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Apologies for Cross Posting We are pleased to announce that Graham Gibbs' (1988) classic Learning by Doing, which has been out-of-print for several years, is now available on the Geography Discipline Network (GDN) pages at: http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/gibbs/index.htm We used Graham's book in the paper that Alan Jenkins and I wrote on the application of Kolb's experiential learning theory in geography (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/discuss/kolb1.htm). Several educational developers have told us that they have found the paper useful in postgraduate certificate courses for new lecturers (and not just for geographers!). A revised version of the paper (Kolb's experiential learning theory and its application in geography in higher education) has recently been published in the Journal of Geography 99 (5), 185-195 (2000). Other recent additions to the GDN Web pages include: 1. Details of the conference programme on 8 May 2001 on 'Learning support for disabled students undertaking fieldwork' (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/disabil/8may01.htm) 2. New case studies of interesting practices in teaching, learning and assessment of geography, earth and environmental sciences continue to be added to the site (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/resdata.htm). The resource database is now being developed on behalf of the Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. 3. Examples of four programme specifications developed by geography and earth science departments (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/qaa/index.htm#ps). More are expected soon. 4. Copies of various recent conference papers on teaching and learning issues (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/confpub.htm) 5. Response to HEFCE (2000) Review of Research 00/37 by the National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/el/philg/gdn/res00_37.htm <http://www.chelt.ac.uk/el/philg/gdn/res00_37.htm> ) 6. A copy of: 'Fieldwork in the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Higher Education Curriculum: an annotated bibliography' (http://www.chelt.ac.uk/el/philg/gdn/disabil/fieldwk.htm <http://www.chelt.ac.uk/el/philg/gdn/disabil/fieldwk.htm> ). Best wishes Mick Professor Mick Healey Director Geography Discipline Network Geography and Environmental Management Research Unit Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education Francis Close Hall Swindon Road Cheltenham GL50 4AZ Tel: +44 (O)1242 543364 Fax: +44 (001242 543283 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn