About this book
This book presents research in Geoscience Education focusing on indoor and outdoor environments in which teaching geoscience gains particular relevance, significance and contextualization. The research areas that are presented throughout the thirteen chapters cover a wide variety of subjects ranging from educational resources and fieldwork to science models. Chapters discuss specific geoscience topics such as earthquakes, rocks, fossils and minerals. Other chapters present a more interdisciplinary approach addressing topics that aren't usually examined, such as geomedicine and geoethics, with a specific focus on sustainable development and their alignment with the school curricula.
Throughout Geoscience Education readers can find research-based arguments illustrated with practical examples, which will help them to innovate in their curriculum development area, classroom practices and pre and in-service teachers' education. The book challenges readers to improve Geoscience Education by changing the ways of teaching, by enabling students to exploit their natural curiosity, and by spurring a learning process that should not be confined to the classroom but rather maintained throughout life.
Contents
Preface: Nilza Costa
Introduction: Clara Vasconcelos
I. 1- Fostering deep understanding through the use of geoscience investigations, models and thought experiments - the Earth Science Education Unit and Earthlearningidea experiences, Chris King
I.2 -Science Models: How can teachers use them in geoscience classes? Joana Torres & Clara Vasconcelos
I.3 - Simulating an earthquake and its effects on soils and buildings: A practical activity to teach and disseminate geoscience, Sara Moutinho; Rui Moura &Clara Vasconcelos
II.1. Earth systems education and the development of environmental insight, Nir Orion
II.2 -Field classes for Geosciences Education: teachers' concepts and practices, Celeste Romualdo Gomes, Armando F. Rocha, Joaquim A. Ferreira,Ana Rola
II.3- The importance of geology as a contribution to the awareness of the cultural heritage as an educational resource, Ana Moutinho & Angela Almeida
II.4. Exploring rocks and minerals: An experience of integrated educational approach, Ana V. Rodrigues, Patricia Joao, Isabel P. Martins,
II.5. Fossils, smartphones, geodiversity, internet and outdoor activities: A technological geoeducational bundle, Carlos Marques da Silva
III.1- An interdisciplinary approach to teach Geoscience, Arlino Camargo Liverio Jr., Eduardo M. Santos, Adriana P. B. Tufaile, Alberto Tufaile, Carlos Molina Mendes, Rosely Aparecida Liguori Imbernon
III.2- Textbooks: A tool to support geoscience learning, David Brusi, Amelia Calonge, Edson De Souza
III.3. Promoting STS/CT Orientation in Basic Education, Rui Marques Vieira, L. F. Moreira, Celina Tenreiro-Vieira
III.4 Geomedicine and History of Science: A contribution to scientific culture, Isilda Rodrigues, Joana Torres, Paulo Favas
III.5 Education and Geoethics: Three fictional life stories, Clara Vasconcelos, Maria Luisa Vasconcelos, Joana Torres
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