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.

这个项目的目标是通过重新设计课程来增加科学在大型物理地质学入门课程中的相关性：1)包括更多更详细的主题；2)在课堂中使用案例研究方法，最大限度地增加讨论/辩论；3)在实验室中使用建构主义方法，最大限度地提高基于发现的学习；以及4)完全整合实验和讲课，以便实验说明与课堂讨论相关的地质学原理。课程将分为三个主要内容领域：入门模块(矿物、岩石周期和地质时代)；外部过程模块(地下水、河流/洪水、来自地球的能源)和内部过程模块(火山、地震、板块构造)。在课堂上，案例研究将成为课程不可或缺的一部分。每个案例研究的背景材料和“问题陈述”将通过为本课程设计的一系列网页向所有学生提供。四组学生将合作做额外的研究，并与班上其他人讨论/辩论这些问题。每个学生将参与一个协作小组，所有学生将负责所有的案例研究。讲师将对这些讨论中提出的材料进行质量控制。实验室将通过探索性活动以及综合数据集的分析和综合，为这些案例研究制定背景原则。这项工作的影响将有三个方面：1)对案例研究的重视将培养出更多了解“真正的”地质和环境问题的普通学生群体；2)实验室的重点将从分类和识别转移到批判性思维和解决问题；3)练习和案例研究将成为其他机构可以全部或部分采用的模式。