Integration of Laboratory and Lecture within an IntroductoryGeology Course: Combining a Constructivist and Case Study Approach

地质学入门课程中实验室和讲座的整合：结合建构主义和案例研究方法

• 批准号: 9752327
• 负责人: Michael Soreghan
• 金额: $ 9.04万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-01-01 至 2000-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9752327&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integration; Laboratory; Lecture; within; IntroductoryGeology

The objective of this project is to increase the relevance of science in a large introductory Physical Geology course by redesigning the course to: 1) include fewer topics that are covered in greater detail; 2) employ a case-study approach in lecture that maximizes discussion/debate; 3) employ a constuctivist approach in lab maximizing discovery based learning; and 4) fully integrate lab and lecture, so that labs illustrate the geologic principles relating to lecture discussions. The course will be divided into three main content areas: an introductory module (minerals, rock cycle and geologic time); an external processes module (groundwater, rivers/floods, energy from the Earth) and an internal processes module (volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics). In lecture, case-studies will form an integral part of the curriculum. Background material and the "problem statement" for each case-study will be available to all students through a series of web pages designed for the course. Four groups of students will do additional research collaboratively and discuss/debate the issues to the rest of the class. Each student will be involved in one collaborative group and all students will be responsible for all case studies. The instructor will serve as quality control for the material presented in these discussions. Labs will develop the background principles for these case studies through explorationtype activities as well as analysis and synthesis of integrated datasets. The impact of this work will be three-fold: 1) the emphasis on case studies will produce a general student populace that is more aware of "real" geologic and environmental issues; 2) the focus in lab will shift from classifying and identifying to critical thinking and problem-solving; and 3) the exercises and case studies will serve as a model that other institutions can adopt in whole, or in part.

该项目的目的是通过重新设计课程为：1）包含更详细介绍的主题，以增加大量的物理地质课程中的科学相关性； 2）在演讲中采用案例研究方法，以最大化讨论/辩论； 3）在实验室中采用一种强制性的方法来最大程度地提高基于发现的学习； 4）完全整合实验室和讲座，以说明实验室说明与讲座讨论有关的地质原理。该课程将分为三个主要内容领域：入门模块（矿物，岩石周期和地质时间）；外部工艺模块（地下水，河流/洪水，来自地球的能量）和一个内部过程模块（火山，地震，板块构造）。在讲座中，案例研究将构成课程的组成部分。背景材料和每个案例研究的“问题声明”将通过为该课程设计的一系列网页提供给所有学生。四组学生将共同进行其他研究，并向其他班级讨论/辩论问题。每个学生将参与一个合作小组，所有学生将负责所有案例研究。讲师将作为这些讨论中提出的材料的质量控制。实验室将通过探索活动活动以及综合数据集的分析和合成来开发这些案例研究的背景原则。这项工作的影响将是三个方面：1）对案例研究的重视将产生一个普通的学生民众，该人群更了解“真正的”地质和环境问题； 2）实验室的重点将从分类和识别转变为批判性思维和解决问题； 3）练习和案例研究将作为其他机构可以全面或部分采用的模型。