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Laura Lukes
Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence & Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Earth Sciences
University of British Columbia
Current role: Assistant Professor in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of British Columbia
Research Interests: Self-regulated learning; metacognition; motivation; emotion in learning; the student learning experience in introductory STEM courses; faculty adoption of active learning teaching practices; qualitative methods; learning spaces; learning engineering
Leadership roles: Chair of POD Network’s SoTL SIG (2021-2022), President of NAGT-Geoscience Education Research Division (2014-2015); Chair GSA Education Committee (2014-2015); Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs (2010-2011); Secretary of NAGT-SW
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Conference Presentations (2)
Results of the 2021/2022 GER Needs Assessment Survey: A Snapshot of the Community part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Poster Sessions:Wednesday Poster Session
The geoscience education research (GER) community began to coalesce as its own independent field in the 2000s, after significant groundwork done by "border crossers" in prior decades (NRC, 2012). By 2014, ...
Utilizing the Paleobiology Database to Provide Hands-On Research Opportunities for Undergraduates part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2016:Program:Poster Sessions:Thursday
Numerous studies indicate that student participation in undergraduate research experiences can result in increased recruitment and retention of science majors. Many undergraduate students' only exposure to ...
Other Contributions (3)
Synthesizing Geoscience Education Research: Where are we? What is the path forward? part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Workshops:Geo Ed Research
This workshop will explore and evaluate the current status of Geoscience Education Research within the greater geoscience community. Participants will prioritize needs and directions for future Geoscience Education ...
Getting Started in SoTL part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Afternoon Workshops
What are the best parts of your course? How do you know? This session is for those who want to systematically investigate their teaching, applying the same scholarly habits we use in the lab and field to make our ...
Shaping the Future of Geoscience Education part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Plenary Sessions
We welcome all Rendezvous participants to this Town Hall. We'll start with an overview of just-in-time highlights from our workshop on Synthesizing Geoscience Education Research (GER), and then pose questions ...
Communities
Pacific Northwest Section, Geo2YC: The Two-Year College Division, Geoscience Education Research Division, Teacher Education Division
June 2021 Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2017 Attendees
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 ICON Education Interest List
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
ASCN Interest
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Geo2YC Community
Teaching Geoscience Online
ASCN Member
NAGT All
Teaching in the Field Interest Group
Teach the Earth
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Workshop Leader
Workshop Participant (17 workshops)
July 2021 Ed Research Methods Workshop
July 2015 Geo Ed Research -Rendezvous15
July 2015