Weaving the Curriculum Tapestry: Modifying Upper Level Courses to Facilitate Integration across the Geology Program

Authors

Charles W. Carrigan, Olivet Nazarene UniversityFollow
Priscilla Field Skalac, Olivet Nazarene UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

10-7-2008

Scholarship Domain(s)

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Having observed students' frequent struggles to acquire mastery of content and skills in upper-level geology courses, we noted students fail to weave together the diverse strands that produce a well-educated geoscientist. After observing students’ struggles to keep up with new content and skills, we determined a course of action that includes application of best pedagogy based on educational research. We incorporate a technique of spiraling basic content and skills across the geology curriculum: content and skills introduced in the entry-level geology course are intentionally reviewed and referenced in each upper-level course.

Comments

Presented at the 2008 Joint Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM; Paper No. 248-20

Recommended Citation

Carrigan, Charles W. and Skalac, Priscilla Field, "Weaving the Curriculum Tapestry: Modifying Upper Level Courses to Facilitate Integration across the Geology Program" (2008). Faculty Scholarship – Geology. 6.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/geol_facp/6