into the community, should be a lifelong process and not one restricted to a learner's years in higher education. Informal environmental sustainability education, including personal involvement in NGO environmental action, can be an effective way of increasing the understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. NGO projects h…
Geography and general system theory, philosophical homologies and current practice
Geomorphology in Environmental Planning
Headwater deforestation: A challenge for environmental management
Headwater management: Problems and policies
The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation
1. The Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation: what is the nature of the perceived crisis? 2. The Himalayan Region: a geographical overview 3. When did Deforestation Occur? An historical perspective on Himalayan forestcover changes 4. Perceived Pressures on the Himalayan Forests and Their Role as Environmental Shield 5. Mountain Slope Instability: natural processes or human intervention? 6. The Himalayan-Lowland Interactive System: do land…
Teaching soil conservation in the laboratory using the ‘Bank erosion channel’ Flume
The evaluation of an experiment in physical geography teaching
An attempt is made to evaluate the impact of an educational experiment by means of the Lancaster ‘Approaches to Studying’ and ‘Course Perceptions’ questionnaires. The experiment involved adopting General Systems Theory as a vehicle for the introduction of physical geography. It was hoped that this would help students think about the environment in more holistic terms. By means of questionnaire analysis, it was discovered that restructuring conven…
Ground Retreat and Slope Evolution on Plateau-Type Colliery Spoil Mounds at Blaenavon, Gwent
A 5-year investigation revealed that ground retreat from unvegetated slopes (87 mm p.a.) exceeded that from vegetated slopes (25 mm p.a.). Similarly, the retreat of the vegetated slope which faced south-west (37 mm p.a.) exceeded that from the vegetated slope which faced north-east (1'3 mm p.a.). Maximum retreat scores were recorded on the lower part of the upper convexity and the lower main slope on vegetated slopes and from the mid-slope on the…
Ravine erosion and reclamation in India
Geography and general system theory, philosophical homologies and current practice
The evaluation of an experiment in physical geography teaching
An attempt is made to evaluate the impact of an educational experiment by means of the Lancaster ‘Approaches to Studying’ and ‘Course Perceptions’ questionnaires. The experiment involved adopting General Systems Theory as a vehicle for the introduction of physical geography. It was hoped that this would help students think about the environment in more holistic terms. By means of questionnaire analysis, it was discovered that restructuring conven…
Teaching soil conservation in the laboratory using the ‘Bank erosion channel’ Flume
Understanding ‘Chipko’: The Himalayan people's movement for forest conservation
Chipko is a rural, non‐government, popular organisation devoted to forest conservation and rural development in Uttarakhand. Its main supporters are rural women who are worried about the decline of their agro‐ecosystem. This requires the preservation of an adequate balance between arable and forest land, which supplies fuel, fodder, and hence manure for the fields. Today, this balance is wrong, the forest land is being degraded and the arable lan…
Land reclamation and afforestation research on the coal-mine-disturbed lands of Bulgaria
Environmental Indicators of Landslide Activity along the Kilbury Road, Nainital, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya
Landslides are a major hazard along Himalayan highways and there is a need for better methods of hazard evaluation. This case study of a 6-km section of the Kilbury Road, Nainital, seeks to select variables that may be used to describe the frequencies of three classes of landslide activity: slumping, landslides involving the deformation and perhaps rotation of mobilized debris, affect 38 percent of the roadbed but no significant environmental cor…
The Himalayan Dilemma: Reconciling Development and Conservation
1. The Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation: what is the nature of the perceived crisis? 2. The Himalayan Region: a geographical overview 3. When did Deforestation Occur? An historical perspective on Himalayan forestcover changes 4. Perceived Pressures on the Himalayan Forests and Their Role as Environmental Shield 5. Mountain Slope Instability: natural processes or human intervention? 6. The Himalayan-Lowland Interactive System: do land…
Geomorphology in Environmental Planning
Headwater management: The voice of experience
Headwater management: Problems and policies
The landscape assay: Exploring pluralism in environmental interpretation
The ‘Landscape Assay’ is a field study exercise which invites students to explore, understand and gain an appreciation of some of the variety of ways people interpret the world around them. It also aims to give students a deeper understanding of the causes of some environmental controversies. The term ‘assay’ has been chosen for this exercise because it links the exercise with concepts of assessment and judgement without connecting it too closely…
Empowerment, ethics, environmental action: A practical exercise
Just as active learning creates a deeper understanding than passive learning, so active geography grants a deeper understanding of geographical processes than passive geography. Geography students may be empowered to use their knowledge to improve the world they inhabit. However, to be effective they also need a holistic appreciation of both the ecological and ethical implications of their actions. They must become attuned both to their own inter…
Interpreting the Dust Bowl: Teaching environmental philosophy through film
This paper describes an experiment in using film in teaching environmental philosophy to geography students, which employs a 20‐minute clip from the opening scenes of The Grapes of Wrath (directed by John Ford, 1940). Use is made of the ambiguity of the film's interpretation of conditions in rural Oklahoma during the ‘Dust Bowl’ years of the 1930s to challenge students to apply and illustrate the contrasting viewpoints supplied by a set of widely…
Hill Irrigation: Water and Development in Mountain Agriculture
Student Perceptions of the Development of Personal Transferable Skills
First year students, third year students and, possibly, their teachers agree that students are required to practise more skills than they receive credit for through assessment. First year students think that they are assessed on more skills than they are taught, but third year students believe the reverse. Third year students believe that they have been taught a greater number of skills than first year students and, possibly, more than their teac…
Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas
Constructing Gaia: Using journals to foster reflective learning
Learning journals are used to help advanced-level undergraduate students construct a personal understanding of Gaia Theory. In this context, students like the journal technique and consider it appropriate to the course. They also agree that writing journals contributes to promoting subject learning, introspection and self-awareness of their own learning processes. For the instructor, the journals provide detailed insight into the development of s…
Constructing Gaia: Using journals to foster reflective learning
Learning journals are used to help advanced-level undergraduate students construct a personal understanding of Gaia Theory. In this context, students like the journal technique and consider it appropriate to the course. They also agree that writing journals contributes to promoting subject learning, introspection and self-awareness of their own learning processes. For the instructor, the journals provide detailed insight into the development of s…
Internationalisation of the Curriculum: Designing inclusive education for a small world
Responding to the globalisation of commerce and communication and driven by competition in the multi-billion dollar international market for higher education, many universities are seeking to market their educational provision internationally. Feedback from some disappointed 'customers' has created pressure for change in the way that instruction is designed and delivered. This pressure is beginning to affect teachers in subjects perceived as inte…
Land reclamation and Deep Ecology: In search of a more meaningful physical geography
Deep Ecology provides a complete and practical philosophy to guide practice, research and teaching in physical geography. This proposes that long–term human self–interest is served best by serving the needs of Nature, which also provides an agenda for research. Understanding is constructed in three steps from the realization of the internal self, through the social self and ultimately the ecological Self, which provides an agenda for teaching and…
Headwater deforestation: A challenge for environmental management
Promoting Environmental Education for Sustainable Development: The Value of Links between Higher Education and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Environmental sustainability education, the dissemination of environmental education for sustainable development into the community, should be a lifelong process and not one restricted to a learner's years in higher education. Informal environmental sustainability education, including personal involvement in NGO environmental action, can be an effective way of increasing the understanding of environmental and sustainability issues. NGO projects h…
Geography (15 works) · Environmental Science (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geology (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Environmental planning (6 works)