Geoscience Education

We employ, develop, and evaluate pedagogical learning techniques that seek to improve student engagement and metacognition through innovative activities and hands-on experiential learning in our classrooms, laboratories, and field courses. Some questions we have been investigating: 

  • Do student-driven flipped classrooms help with knowledge retention?
  • Can gamification of the classroom develop deeper critical thinking?
  • Can virtual fieldwork improve student experiences?
  • Are collaborative learning activities effective?
  • How may we integrate ethical thinking in our curriculum?
  • What are new ways to improve student quantitative reasoning?
  • What are constructive uses of concept maps for learning and assessment?
Faculty Areas of Interest
Charly (Carl-Georg) Bank near-surface geophysics for forensic/environmental/archaeological investigations; geoscience education
Joe Desloges fluvial geomorphology, glaciolacustrine sedimentation, paleohydrology
Daniel Gregory hydrothermal ore systems
Marc Laflamme invertebrate paleontology, geoscience pedagogy
Peirce, Sarah Fluvial geomorphology, physical geology
Tasca Santimano tectonics, geoscience pedagogy