Year 10 geographers visited Liverpool city centre at the end of April collecting fieldwork data about urban regeneration as part of their GCSE course. Fieldwork is a key component of the GCSE qualification in geography and gives students experience of how geographers learn more about the real world.
The students were investigating the extent to which the regeneration of Liverpool One has had a positive effect on the city centre.
Their fieldwork included an environmental-quality survey of five different city-centre locations and a human-impact survey to help them understand which areas are most economically developed.
They also talked to members of the public about why they are using the city centre and how they feel about its regeneration.
Mr Dudley says:
“We arrived at our first data collection site in the Baltic Market, an area of Liverpool which has seen large amounts of regeneration in recent years.
“Students spent twenty minutes completing an environmental survey of the area and took field notes and sketches describing activities happening in the area.
“We then walked towards Chinatown and down Bold Street towards Liverpool One. Students collected data to enable them to determine to what extent regeneration has improved quality of life in de-industrialised Liverpool.
“At Liverpool One, we stopped and ate lunch in McDonalds before continuing with our data collection.
“The highlight of the day was when students conducted short questionnaires involving members of the public, asking about their opinions of Liverpool city centre.
“Initial nervousness and trepidation were soon replaced by pride as they successfully completed this task.
“We returned to school at about 2pm satisfied with our day’s work in the field.”
