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Teaching Geochemistry in the 21st Century: Cutting-Edge Professional Development Program

Join the professional development program for geoscience faculty at Montana State University and Louisiana State University to improve undergraduate geoscience education through workshops, resources, and networking opportunities. Explore innovative teaching methods, classroom-ready activities, and thematic resource collections to enhance your geochemistry curriculum. Contribute to the growing community of geoscience educators and stay current in the field.

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Teaching Geochemistry in the 21st Century: Cutting-Edge Professional Development Program

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  1. Teaching Geochemistry in the 21st Century On the Cutting EdgeProfessional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty David Mogk – Montana State University Darrell Henry—Louisiana State University

  2. THANK YOU-- • National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, CCLI-National Dissemination • National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) • Goldschmidt Conference planning committee • Darrell Henry, Louisiana State U. • Mickey Gunter, U Idaho • All the participants for your interest and contributions.

  3. Program aims & components • Improving undergraduate geoscience education through supporting faculty in improving content and instruction • A synergistic, integrated multi-year series of workshops • A website to support workshops and reach the broader geoscience community • An expanding community of geoscience educators with a strong and diverse leadership • Research on what faculty need, how faculty work, the impact of the program

  4. We all need help… • Staying current in our science • Linking science content to effective teaching (and assessing) • Many faculty teach “out of specialty”; • How do we find: • Classroom-ready activities • Thematic resource collections on special topics of interest • “Faceted” searching of collections to help faculty find what they need by topic, audience, resource type… • Networks—dialogue, support, forum for submitting questions, etc. • What Works??? • Active learning • Using Data • Visualizations (used appropriately!) • Projects, case studies, research-like experiences??? • We’ll explore all this and more at this workshop and beyond http://serc.carleton.edu

  5. Emerging topics workshops • Move new science content and teaching methods into mainstream • Brings together researchers, educators • 2 per year • Examples: • Geology & Human Health • Biocomplexity • Teaching with Visualizations • Understanding What Students are Learning

  6. Teaching “X” workshops • Explore teaching “X” effectively in the classroom, lab, and field • Teaching Petrology (03) • Teaching Structural Geology (04) • Teaching Hydrogeology (05) • 70-80 faculty/workshop (> 10% of those teaching “X” in the US)

  7. Web resources • Integrated, searchable topical resource http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/

  8. Web-based resources, activities, services…

  9. Web resources to support your teaching; Information/data to help develop new activities….

  10. “Faceted Searching” to help you find the right activity for your class…

  11. We’ve made a start, but we need your help… • Identifying additional resources • Creating new activities Just imagine what a great teaching collection we’ll have if everyone submits 1 or 2 new exercises!!! We know you all have a cool activity to share….

  12. Other Services… • Registry of analytical equipment • Listserv

  13. Web resources • Topical resource collections

  14. About this Workshop • New Friends • New Ideas • New Questions • Informal and interactive

  15. This workshop is just a start… • Build a network of colleagues interested in improving teaching geochemistry • Sharing resources and ideas via the website and listserv • Follow-on activities; theme sessions at GSA, AGU, etc. • Reach out and invite a colleague to join us • Contribute!

  16. To Start: Round Table I Discussion What are the modern goals in teaching geochemistry? • What content is taught in a modern geochemistry class? What are the essential concepts, topics and skills? • Opportunities for teaching geochemistry: courses for majors and across the curriculum. How can geochemistry complement allied sciences and engineering? • Are there local or regional approaches that are used effectively in a geochemistry course? International comparisons in approach, content, outcomes

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