SUMMER WORKSHOP

GEOLOGY

The workshop targets introductory courses taught in colleges and universities of the Southwest. Such courses included physical geology, historical geology, environmental geology, introduction to planetary geology, geology of Arizona, or any introductory geology courses taught. The focus of this summer's workshop was guided by participant goals and interests, such as integrating active learning and inquiry into introductory geology courses. As part of the workshop, modules/exercises were generated to be used in our courses and to be shared with others. There were graduate assistants available to assist in construction/collecting materials, assist in developing the modules, and migrating the modules to the internet.

The schedule was as follows:

Dates:
May 17-21(M-Th): Introductory sessions, starting at 9 am every morning

May 22-June 1: Work at ASU or your home institutions on modules

June 2-4(W-F): Meetings at ASU to demonstrate modules/exercises and finish write-ups. We will start at 9:30AM on Wednesday, but 9am on Thursday and Friday.

Location : ASU , Physical Science F Wing, Room PSF566

Stipend:Participants received a modest stipend, which was paid in two parts, one at the beginning and one at the end of the workshop

FIRST STAGE:
The workshop consisted of 23 participants including the workshop leader Stephen Reynolds. The workshop was divided into groups of three's and four's. Activity in the first stage of the workshop was generally whole-group sessions, discussing goals and intended outcomes of the workshop. Various teaching strategies were discussed and presented by various participants. As seen in the first picture Pam Nelson , Russell Benford and Tom Sharp are seen discussing their teaching strategies.

SECOND STAGE
The second stage of the workshop was working in sub-groups, generating ideas for modules, and presenting preliminary ideas/plans about the modules/exercises. You can see LuAnn Dahlman and Tom Sharp experimenting to generate results for modules.

THIRD STAGE:
The final stage of the workshop was preceeded by working on modules at ASU or participants home institution. Finally the workshop met again from June 2 to June 4 at ASU to demonstrate modules/exercises and finish write-ups. Stephen Reynolds(Workshop Leader) is seen working with the participants on the left.

This workshop was sponsored by the Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers ( ACEPT). For more information about ACEPT visit the website at http://acept.asu.edu

If you have any questions about the workshop please contact the workshop leaders:

Stephen Reynolds – Professor Dept of Geology

Email:sreynolds@asu.edu

OR

Chula Eslamieh – ACEPT ASU

Email:eslamieh@asu.edu