[Petwksp] Summer workshop on Teaching Geomorphology

[Barbara Tewksbury]

Hello!

Let me apologize if you have already received this announcement from 
another source. We are trying to reach as broad an audience as possible.

This summer, the NSF-funded program On the Cutting Edge will offer a 
4-day workshop on Teaching Geomorphology in the 21st Century. We've 
included details about the workshop at the end of this e-mail.* If you 
do not teach geomorphology, we hope that you will pass this information 
on to other colleagues who might be interested in the workshop.* The 
workshop will be held from July 28-August 1 at Colorado State University 
in Ft. Collins.

This workshop will be patterned after the very successful workshops on 
Teaching Mineralogy (1996), Teaching Petrology (2003), Teaching 
Structural Geology (2004), Teaching Hydrogeology (2005), Teaching 
Sedimentary Geology (2006), and Teaching Geophysics (2007) 
(http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/).

You can find the on-line application and more information about the 
workshop at 
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/geomorph08/index.html. The 
application deadline is January 31, 2008. If you are interested in 
attending the workshop, we hope that you will apply early. If more 
qualified applicants apply for the workshop than we have space for, we 
may choose to use the date of application as one factor in determining 
the final workshop participant list.

Sincerely,
Workshop co-conveners Barb Tewksbury, Paul Bierman, David Montgomery, 
Laura Moore, and Ellen Wohl

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Details about the workshop:

This workshop will bring together college and university faculty who 
teach geomorphology to explore a wide variety of topics related to 
teaching geomorphology effectively at the undergraduate level both in 
geomorphology courses and as parts of other courses taught in the 
geoscience curriculum. Participants will share exemplary laboratory, 
classroom, and field activities, discuss course content and curriculum, 
explore strategies for integrating geomorphology concepts and activities 
across the curriculum, consider alternatives to standard textbooks, and 
address issues in teaching and learning geomorphology concepts and 
processes.

All participants will submit at least two activities or assignments for 
actively engaging students in the classroom or for providing effective 
and innovative lab or field experiences. These activities will be shared 
with other participants either as posters or short oral presentations 
during the workshop and on the /Cutting Edge/ web site 
(http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/).

Applicants for this workshop must hold a faculty teaching position at a 
two- or four-year college or university and have responsibility for 
teaching undergraduate geomorphology. The workshop fee of $250 covers 
meals and double-occupancy rooms for the workshop. Travel costs to/from 
the workshop must be borne by the individual or home institution. Our 
National Science Foundation grant provides funding for the remainder of 
the operational costs of the workshop.
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Barbara Tewksbury

Department of Geosciences

Hamilton College

198 College Hill Rd.

Clinton, NY  13323

 

voice: 315-859-4713

fax: 315-859-4807

email: btewksbu at hamilton.edu

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