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Objectives of this work session:

Explore the ways in which current events can be valuable pedagogical tools in SGT courses. Discover various event types that can be utilized as resources, and identify effective teaching methods for incorporating current events in SGT.

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  1. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT Objectives of this work session: Build consensus (?) on the ways in which current events can be a useful pedagogical tool in SGT courses Identify event types that may be “canned” as a resource

  2. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT • Lots of existing resources: • Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with the News • Stuart Boersma, Central Washington University • Earth Science Literacy: It's Happening All Around You. Use It. • Paul Cutlip, St. Petersburg College • Geomorphology in the News • Nicole Gasparini, Tulane University • Finding connections between current events and Earth sciences • AnniaFayon, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities • Current Events Presentation Activity for Introductory Geoscience Classes • Eleanor J. Camann, Red Rocks Community College

  3. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT • Build consensus (?) on the ways in which current events can be a useful pedagogical tool in SGT courses • Domains of learning: • Which are most effectively addressed via current events in SGT? • Why? • Teaching methods • What are effective ways to utilize current events in SGT? • Current Events • Which can be applicable to SGT?

  4. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT • Domains of learning: • Which are most effectively addressed via current events in SGT? • Why?

  5. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT • Teaching methods • What are effective ways to utilize current events in SGT?

  6. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT • Current Events • Which can be applicable to SGT? • CHARACTERISTICS • Spatial scale of event: Global, Regional, Local • Spatial scale of human impact: Global, Regional, Local • Temporal scale of event: Immediate, human short-term, human long-term, geologic • Original type of event: Atmospheric, Oceanic, Biological, Terrestrial, Extraterrestrial • “Direction” of event: Event impacts humans, Humans impact event • Dominant sphere of influence: Impacts students directly, Impacts students indirectly • Are any of these more important or easier to employ, given our “domains of learning”? Should we focus on these and discount others?

  7. Utilizing Teachable Moments in SGT • Identify event types that may be “canned” as a resource. Can we get specific?

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