Geoscience Education Indoor and Outdoor / edited by Clara Vasconcelos.

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Vasconcelos, Clara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of 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 & Ângela Almeida
  • II.4. Exploring rocks and minerals: An experience of integrated educational approach, Ana V. Rodrigues, Patrícia João, 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 Livério 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, Amélia 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.