Manuale per il docente
Il manuale per il docente si compone delle seguenti parti, scaricabili in formato .pdf (in lingua inglese).
Learning Objectives: How to Define Your Goals for Your Course
The Importance of Active Learning
Six Things You Can Do to Encourage Classroom Discussion
Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies
How to Teach Your Students to Study Effectively
Control the Incentives: Assign Credit to Study Skills Assignments
How to Teach to Student Learning Styles
Lesson Design
Ideas on Grading
How to Write Good Test Questions
How to Minimize Student Test-Taking Problems
How to Evaluate Your Course
Part II: Chapter-by-Chapter Teaching Tips
2 Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory
3 Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
4 Igneous Rocks: Solids from Melts
5 Sedimentation: Rocks Formed by Surface Processes
6 Metamorphism: Alteration of Rocks by Temperature and Pressure
7 Deformation: Modification of Rocks by Folding and Fracturing
8 Clocks in Rocks: Timing the Geologic Record
9 Early History of the Terrestrial Planets
11 Geobiology: Life Interacts with Earth
12 Volcanoes
13 Earthquakes
16 Weathering, Erosion, and Mass Wasting: Interactions Between the Climate and Plate Tectonic Systems
17 The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater
18 Stream Transport: From Mountains to Oceans
20 Coastlines and Ocean Basins
23 The Human Impact on Earth’s Environment
Appendix A: Geoscience Preceptorship/Teaching Workshop
Appendix B: Sample Course Schedule for Geoscience Preceptorship/Teaching Workshop
Appendix C: Geoscience Preceptor’s Journal/Career Portfolio
Appendix D: Sample Guidelines for Team Roles and Responsibilities