Faculty Accounts of Teaching Geoscientific Thinking
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Introducing the methods of geoscience to physical geology students
Beth Dushman, Howard Community College
Introducing the methods of geoscience to physical geology students Beth Dushman, Natural Sciences, Del Mar College As a geology instructor at a community college, I teach mostly non-majors students in my Physical ...
It's scary to feel uncertain
Kim Hannula, Fort Lewis College
It's scary to feel uncertain Kim Hannula, Geosciences, Fort Lewis College About a month ago, I got a flyer in the mail advertising software to aid in three-dimensional visualization of geologic structures. ...
The child as history: recapitulation goes to school
Kip Ault, Lewis & Clark College
The child as history: recapitulation goes to school Kip Ault, Teacher Education, Lewis and Clark College As an essay to share with the participants of the "Teaching the Methods of Geoscience" I have ...
Teaching the methods of geoscience in a mineralogy class
Dave Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman
Teaching the methods of geoscience in a mineralogy class Dave Mogk, Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State University Mineralogy is often the "gateway" course to the geoscience major. As such, it plays an ...
Educating pre-service teachers in geoscience methods
Kandi Wojtysiak, Rio Salado College
Educating pre-service teachers in geoscience methods Kandi Wojtysiak, Education, Rio Salado College Challenges of preparing teachers to teach science Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona promotes an innovative ...
Geoscience by example
Ntungwa Maasha, College of Coastal Georgia
Geoscience by exampleNtungwa Maasha, Natural Science, College of Coastal Georgia In June 2011 I was invited to the geology department of the Faulkner School of Engineering in the College of Science, University of ...
Geoscience methods applied to real-world problems
Kathleen Harper, The University of Montana-Missoula
Geoscience methods applied to real-world problems Kathleen Harper, Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula Many students come into my Physical Geology course with the impression that they are going to be ...
Why do we teach geoscience to non-majors?
Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft, Whatcom Community College
Why do we teach geoscience to non-majors? Kaatje Kraft, Physical Science, Mesa Community College In a recent homework assignment a student submitted about the nature of geoscience, he cited a webpage that discusses ...
Geospatial and geosocial education
Declan De Paor, Old Dominion University
Geospatial and geosocial education Declan G. De Paor, Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, ddepaor@odu.edu The following were my undergraduate courses at University College Dublin, Ireland: 1969-70, 1st ...
Research on Learning in the Geosciences: Contexts, Goals and Opportunities
Dave Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman
David Mogk, Earth Sciences, Montana State University - BozemanOriginally prepared for a workshop on Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences, sponsored by NSF and the Johnson Foundation, Racine WI, July ...