What does a degree in geology actually mean? A systematic evaluation of courses required to earn a bachelor of science in geology in the United States
What does a degree in geology actually mean? A systematic evaluation of courses required to earn a bachelor of science in geology in the United States
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地质学学位实际上意味着什么？
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2022
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通讯作者：
K. Ryker
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作者：
Annie Klyce;K. Ryker
摘要已确定地质学学生的最佳学习进度，以便确定本科学位期间教学内容知识和技能的最佳实践。为了解决这些问题，首先需要了解需要哪些课程。这项研究的目的是提供一个系统的评估课程，目前需要获得学士学位的地质学领域。一旦合格的程序确定使用美国地球科学研究所的地球科学部门的目录，归纳内容分析被用来确定类别代表最常用的地质学课程。与专家小组的测试表明，该分箱系统和码本具有0.908的评价者间可靠性（Fleiss' kappa），表明它们可以可靠地应用于未来的研究，以评估课程要求的纵向变化。七个最常见的必修课程包括结构，沉积学/地层学，入门课程，一般领域的方法课程，入门级历史地质学课程，矿物学和岩石学。平均而言，12.69地质课程需要一个学士学位。℃下这里还进行了纵向比较，以强调自Drummond和Markin（2008）评论以来的变化，其中包括入门、高级研讨会、基于研究的和一般现场方法课程的要求频率增加。所呈现的结果提供了该领域的当前状态的快照，并允许与内容知识进行比较，该内容知识被认为是本科生地球科学教育报告的未来的优先事项。
Abstract Calls have been made to determine optimal learning progressions for geology students so that best practices for teaching content knowledge and skills during an undergraduate degree can be determined. To address these calls, there first needs to be understanding of what courses are required. This study was conducted to provide a systematic evaluation of courses currently required to earn a bachelor of science degree in the field of geology. Once qualifying programs were determined using the American Geoscience Institute’s Directory of Geoscience Departments, an inductive content analysis was used to determine categories representative of the most commonly required geology courses. Testing with an expert panel showed this binning system and codebook to have an interrater reliability (Fleiss’ kappa) of 0.908, demonstrating that they can be applied reliably in future research to assess longitudinal changes in course requirements. The seven most commonly required courses include structure, sedimentology/stratigraphy, introductory courses, general field methods courses, introductory level historical geology courses, mineralogy and petrology. On average, 12.69 geology courses are required for a B.S. degree. A longitudinal comparison is also made here to highlight changes since Drummond and Markin’s (2008) review, which include an increase in the frequency at which introductory, upper level seminar, research based and general field methods courses are required. The results presented provide a snapshot of the current state of the field, and allow for comparisons with content knowledge deemed a priority by the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education Report.
极地教育势在必行
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作者：
Gold, Anne U.;Pfirman, Stephanie;Scowcroft, Gail A.
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Scowcroft, Gail A.