http://serc.carleton.edu News for Geoscience Educators for the On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Series. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/news/RFP_regional_workshops.html Request for Proposals for details.]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/news/RFP_regional_workshops.html http://serc.carleton.edu/serc/news/1st_day_class.html First Day of Class describes a variety of ways to focus on student learning even on the first day of class, including a collection of examples of activities for the first day of geoscience classes. Engage students with course content, motivate their learning, and establish a positive classroom climate, right from the start.]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://serc.carleton.edu/serc/news/1st_day_class.html http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/news/EandM.html Earth and Mind: How Geologists Think and Learn about the Earth
Edited by Cathryn Manduca and David Mogk, this volume brings together essays by geoscientists, cognitive scientists, and educators that explore how expert geoscientists learn about the Earth and the implications for student learning.]]> Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/news/EandM.html http://serc.carleton.edu/serc/news/new_pedagogy_action_portal.html Pedagogy in Action portal. This multi-disciplinary portal features the work of our pedagogic service partners documenting the how, what and why of their most important pedagogic techniques. These are integrated with a complementary set of classroom activities and a growing bibliography of materials related to research on learning.]]> Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://serc.carleton.edu/serc/news/new_pedagogy_action_portal.html