You are planning to carry out a field study in a forest i)Give four reasons why it is important to seek permission from the school administration ii)List three...

      

You are planning to carry out a field study in a forest
i)Give four reasons why it is important to seek permission from the school
administration
ii)List three sources of information you are likely to use before the actual field
study
iii)Identify four challenges you are likely to encounter during the field study

  

Answers


Davis
i)It is an official requirement.
- To enable the administration arrange for transport/lunch/meals.
- To enable the administration take care of the disruption of the school
programme that will occur
- To enable the administration to provide entry fee if required.
- To enable the administration to provide essential tools for use.

ii)Relevant textbooks
- Journals / magazines
- Internet / electronic media
- Newspapers
- Professionals / botanists / forest officers
- Geography note
Photography/video tapes
- Maps

iii)Attacks by wild animals / insect / snake bites
- Adverse weather conditions/too wet/too cold.
- Thick/thorny vegetation/rugged terrain may hinder movement within the
forest.
- Tiredness due to walking long distances.
- Inadequate time for data collection.
- Getting lost/loss of direction to follow.
- Uncooperative/absent respondent.
- Injuries
Githiari answered the question on September 15, 2017 at 18:29


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