CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

Field Trips (deadline: 1 Dec. 2010)
Technical Sessions (deadline: 11 Jan. 2011)
Short Courses (deadline: 1 Feb. 2011)
Abstracts Deadline: 26 July 2011

ORGANIZERS

Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
Minnesota Geological Survey
Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
Minnesota Geological Survey
David Bush, Technical Program Chair
University of West Georgia
Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
University of Minnesota Duluth
Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

Paper No. 4

Presentation Time: 9:00 AM

ON TEACHING A TOTALLY BLIND STUDENT PHYSICAL AND HISTORICAL GEOLOGY

NEUHAUSER, Kenneth, Department of Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, 415 Lyman Drive, Hays, KS 67601, kneuhaus@fhsu.edu

Teaching the salient points of both physical and historical geology to a totally blind student was accomplished through a very short-time pre-planning window, extra staff, continual daily preparation, low-cost supplies, team work, and at times, ‘on-the-spot’ creativity. Challenges to teaching Structural Geology, Geologic Field Methods, and Geology Field Camps will also be addressed.

Handouts

GSA_2011_Talk_OnTeachingBlindStudentGeology_Neuhauser.pdf (5.2 MB)

Session No. 70

Geoscience Education III: Broadening Participation in the Geosciences through Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion

Monday, 10 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 208CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 43, No. 5, p.191

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