Theme: Program Design
The programming listed below seeks to address the topic of Program Design.
- Course Resources
- Curriculum Design
- Developing Geocompetencies
- Geoscience Education Research
- Implementing InTeGrate
- Online Education
- Professional Development for Undergrads, Grads and Faculty
- Program Design
- Recruiting, Retention, Diversity
- Research for Undergrads
- Student Learning
- Teacher Preparation, Professional Development and Policy Issues
- Teaching About Climate Change
Incorporating Thinking about the Earth across disciplines
WORKSHOP
Dave Gosselin, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Adam Kuban, Ball State University
Research on undergraduate education programs has identified integration across disciplines as an ongoing challenge. This workshop will explore approaches to managing the integration of disciplines and perspectives. ...
How to Incorporate Service Learning in your Course and Curriculum
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Sarah Fortner, Carleton College
Service learning provides students with opportunities to directly meet the needs of their community. For students, this reinforces the relevance of the geosciences and their personal role in community problem ...
What is "Sustainability Education" and How do We Get There?
PANEL DISCUSSION
Nick Balster, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Julie Bartley, Gustavus Adolphus College
Rachel Teasdale, California State University-Chico
Sustainability themes, in terms of meeting the needs of human society while sustaining environmental support systems of the planet, can be applied to a broad range of courses in the geosciences and provide the ...
Does it Take Two to Tango? Interdisciplinary Teaching Solo and in Teams
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Catherine Riihimaki, 2NDNATURE Software Inc.
Lisa Gilbert, Cabrillo College
Real-world problems related to Earth science are typically interdisciplinary, yet interdisciplinary teaching creates the unique challenge of accurately and fully capturing the complexities of multiple disciplines, ...
Student Learning & Program Design
ORAL SESSION
Jennifer Roberts, University of Kansas Main Campus
Barbara Bruno, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Earth Educators' RendezvousMadison, WI July 18-22, 2016
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Geoscience Education and the Larger STEM Agenda
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
From developing critical thinking skills to supporting success for all students, geoscience education activities are playing a major role in supporting bigger agendas in higher education. Drawing on recent ...
Geology in the Field: Assessing and Redesigning Field Courses to Improve Student Learning in the Geology Program at CSU, Chico
Rachel Teasdale, California State University-Chico
Hannah Aird, California State University-Chico
Todd Greene, California State University-Chico
Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, California State University-Chico
Russell Shapiro, California State University-Chico
A suite of three required field courses at CSU, Chico provides early and repeated exposure to field experiences throughout the junior and senior year of geology majors. Five faculty members teach the suite of ...
Models of program – scale change: Common elements in the implementation of the InTeGrate design philosophy and teaching materials
Cailin Huyck Orr, Carleton College
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
John McDaris, Carleton College
Carol Baldassari, Endicott College
Solving the Earth-related grand challenges facing society and building a sustainable future requires both an Earth literate public and a workforce that can bring geoscience to bear on tough societal issues. ...
An Inexpensive, Faculty-led School-Wide Undergraduate Course Transformation
Barbara Bruno, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sarah Bean Sherman, University of British Columbia
Sara Harris, University of British Columbia
Efforts to fundamentally transform undergraduate geoscience instruction at a school-wide level are generally institutionally driven and supported. For example, the Carl Weiman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI), ...
Backward (Re)design of Curricula in Geology and Geophysics
POSTER SESSION
David Sparks, Texas A & M University
Julie Newman, Texas A & M University
Debra Fowler, Texas A & M University
The Texas A&M Department of Geology and Geophysics partnered with the Texas A&M Center for Teaching Excellence to implement CTE's curriculum revision process: a data-informed, faculty-driven, ...
New Sustainability Programs and Their Impact at a Large Public State University
POSTER SESSION
Tim Bralower, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
The Pennsylvania State University comprises 24 campuses across the state. Students who are admitted to any campus are automatically admitted to the University Park Campus once they meet the entrance requirements ...
Connecting the Earth to Societal Challenges: New interdisciplinary materials from the InTeGrate project
POSTER SESSION
Dave Gosselin, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
One of the central goals of the InTeGrate project is to extend and increase the incorporation of geoscience concepts into the teaching about current grand, Earth-related, societal challenges beyond traditional ...
Energy and Climate focus: Science department transformation
POSTER SESSION
Barbra Sobhani, University of Colorado at Boulder
At Red Rocks Community College, our science department has made an interdisciplinary effort to incorporate climate, energy and sustainability into non-major science classes through curriculum and program ...
Overcoming the Obstacles to Teaching Reform
AFTERNOON MINI WORKSHOP
Sara Harris, University of British Columbia
Transitions to evidence-based, student-centered teaching can involve practical, human, and system-level challenges. How do we transform our own teaching practices, and also develop critical mass to change cultural ...