This month’s GeoEd post is brought to you by Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer. Mirjam, is a physical oceanographer and now works as Coordinator of Teaching Innovation at Hamburg University of Technology. Mirjam blogs about her “Adventures in Teaching and Oceanography” and tweets as @meermini. Get in touch if you are interested in talking about teaching and learning in the geosciences! In my last post, I tal ...[Read More]
GeoEd: For the best hands-on outreach experiences, just provide opportunities for playing!
This month’s GeoEd post is brought to you by Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer. Mirjam, is a physical oceanographer and now works as Coordinator of Teaching Innovation at Hamburg University of Technology. Mirjam blogs about her “Adventures in Teaching and Oceanography” and tweets as @meermini. Get in touch if you are interested in talking about teaching and learning in the geosciences! “For the best hands-on ...[Read More]
GeoEd: Geoscience teaching resources
Engaging students (regardless of age) during lessons can be difficult with a whole host of factors influencing their disposition to listen and learn. The same is true when carrying out public outreach and engagement activities. In both instances the key is to captivate the full attention of the audience and make the subject you are trying to teach come to life. A task often easier said than done. ...[Read More]
The new EGU blog series on Education: GeoEd
Welcome to GeoEd, the new column on GeoLog dedicated to education in the geosciences! This is a series of posts written by the EGU Educational Fellow, Jane Robb that will cover the new and ongoing education initiatives across the EGU, as well as individual posts under the broad global pedagogical theme of education for sustainable development. GeoEd posts are aimed at formal and informal educators ...[Read More]