[Petwksp] GSA sessionon teaching alternatives

[Elizabeth M.King]

**** Apologies for multiple postings *****
This message is to call your attention to Topical Session T114 at the 
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Salt Lake, October 
16-19, 2005: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2005/.

T114 *We Can Continue To Do Better: More Alternatives to the Same Old 
Lab-Lecture Format in the College Classroom
*Sponsored by the GSA Geoscience Education Division, and the National 
Association of Geoscience Teachers.

Conveners: Elizabeth King <emking at ilstu.edu>
Dexter Perkins <dexter_perkins at und.nodak.edu>

Elizabeth M. King, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill.; Dexter 
Perkins, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.Dak.

Building on last year's successful theme session, we seek contributions 
from a wide range of geo-disciplines.  We hope to attract speakers who 
will describe exciting and successful innovations they have made in 
their classrooms – innovations that have moved them away from the 
standard 2 or 3 lectures plus one lab a week format to something that 
better promotes student learning.  Topics that could be discussed 
include exercises, alternatives pedagogies, and alternative scheduling. 
  Our present plan is to have both a poster and an oral session.

The abstract submission deadline is July 12th - information on the 
submission process is available on the GSA webpage:

Please feel free to contact either of us if you have questions about 
the session. We are looking forward to a lot of lively, 
cross-disciplinary discussion

Elizabeth M. King
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography-Geology
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4400
phone (309) 438-8922
fax (309) 438-5310
http://www.cas.ilstu.edu/geo/emking/
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