Integrating Research with Undergraduate Education through a Petrotectonic Study of Casco Bay, Maine

通过缅因州卡斯科湾的岩石构造研究将研究与本科教育相结合

• 批准号: 0126234
• 负责人: Rachel Beane
• 金额: $ 3.82万
• 依托单位: Bowdoin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-01 至 2005-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126234&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Research; Undergraduate; Education; through

Geology (42)The Casco Bay project brings research into the classroom. Recent pedagogical studies and reports recommend that undergraduate courses create opportunities for students to "do" science by engaging in research that provides them with life-long learning skills in problem-solving, quantitative reasoning, and communication. In essence, science and the skills learned by "doing" science are integral to everyone's life, regardless of background or (future) occupation. The Casco Bay region of Maine is readily accessible to Bowdoin College and it lends itself to multi-disciplinary studies, because the region includes felsic and mafic volcanics, pelites, and limestones that have undergone deformation and been variably metamorphosed from chlorite to sillimanite grade. Research on the Casco Bay region is being integrated into undergraduate geology courses and student thesis research. This project adapts and implements the successful practices of other educators by using regional geologic studies and by integrating research into courses. The Casco Bay project incorporates petrological, geochemical, structural, and geochronologic research in four undergraduate courses: Introduction to Physical Geology, Structural Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, and Mountain Belts. Data are shared between students using a Geographical Information System's (GIS) database. Through the project, students become familiar with the geology that surrounds them and engage cooperatively in multidisciplinary research. In so doing, students make connections between geologic disciplines, recognize the benefit of approaching problems from different angles, and improve their field, quantitative, and communication skills.

地质学（42）卡斯科湾项目将研究带入课堂。最近的教学研究和报告建议，本科课程创造机会，让学生“做”科学，从事研究，为他们提供终身学习的技能，解决问题，定量推理和沟通。从本质上讲，科学和通过“做”科学学到的技能是每个人生活中不可或缺的一部分，无论背景或（未来）职业如何。缅因州的卡斯科湾地区是鲍登学院很容易进入的，它适合于多学科的研究，因为该地区包括长英质和镁铁质火山岩，泥质岩和石灰岩，这些火山岩经历了变形，并从玄武岩变质到硅线石级。对卡斯科湾地区的研究正在纳入本科地质学课程和学生论文研究。该项目通过使用区域地质研究和将研究纳入课程，采用并实施了其他教育工作者的成功做法。卡斯科湾项目将岩石学、地球化学、结构和地质年代学研究纳入四门本科课程：物理地质学导论、结构地质学、火成岩和变质岩石学以及山脉带。学生之间使用地理信息系统（GIS）数据库共享数据。通过该项目，学生熟悉周围的地质，并合作进行多学科研究。在这样做，学生使地质学科之间的连接，认识到从不同角度接近问题的好处，并提高他们的领域，定量和沟通技巧。