| Reviewed: |
Jun 30, 2009 by Teacher Education |
| Overview: |
This site offers of collection of resources for professors and graduate students assigned to teach undergraduate general education science courses. It offers a exceptionally wide variety of options including games, simulations, visualizations, lab and non-lab activities, as well as tips on course design and assessment. |
| Learning Goals: |
This collection seeks to develop a resource that intimately integrates pedagogy with teaching resources and fully supports a virtual community of educators.
It also attempts to bridge the gap between information about teaching methods and the everyday experiences of geoscience faculty by providing geoscience specific arguments and examples.
It supports teachers in making deliberate choices of methods, activities and tools for teaching science. |
| Target Student Population: |
Subject matter and recommended teaching strategies are aimed at university undergraduate and high school science teachers.
Primary users of the site would be teachers of these students. |
| Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills: |
Background in subjects related to geoscience and desire to teach those subjects well. |
| Type of Material: |
Collection |
| Recommended Uses: |
This course is an excellent resource for science professors and graduate students in science who want to be more effective teachers. It is also highly recommended to undergraduate teacher education students and to teachers of high school science courses. |
| Technical Requirements: |
No technical requirements beyond Internet connection and web browser. |
