Education

At the Assembly 2017: Tuesday Highlights

Laura Roberts-Artal April 25, 2017

A whopping 96 short courses at this year’s General Assembly (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

Welcome back to the second day of the 2017 General Assembly! Today is packed full of excellent sessions, and this list of highlights is by no means comprehensive! Make sure you complement this information with EGU Today, the General Assembly newsletter, to get the most out of the conference – grab a copy on your way in or download it here. Today, the General Assembly programme features two Interdi ...[Read More]

GeoCinema at the 2017 General Assembly

Laura Roberts-Artal April 11, 2017

GeoCinema is the home of geoscience films at the EGU General Assembly. This year features over 50 fantastic films from across the geosciences, so you can step into some soil science, dive into deep ocean investigations, catch a glimpse of climate change research and more! The GeoCinema runs almost continuously throughout the conference, with short films, documentaries and feature length production ...[Read More]

Communicate your Science Video Competition finalists 2017: time to get voting!

Laura Roberts-Artal March 15, 2017

For the fourth year in a row we’re running the EGU Communicate Your Science Video Competition – the aim being for early career scientists to communicate their research in a short, sweet and public-friendly video. Our judges have now selected 4 fantastic finalists from the excellent entries we received this year and it’s time to find the best geoscience communication clip! The shortlisted videos wi ...[Read More]

GeoEd: Do as I say… AND as I do

Rhian Meara March 10, 2017

It’s important for educators not to fall into the trap of marking coursework based on present professional standards. Sometimes a different approach is needed. Book, Textbook . Credit: George Hodan (distributed via publicdomainpictures.net).

Bridging the gap between student and teacher is not always easy. For students, the educator might seem ‘untouchable’ and inaccessible. A sense exacerbated when assignments are set and they turn out to be new, complex and unfamiliar. In this new installment of our GeoEd column, regular guest blogger Rhian Meara of Swansea University, discusses a simple approach to overcome some of these ...[Read More]