Research Trends in Social Geography

Social geography: participatory research

This second of three reviews of action-orientated research in social geography focuses on one area of this work which is thriving. Moving, like many good ideas, from the field conventionally viewed as ‘development’ to wider application, participatory research (PR) has seen rapid expansion in recent years (see Breitbart, 2003; Kesby et al., 2004; Pratt, 2000). It has particular attractions for s...

Social geography and rural mental health research.

The study of mental health in the rural context has moved beyond simple notions of what defines rurality. Researchers in the field of rural mental health have realized that what constitutes ‘rural’ in terms of its impact on the mental health and wellbeing of rural residents entails more than physical geography and spatial localities. They have expressed the need to progress the agenda for rural...

Goals and Trends of Research in Geology and Geography.

Summarizing in a few words the essence of the preceding analysis of goals and trends in research in Geology and Geography, we may say that the goal in Geology is a knowledge and understanding of the earth and of its history. In Geography it is a knowledge and understanding of the natural and human environments, to the end that they may best be utilized toward better living in the broadest sense...

Current Trends in Research on Mobile Phones in Language Learning

This study aimed at examining the major mobile wireless technologies, that is,mobile phones and the possibilities associated with them, currently in use in theeducational domains, with an emphasis on language teaching and learning practices.Accordingly, some of the most typical studies using different functions of mobilephones such as e-mail, multimedia capabilities, Wireless Application Protoc...

Cultural and Social Geography