Session: Teacher Research and Instruction Abroad: A Pathway to Improved Geoscience Education (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T48. Teacher Research and Instruction Abroad: A Pathway to Improved Geoscience Education

National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Council on Undergraduate Research; GSA Geoscience Education Division

Jacquelyn E. Hams and Janis D. Treworgy, Advocates

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Start Time

8:00 AM

THE FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM: A GUIDE FOR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS

ADAMS, David, Council of International Exchange of Scholars, Institute of International Education, 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008, DAdams@iie.org, DAdams@iie.org

8:15 AM

PolarTREC: A TEACHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE MODEL FOR IMPROVING GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION

WARBURTON, Janet¹, TIMM, Kristin¹ and LARSON, Angela², (1)Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, 3535 College Road, Suite 101, Fairbanks, AK 99709, (2)Goldstream Group Inc, PO Box 83418, Fairbanks, AK 99708, warburton@arcus.org, warburton@arcus.org

8:30 AM

A TEACHER-RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THE DRY VALLEYS REGION OF ANTARCTICA

HAMS, Jacquelyn E., Earth Science and Anthropology, Los Angeles Valley College, 5800 Fulton Avenue, Valley Glen, CA 91401, hamsje@lavc.edu, hamsje@lavc.edu

8:45 AM

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MORRIS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COURSE “GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE ITALIAN ALPS”; AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCE

COTTER, James F.P., Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267, cotterjf@morris.umn.edu, cotterjf@morris.umn.edu

9:00 AM

THE GEOLOGY OF NOVA SCOTIA: ONE OF THE PREMIER FIELD TRIPS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

RYGEL, Michael, Department of Geology, State University of New York, College at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, rygelmc@potsdam.edu, rygelmc@potsdam.edu

9:15 AM

TEACHING UNDERGRADUATES ABROAD IN MONGOLIA

TREWORGY, Janis D., Geology Department, Principia College, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028, janis.treworgy@principia.edu, janis.treworgy@principia.edu

9:30 AM

WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN – AN ENRICHMENT VOYAGE THROUGH SEMESTER AT SEA

WULFF, A.H., Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd. #31066, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066, andrew.wulff@wku.edu, andrew.wulff@wku.edu

9:45 AM

COMPARATIVE WATERSHED STUDIES: FROM THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU TO GERMANY

KNOLL, Martin A., Department of Forestry and Geology, University of the South, 735 University Ave, Sewanee, TN 37383, mknoll@sewanee.edu, mknoll@sewanee.edu

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

TEACHING PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ABROAD: THE NAMIBIAN ECOLOGICAL SAFARI

DODD Jr, Charles, Geography Department, Shoreline Community College, 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133, cdodd@shoreline.edu, cdodd@shoreline.edu

10:30 AM

LEARNING GEOLOGY ON FIVE CONTINENTS, THREE OCEANS, AND MANY ISLANDS

CARSON, Robert J., Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer, Walla Walla, WA 99362, carsonrj@whitman.edu, carsonrj@whitman.edu

10:45 AM

FIELD GEOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLES: COMBINING FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH WITH COURSE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE AN INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY FIELD COURSE

SPARKS, C. Renee, Natural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Dr, Maryville, MO 64468 and JOHNSON, Aaron W., Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Dr, Maryville, MO 64468, rrohs@nwmissouri.edu, rrohs@nwmissouri.edu

11:00 AM

THE "DEEP IMPACT" OF INTERNATIONAL FIELD TRIPS: SUDBURY CRATER

ABREU, Neyda Margarita, Earth Science, Penn State DuBois, 101 College Place, DuBois, PA 15801, abreu@psu.edu, abreu@psu.edu

11:15 AM

ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCES on LEARNING IN THE GEOSCIENCES

JOHNSON, Aaron W., Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Dr, Maryville, MO 64468 and SPARKS, C. Renee, Natural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Dr, Maryville, MO 64468, aj@nwmissouri.edu, aj@nwmissouri.edu

11:30 AM

Discussion

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