Theme: Synthesis/Review
The programming listed below seeks to address the theme Synthesis/Review.
- Community Engagement
- Course Resources
- Curriculum Design
- Developing Geocompetencies
- Geoscience Education Research
- Implementing InTeGrate
- Online Education
- Place-based Learning
- Professional Development for Undergrads, Grads and Faculty
- Program Design
- Recruiting, Retention, Diversity
- Research for Undergrads
- Student Learning
- Teacher Preparation, Professional Development and Policy Issues
So what does a degree in geology actually mean? A review of commonly required courses
POSTER SESSION
Wednesday
12:00-1:00pm PT / 1:00-2:00pm MT / 2:00-3:00pm CT / 3:00-4:00pm ET
Online
Annie Klyce, Vanderbilt University
Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Unlike other fields such as chemistry (ACS, 2019), engineering, physics (ABET, 2019) and biology (ASBMB, 2019), the geosciences have no greater accrediting body. In terms of the classes that are required, there is ...
A Synthesis of Current Literature in Atmospheric Science Education
POSTER SESSION
Wednesday
12-2:30pm PT / 1-3:30pm MT / 2-4:30pm CT / 3-5:30pm ET
Online
Peggy McNeal, Towson University
Wendilyn Flynn, University of Northern Colorado
Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University-Bloomington
Dawn Kopacz, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Daphne LaDue, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Lindsay Maudlin, North Carolina State University
Teaching and learning about the atmosphere is an integral part of Earth science education, yet the atmosphere is distinctly different from the geosphere, especially as it deals primarily with complex fluid ...
Evidence for Reformed Teaching in Undergraduate Geoscience Course Syllabi
ORAL SESSION
Wednesday
12:05 PT / 1:05 MT / 2:05 CT / 3:05 ET
Online
Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Karen Viskupic, Boise State University
Doug Czajka, Utah Valley University
Rachel Teasdale, California State University-Chico
A syllabus introduces students to information about a course, is one of the first ways students and instructors interact, and sets the tone of the course. We reviewed course syllabi of instructors who we observed ...
The Role of Virtual Reality in Science Education: A Literature Review
ORAL SESSION
Wednesday
12:35 PT / 1:35 MT / 2:35 CT / 3:35 ET
Online
Kevin Hurler, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Earth is a complex web of interconnected systems and feedback loops, including both the natural and anthropogenic spheres that govern our planet. Relating these systems, a process called earth systems thinking, ...
Amazing Race Geology Edition
SHARE-A-THON
Wednesday
1:00-1:30pm PT / 2:00-2:30pm MT / 3:00-3:30pm CT / 4:00-4:30pm ET
Online
Angela Daneshmand, Santiago Canyon College
Amazing Race Geology Edition uses IF-AT cards as a tool to enable students to embark on an interactive review game to solidify their content knowledge before an upcoming exam.The instructor will set up between ...
Thursday Plenary: Taking a Scientific Approach to Teaching Science
PLENARY TALK
Thursday
12:00-1:00pm PT / 1:00-2:00pm MT / 2:00-3:00pm CT / 3:00-4:00pm ET
Carl Wieman, Stanford University
Guided by experimental tests of theory and practice, science has advanced rapidly in the past 500 years. Guided primarily by tradition and dogma, science education meanwhile has remained largely medieval. Research ...