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]
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]
GeoEd: A Framework Too Far?
In this month’s edition of GeoEd, Sam Illingworth, former ECS PC representative and Lecturer of Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, talks about a new framework introduced by the UK government to measure the quality of teaching at higher education institutions. Although Sam explores the issue from a UK perspective, there is no doubt cross over within the European realm. Als ...[Read More]
GeoEd: Social Communications
We all know that social media is an excellent way in which we can communicate our research (and indeed our rants, dreams, and favourite cat pictures) to the general public, but can we also use it to communicate our research in the classroom? From kindergarten to higher education, social media can be a fantastic learning tool, which can help to open up digital windows into the world of geosciences. ...[Read More]