Frances Rylands

24th February 2015 to 24th February 2015

Geographies of Creativity, Economy and Society GEO3131

Bovey Tracey Fieldtrip

Teaching assistant on a field trip to the town of Bovey Tracey to visit the craft guild and house of marbles and understand the role of creativity in the economy of the town. Students were tasked with a role-play to perform a consultation of the possibilities of employing creative economies in the town.

(8 hour fieldtrip)

8th December 2014 to 8th December 2014

Images of the Earth GEO3129

Images and Ecologies workshop

Teaching assistant in a workshop exploring how the environment is represented in a variety of visual images including maps, photographs and posters.

(1 x 2 hour workshop)

17th November 2014 to 28th December 2014

Qualitative Methods in Geography GEO1315

Assisted and led 8 workshops with level one students on 'Ethics in Qualitative Research' and 'Data Collection in Qualitative Research'.  These explored the ethical questions to be addressed during research design and the choice of appropriate multi-disciplinary approaches to research questions.

(8 x 1 hour workshops)

23rd October 2014 to 8th December 2014

Theory, Space and Society GEO2312

Teaching assistant in a series of 3 workshops designed to guide students through formative assessments to prepare for the summative assessment (an essay) at the end of the module.

(3 x 1 hour workshops)

28th February 2014 to 28th February 2014

Geographies of Creativity, Economy and Society GEO3131

Bovey Tracey Fieldtrip

Teaching assistant on a field trip to the town of Bovey Tracey to visit the craft guild and house of marbles and understand the role of creativity in the economy of the town.

(8 hour fieldtrip)

13th November 2013 to 13th November 2013

Microteach session LTHE 2

The geological history of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

A mini game session where students learnt the history and formation of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

(10 minutes microteach session)

1st November 2013 to 1st November 2013

Jurassic Coast fieldtrip - Methods and Concepts in Geography GEO1308

Designed and led a 40 minute workshop session which was repeated through the day to 25-30 students at a time.  The workshop explored communicating the geological value of the World Heritage Site through the arts.

(3 x 40 minute sessions)

14th October 2013 to 29th October 2013

Methods and Concepts in Geography GEO1308

Assisted on field trips for first year students introducing them to the city of Exeter and demonstrating the broad approaches and methods employed within both physical and human geographical research.  Led groups whilst they undertook independent study around the city. 

(2 field trips of 4 hours each)

31st January 2013 to 21st February 2014

Human Geography Practice GEO2310

Worked as an assistant teacher in a series of 8 workshops on human geography methodologies for level two students preparing to undertake their independent dissertation research.  This involved drawing on my own research experience and methodologies as well as being able to place them in context with other approaches within geography.

Topics included:

  • Interviews
  • Surveys
  • Archives
  • Visual analysis
  • Textual Analysis
  • Using existing datasets
  • Dissertation stories and skills
  • Participant Observation

(8 x 1 hour workshops)