Curriculum Development for Interdisciplinary Field Courses in Environmental Geosciences

环境地球科学跨学科实地课程的课程开发

• 批准号: 9651204
• 负责人: Bruce Douglas
• 金额: $ 13万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-15 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9651204&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curriculum; Development; Interdisciplinary; Field; Courses

At the present time interdisciplinary, field-based, courses for the training of environmental scientists are extremely rare; this is particularly true for the lower level of undergraduate education. As part of the new Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES) program at Indiana University, an interdisciplinary field course for environmental scientists (G329) will be created that emphasizes site characterization, hydrogeology, and ecosystem analysis in addition to traditional geologic principles. A second course will be created through modification of an existing course for advanced geologic study (G429); the revised course (G429e) will include environmental components and place more emphasis on surficial geology. These new courses will utilize the Indiana University Geologic Field Station located in the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana as their base for instruction. The new curriculum will consist of a combination of teaching exercises, independent evaluation exercises, and a Final Study Area project. Together, G329 and G429e constitute a sequence of field-based education open to students from other accredited colleges and universities. One unique aspect of the new curricula will be the utilization of an instrumented Demonstration Watershed for instructional purposes. The Demonstration Watershed will contain state-of-the-art monitoring equipment established as part of a cooperative effort involving Indiana University, State and Federal agencies, as well as the local water district and ranchers. In order to ensure dissemination of curricula materials we have proposed an on-site visitation program for external faculty members.

目前，培训环境科学家的跨学科、基于实地的课程极为罕见;对于较低层次的本科教育来说尤其如此。作为印第安纳州大学新的环境科学学士（BSES）项目的一部分，将为环境科学家创建一门跨学科的实地课程（G329），除了传统的地质学原理之外，还强调场地特征描述、水文地质学和生态系统分析。第二门课程将通过修改现有的高级地质研究课程（G429）来开设;修订后的课程（G429 e）将包括环境内容，并更加强调表层地质学。这些新课程将利用位于蒙大拿州烟草根山的印第安纳州大学地质野外站作为教学基地。新课程将包括教学练习，独立评估练习和最终研究领域项目的组合。G329和G429 e共同构成了一系列面向其他认可学院和大学学生的实地教育。新课程的一个独特之处将是利用一个仪器化的示范流域进行教学。示范流域将包含最先进的监测设备，这是印第安纳州大学、州和联邦机构以及当地水域和牧场主合作努力的一部分。为了确保课程材料的传播，我们提出了一个外部教师的现场访问计划。