Integrating Research with Undergraduate Education through a Petrotectonic Study of Casco Bay, Maine

通过缅因州卡斯科湾的岩石构造研究将研究与本科教育相结合

• 批准号: 0126234
• 负责人: Rachel Beane
• 金额: $ 3.82万
• 依托单位: Bowdoin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-05-01 至 2005-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126234&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Research; Undergraduate; Education; through

Geology (42)The Casco Bay project brings research into the classroom. Recent pedagogical studies and reports recommend that undergraduate courses create opportunities for students to "do" science by engaging in research that provides them with life-long learning skills in problem-solving, quantitative reasoning, and communication. In essence, science and the skills learned by "doing" science are integral to everyone's life, regardless of background or (future) occupation. The Casco Bay region of Maine is readily accessible to Bowdoin College and it lends itself to multi-disciplinary studies, because the region includes felsic and mafic volcanics, pelites, and limestones that have undergone deformation and been variably metamorphosed from chlorite to sillimanite grade. Research on the Casco Bay region is being integrated into undergraduate geology courses and student thesis research. This project adapts and implements the successful practices of other educators by using regional geologic studies and by integrating research into courses. The Casco Bay project incorporates petrological, geochemical, structural, and geochronologic research in four undergraduate courses: Introduction to Physical Geology, Structural Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, and Mountain Belts. Data are shared between students using a Geographical Information System's (GIS) database. Through the project, students become familiar with the geology that surrounds them and engage cooperatively in multidisciplinary research. In so doing, students make connections between geologic disciplines, recognize the benefit of approaching problems from different angles, and improve their field, quantitative, and communication skills.

地质（42）CASCO湾项目将研究带入教室。最近的教学研究和报告建议，本科课程通过参与研究来为学生提供“进行”科学的机会，从而为他们提供终身学习技能，以解决问题，定量推理和沟通。从本质上讲，无论背景或（未来）职业如何，科学和“做”科学学到的技能都是每个人生活不可或缺的一部分。缅因州的Casco湾地区很容易被鲍登学院（Bowdoin College）进入，并且它可以进行多学科研究，因为该地区包括经历了变形并从氯酸盐岩级变化的羊绒和镁铁质火山，小脑材和石灰石。关于卡斯科湾地区的研究正在纳入本科地质课程和学生论文研究。该项目通过使用区域地质研究并通过将研究整合到课程中来适应其他教育者的成功实践。 CASCO湾项目纳入了四个本科课程中的岩石学，地球化学，结构和地质研究：物理地质学，结构地质学，火成岩和变质岩石学和山地腰带。使用地理信息系统（GIS）数据库之间共享数据。通过该项目，学生熟悉周围的地质，并合作从事多学科研究。这样一来，学生在地质学科之间建立联系，认识到从不同角度解决问题的好处，并提高其领域，定量和沟通技巧。