Geoscience Research and Outreach Schools and Public Engagement /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tong, Vincent C. H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Innovations in Science Education and Technology, 21
• Θέματα: Education.; Earth sciences.; Educational technology.; Science education.; Higher education.; Science Education.; Earth Sciences, general.; Educational Technology.; Higher Education.

From energy and water resources to natural disasters, and from changing climatic patterns to the evolution of the Earth’s deep interior, geoscience research affects people’s lives in many ways and on many levels. This book offers a stimulating cross-disciplinary perspective on the important relation...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• PART I: INTRODUCTION
• 1. The context
• Geoscience and educational research in outreach activities, Vincent C. H. Tong
• Perceptions of time matter: the importance of geoscience outreach, Samuel A. Bowring
• PART II: LINKING GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND OUTREACH
• 2. Field-based approaches
• Engaging Alaska Communities and Students in Cryospheric Research, Kenji Yoshikawa and Elena B. Sparrow
• The Salish Sea Expedition: Walking the Gangplank of Science Outreach, K. Westnedge and A. Dallimore
• Problem-based learning in the field setting, Lung Sang Chan and Loretta M. W. Ho
• 3. Online approaches
• From Local to Extreme Environments (FLEXE): Connecting students and scientists in online forums, William S. Carlsen, Liz Goehring and Steven C. Kerlin
• Communicating scientific research through the web and social media: Experience of the United Nations University with the Our World 2.0 web magazine, Brendan F.D. Barrett, Mark Notaras and Carol Smith
• Marine geosciences from a different perspective: "edutainment" video clips by pupils and scientists, J. Dengg, S. Soria-Dengg and S. Tiemann
• Small, subject-oriented educational resource gateways: what are their roles in geoscience education?
• Matteo Cattadori, Cristiana Bianchi, Maddalena Macario and Luca Masiello
• 4. Workshop and laboratory-based approaches, The European experience of educational seismology, A. Zollo, A. Bobbio, J.L. Berenguer, F. Courboulex, P. Denton, G. Festa, A. Sauron, S. Solarino, F. Haslinger and D. Giardini
•  EARTHTIME: Teaching geochronology to high school students in the US, Britta Bookhagen, Noah McLean, Robert Buchwaldt, Matthew Rioux, Francis Dudás and Samuel Bowring
• Little meteorological workshop – an extracurricular school activity for pupils, Kornelija Špoler Čanić and Dubravka Rasol
• Grasping deep time with scaled space in personal environs, Bo Holm Jacobsen
• PART III: ENHANCING THE LINK BETWEEN GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND OUTREACH
• 5. Programme design
•  Integrating Geoscience Research in Primary and Secondary Education, Elena B. Sparrow, Leslie S. Gordon, Martha R. Kopplin, Rebecca Boger, Sheila Yule, Kim Morris, Krisanadej Jaroensutasinee, Mullica Jaroensutasinee and Kenji Yoshikawa
• Bridging scientific research and science education in high schools through authentic and simulated science experiences, Lucette Barber
• Using guided inquiry tools with online geosciences data from the Great Lakes, Sandra Rutherford
• 6. Promoting research-enhanced outreach
• Communicating Climate Science from a Data-Centered Perspective, Matt Rogers
• Geoscience Outreach Education with the Local Community, Jennifer Saltzman
• Using research to promote action in Earth science professional development for teachers, Chris King.                               .