Educational Materials Development for a General Education Course on Art and Geology

大学课程整合科学和艺术的教学是一个越来越受欢迎的方法，非科学专业的教学。这些跨学科课程为科学教学和学习提供了丰富的环境，并且非常适合应用科学教育“最佳实践”，如动手，上下文和主动学习。最近的会议和期刊出版物都记录了用艺术来教授地球科学的实用性;然而，这一概念广泛传播的一个主要障碍是缺乏支持地质学和艺术课程的公共教育材料。这个概念验证项目的目标是开发一个原型的介绍级的艺术和地质学大学教科书的两个章节。该项目团队汇集了地质学，艺术和教育研究方面的专业知识，以及在地质学和艺术课程的设计，开发和教学以及商业出版的多媒体教材开发方面的经验。项目活动包括：1）原型艺术和地质学章节的发展，包括外部审查，2）在核心课程团队中对材料进行试点测试-由PI教授，3）产品的评估和随后的改进，以及4）向地质学和艺术界传播原型和整体倡议，在一次重要的专业会议上提供的教师研讨会上强调。这些活动正在为从概念验证阶段向全面发展阶段迈进奠定基础，全面发展的目标是制作一本公开提供和广泛采用的艺术和地质学教科书，并附有多媒体辅助材料。

College courses that integrate the teaching of science and art are an increasingly popular approach to non-science majors' instruction. These interdisciplinary courses provide a rich environment for science teaching and learning, and one that is well-suited for applying science education "best practices" such as hands-on, in-context, and active learning. Recent conference sessions and journal publications have documented the utility of teaching geoscience with art; however, a major barrier to the concept's widespread dissemination is the lack of publicly available educational materials in support of geology and art courses. The goal of this proof-of-concept project is to develop as a prototype two chapters of an introductory-level college textbook on art and geology. The project team brings together faculty with expertise in geology, art, and educational research, as well as experience in the design, development, and teaching of a geology and art course and the development of commercially published multimedia educational materials. Project activities include: 1) the development of prototypical art and geology chapters, including external review, 2) pilot-testing of the materials in a core curriculum course team-taught by the PIs, 3) evaluation and subsequent refinements of the products, and 4) dissemination to the geology and art communities about the prototype and overall initiative, highlighted by a faculty workshop offered at a major professional meeting. These activities are establishing the foundation for progressing from the proof-of-concept stage to full-scale development, the goal of which is the production of a publicly available and widely adoptable art and geology textbook with supporting multimedia materials.