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Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics Soumyajit Mukherjee

Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics By Soumyajit Mukherjee

Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics by Soumyajit Mukherjee


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This edited book discusses various challenges in teaching structural geology and tectonics and how they have been overcome by eminent instructors, who employed effective and innovative means to do so. All of the chapters were written by prominent and active academics and geoscientists fully engaged in teaching Structural Geology and Tectonics.

Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics Summary

Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics by Soumyajit Mukherjee

This edited book discusses various challenges in teaching structural geology and tectonics and how they have been overcome by eminent instructors, who employed effective and innovative means to do so. All of the chapters were written by prominent and active academics and geoscientists fully engaged in teaching Structural Geology and Tectonics. New instructors will find this book indispensible in framing their teaching strategy.Effective teaching of Structural Geology and Tectonics constitutes the backbone of geoscience education. Teaching takes place not only in classrooms, but also in labs and in the field. The content and teaching methodologies for these two fields have changed over time, shaped by the responsibilities that present-day geoscientists are expected to fulfill.

About Soumyajit Mukherjee

Dr. Soumyajit Mukherjee is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Geology (2007) and his M.Tech. in Applied Geology (2002) at the IIT Roorkee. His chief research areas are structural geology and tectonics. In addition to serving as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Earth Sciences, Dr. Mukherjee has over 60 journal publications and 12 books to his credit.

Table of Contents

Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics: an Introduction.- Geographic Information Systems in an Undergraduate Structural Geology Course: a Pilot Project at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.- Self- and Peer-Evaluation of Individual Project Work: an Innovative Course Assessment Method to Increase Student Motivation.- Teaching Structural Geology Techniques for Applied Subsurface Interpretation and Characterization.- Structural Geology Field Exercises of Intermediate to More-Advanced Complexity from the Classic Black Hills of South Dakota.- Teaching Structural Geology in Indian Context.- Teaching Structural Geology Map Interpretation to Masters' Students: The Experience of a Teaching Assistant.- Modern Methods in Structural Geology of 21. Century: Digital Mapping and Digital Devices for the Field Geology.- Paleomagnetism in Structural Geology And Tectonics.- Image log interpretation and geomechanical issues.

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NPB9789811327803
9789811327803
9811327807
Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics by Soumyajit Mukherjee
New
Hardback
Springer Verlag, Singapore
2019-01-29
251
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