COMPETITIVE SIMULATION IN THE TEACHING OF APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY - AN EXPERIMENT

The use of a team approach for project work in many areas of geography can be expanded to provide the student with an enhanced range of experience through the introduction of a 'competitive' bidding element. This element simulates a commercial environment so that teams of students compete to convince assessors that their proposal should win the 'contract' for a postulated commercial enterprise such as a freight terminal or the site for an industrial development. An example, based around the selection of a routeway for a natural gas pipeline, is presented.