Adrian Tear

Category: Portsmouth

  • Research Design and Data Analysis

    Research Design and Data Analysis

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    Contribution delivered in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences (SEGG, now SELS) at the University of Portsmouth in the 2019-2020 academic year.

    Research Design and Data Analysis was open to L4 (1st year) students of Geography, Adrian’s contribution covered one three-hour teaching and practical session introducing students to online social media data and enabling a simple analysis and mapping of Twitter tweets collected during the 2012 French Presidential Election.

    For those wishing to test themselves the practical instructions for the session are shown below.

    French Social Media Data – Exercise

    The data necessary to complete the practical may be downloaded below.

    French Social Media Data – ExerciseDownload

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  • Introduction to the Human World

    Introduction to the Human World

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    Contribution delivered in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences (SEGG, now SELS) at the University of Portsmouth in the 2022-2023 academic year.

    Introduction to the Human World was open to L4 (1st year) students of Geography. Adrian’s contribution covered three one-hour lectures introducing students to key concepts in Human Health and Urban Environments, Human Habitats and Social Epidemiology and Neighbourhood Effects and Life Chances.

    The References for Introduction to the Human World are shown below.

    IntroHW – Human Habitats Environments and Place – Reading List

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  • Transport and Sustainability

    Transport and Sustainability

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    Designed and delivered in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences (SEGG, now SELS) at the University of Portsmouth in the 2022-2023 academic year.

    Transport and Sustainability was open to L5 (2nd year) students of Geography. Students complimented Adrian for using ‘news articles to keep us informed [of] current issues/concerns in the transport sector’ one student stated that he always ‘delivered interesting lecture material […] making each lecture relevant to today’

    The course consisted of a series of ten lectures in two-hour slots with five two-hour lab-based practical sessions featuring content developed separately by Adrian’s colleague Professor Donald Houston, now at the University of Birmingham.

    Donald had delivered the course in the previous year but Adrian significantly updated course material, references and slides for the 2022-2023 session. His appointment to Course Leader was one of three occasions in which Adrian substituted for a professor while teaching at Portsmouth.

    The References for Transport and Sustainability, which developed in real-time as the course progressed, are shown below.

    2023.03.24 – Transport and Sustainability – References – v1.04 – Most recently added first

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  • The Green Economy

    The Green Economy

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    Designed and delivered in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences (SEGG, now SELS) at the University of Portsmouth in the 2022-2023 academic year.

    The Green Economy, a cross-departmental module, was open to L6 (3rd year) students of Geography, Environmental Science and Economics. Adrian’s course was praised by students for ‘linking to current news and real-world examples’ and for its ‘interactive lectures and […] slides’ one student highlighting the ‘good quality of material, lectures, etc…’ going on to state that ‘your presentations are the best I have seen in three years of university in Portsmouth.’

    The course consisted of a series of ten lectures in two-hour slots with five two-hour lab-based practical sessions featuring content developed separately by Adrian’s colleague Professor Donald Houston, now at the University of Birmingham.

    It had originally been planned that Donald would lead The Green Economy but his research commitments elsewhere prompted Adrian’s appointment as Course Leader, one of three occasions in which he had substituted for a professor while teaching at Portsmouth.

    The References for The Green Economy, which developed in real-time as the course progressed, are shown below.

    2023.03.24 – The Green Economy – References – v1.05 – Most recently added first

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