Field-based undergraduate geography courses provide numerous pedagogical benefits including an opportunity for students to acquire employable skills in an applied context. This article presents one unique approach to teaching geographic field methods using paleoecological research. The goals of this course are to teach students key geographic…

In the contemporary higher education system there is growing interest in, and debate about, the need to strengthen and sustain the relationships between teaching and research. While there are multiple and varied explanations about these relationships, most acknowledge the importance of designing learning activities that explicitly develop the…

This document examines a system for integrating reading into the earth science curriculum. Such topics are examined as to why the earth science curriculum can benefit from reading program participation, competency based instruction in content courses, reading/thinking competencies in earth science, assessing reading competency in earth science,…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO METHODS, RECITATION-DEMONSTRATION AND PROJECT-RESEARCH, WERE COMPARED FOR TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE. COMPARISONS WERE MADE REGARDING (1) THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENT, (2) THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND AND APPLY CONCEPTS AND GENERALIZATIONS OF THE SUBJECT, AND (3) THE WORK…

The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating curriculum concepts in earth science to curriculum performance objectives, career concepts and career performance objectives, suggested teaching methods, and resource materials. The course for eighth graders attempts to place the curriculum concepts in order of increasing difficulty. Occupational…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO PRESENT AND CLARIFY SELECTED CONCEPTS IN OUTDOOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND TO ORGANIZE GUIDELINES FOR DIRECTORS, TEACHERS, NATURALISTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS OF OUTDOOR FACILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO USE THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT AS AN EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM. THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION TOPICS INCLUDE (1) A PERSPECTIVE AND…

REPORTED ARE THE RESULTS OF A CURRICULUM RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE MICHIGAN SCIENCE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT FOR USE IN TEACHING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED SCIENCE. THE COMMITTEE USED PREVIOUS RESEARCH DATA, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF INSTRUCTION AND INQUIRY TRAINING, TO DEVELOP 13 UNITS INCLUDING 55 OPEN-ENDED LABORATORY…

THIS BULLETIN PREPARED FOR THE ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL (ACEI) PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, CONSULTANTS, SUPERVISORS, AND OTHERS WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN IN SCIENCE. THE PUBLICATION IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT EXPERIENCES THE CHILD HAS…