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Geoscience Research and Education

Teaching at Universities

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Vincent C. H. Tong

    1. Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Shows recent trends in the synergy between research and education Offers in-depth discussion on integrating technology to achieve pedagogical goals
  • Benefits researchers who wish to integrate their research work in teaching as well as lecturers who seek opportunities to enhance their teaching by featuring scientific research

Part of the book series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology (ISET, volume 20)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: The Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. From Research-Implicit to Research-Enhanced Teaching: A Geoscience Perspective

      • Vincent C. H. Tong
      Pages 3-9

    3. Teaching and Research in the Contemporary University

      • Simon Marginson
      Pages 11-18

  5. Pedagogical Examples: Use of Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Integration of Inquiry Fossil Research Approaches and Students’ Local Environments Within Online Geoscience Classrooms

      • Renee M. Clary, James H. Wandersee
      Pages 111-148

    3. Supporting the Transition from Geoscience Student to Researcher Through Classroom Investigations Using Remotely Operable Analytical Instruments

      • Jeffrey G. Ryan
      Pages 149-162

    4. Using Interactive Virtual Field Guides and Linked Data in Geoscience Teaching and Learning

      • Tim Stott, Kate Litherland, Patrick Carmichael, Anne-Marie Nuttall
      Pages 163-188

    5. GEOverse: An Undergraduate Research Journal: Research Dissemination Within and Beyond the Curriculum

      • Helen Walkington
      Pages 189-197

    6. Towards Technology- and Research-Enhanced Education (TREE): Electronic Feedback as a Teaching Tool in Geoscience

      • Vincent C. H. Tong
      Pages 199-212
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About this book

Focusing on geoscience, this book applies a uniquely cross-disciplinary perspective to its examination of the relationship between scientific research and teaching at universities. Contributions show how the use of technology and innovative pedagogical design allows students at different stages of their university studies to develop skills and experience in geoscience research. The book offers wide-ranging insight from academics in geoscience, science education and higher education policy and pedagogy, as well as from students and industry experts.

 

The opening section sets the context, with a chapter on teaching and research in the contemporary university by a world-leading academic in higher education, and an essay by the editor on the case of moving from research-implicit to research-enhanced teaching. Part Two addresses the research-teaching nexus in geoscience, offering chapters entitled The Challenge of Combining Research and Teaching: A Young Geoscientist’s Perspective; Teaching on the High Seas: How Field Research Enhances Teaching at All Levels; Curricula and Departmental Strategies to Link Teaching and Geoscience Research; and Geoscience Internships in the Oil and Gas Industry, among others. In Part Three, the use of technology is discussed in chapters such as Using Interactive Virtual Field Guides and Linked Data in Geoscience Teaching and Learning; and Towards Technology- and Research-enhanced Education (TREE): Electronic Feedback as a Teaching Tool in Geoscience.  The Program Design section includes chapters on Introducing University Students to Authentic, Hands-on Undergraduate Geoscience Research, and the opportunity to link research and teaching in students’ final projects and more.

 

Geoscience Research and Education: Teaching at Universities is a useful resource for understanding the research-teaching nexus and how it has been implemented in different types of universities and in different countries. Science academics seeking to integrate research into teaching will find the book highly relevant to their work. The emphasis on using technology as a means to link research and teaching will be of great interest and practical benefit to learning technologists, science educators and university policymakers. 

 

Together with the companion volume Geoscience Research and Outreach: Schools and Public Engagement, this book showcases the key role that geoscience research plays in a wide spectrum of educational settings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Vincent C. H. Tong

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