Curriculum Development for Interdisciplinary Field Courses in Environmental Geosciences

环境地球科学跨学科实地课程的课程开发

• 批准号: 9651204
• 负责人: Bruce Douglas
• 金额: $ 13万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-15 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9651204&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curriculum; Development; Interdisciplinary; Field; Courses

At the present time interdisciplinary, field-based, courses for the training of environmental scientists are extremely rare; this is particularly true for the lower level of undergraduate education. As part of the new Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES) program at Indiana University, an interdisciplinary field course for environmental scientists (G329) will be created that emphasizes site characterization, hydrogeology, and ecosystem analysis in addition to traditional geologic principles. A second course will be created through modification of an existing course for advanced geologic study (G429); the revised course (G429e) will include environmental components and place more emphasis on surficial geology. These new courses will utilize the Indiana University Geologic Field Station located in the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana as their base for instruction. The new curriculum will consist of a combination of teaching exercises, independent evaluation exercises, and a Final Study Area project. Together, G329 and G429e constitute a sequence of field-based education open to students from other accredited colleges and universities. One unique aspect of the new curricula will be the utilization of an instrumented Demonstration Watershed for instructional purposes. The Demonstration Watershed will contain state-of-the-art monitoring equipment established as part of a cooperative effort involving Indiana University, State and Federal agencies, as well as the local water district and ranchers. In order to ensure dissemination of curricula materials we have proposed an on-site visitation program for external faculty members.

目前，跨学科的基于现场的，用于培训环境科学家的课程极为罕见。对于低级教育的较低水平尤其如此。作为印第安纳大学环境科学科学新学士学位（BSES）计划的一部分，将创建一个跨学科的环境科学家跨学科实地课程（G329），强调除传统地理原理外，还强调场地表征，水文地质学和生态系统分析。将通过修改现有的高级地质研究课程（G429）来创建第二个课程；修订后的课程（G429E）将包括环境组成部分，并更加强调表面地质。这些新课程将利用位于蒙大拿州烟草根山的印第安纳大学地质野外站作为教学的基础。新课程将包括教学练习，独立评估练习和最终学习区项目的组合。 G329和G429E一起构成了一系列基于现场的教育，向其他认可的学院和大学的学生开放。新课程的一个独特方面将是用于教学目的的乐器演示流域的利用。演示分水岭将包含作为涉及印第安纳大学，州和联邦机构以及当地水域和牧场主的合作努力的一部分建立的最先进的监视设备。为了确保分发课程材料，我们提出了针对外部教职员工的现场探视计划。