Scientific Habits of the Mind
Initial Publication Date: September 19, 2011
For several years, at the Early Career workshop, Dave Mogk showed the following quotations and posed the questions below to workshop participants.
Quotations from Guiding Documents
- "...infuse the joy of discovery and an awareness of its connections to exploration through directed inquiry and careful observation, and analytic thinking for students at all levels" (NSF In a Changing World, 1995)
- "...all students have access to supportive, excellent undergraduate education in SMET, and all students learn these subjects by direct experience with the methods and processes of inquiry" (Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology; NSF 96-139)
Questions for Geoscience Faculty
- What are the scientific habits of the mind that you hope to engender in your students?
- Reflect on your own experience as a student—what were the valuable lessons you've learned in your own educational path; as a teacher—what are your expectations for student performance and learning outcomes; and as a researcher—what methods, approaches, practices inform and enable your scientific work?
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