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CSEC® SUBJECT SBA ADMINISTRATION DECISION
REQUIREMENT

GEOGRAPHY Field work study 1. Teachers will need to provide clear guidance and
carefully tailor the research projects to
accommodate the current COVID situation and the
students’ possible inability to travel far distances or
engage with the general public to collect data.
2. Teachers can use Virtual Field Trips (VFT) where the
technology and their skillsets allow. However,
where VFTs are used and students did not actually
go into the field, this must be stated in the
methodology.
3. Conduct field trips in very small groups. This might
require more trips, if the teacher is leading the field
trips Small groups would facilitate COVID safety
protocols being maintained. If the students are on
their own in the field, with the teacher guiding
remotely, then clear instructions and guidance are
critical.
4. Have the students undertake their field work within
their communities to limit the need for travelling or
working in large groups.
5. Design questionnaires using electronic survey tool,
for example, Google forms or Survey Monkey and
send out via email or social media.
6. Use telephone or online meeting platforms such as
virtual platforms such as Zoom to host interviews.
7. Consider field projects based on relevant topics from
the human and economic geography sections of the
syllabus e.g. changes in settlement patterns, urban
land uses, factors of industrial location, commercial
activities.

Evidence of students’ spatial awareness skills should
be displayed through the projects completed.
Therefore, sketch maps are still important. While
students can use Google Earth, maps must be drawn,
clearly annotated.

HUMAN AND
SOCIAL BIOLOGY NO SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT REQUIRED
FOR
THE 2021 EXAMINATIONS

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