Teaching Geology in Higher Education Institutions under COVID-19 Conditions
Geosciences
; 13(4):96, 2023.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2295576
ABSTRACT
Teaching geology under COVID-19 pandemic conditions led to teaching limitations for educators and learning difficulties for students. The lockdown obstructed face-to-face teaching, laboratory work, and fieldtrips. To minimize the impact of this situation, new distance learning teaching methods and tools were developed. The current study presents the results of an empirical study, where distance learning teaching tools were constructed and used to teach geology to university students. A mineralogical mobile phone application was used to replace laboratory mineral identification and a flow chart to replace laboratory rock identification. Additionally, exercises on faults and maps were developed to fill the gap that was created as field work was impossible. A university course on geology was designed on the basis of the constructed distance learning teaching tools, and more than 100 students from the Department of Civil Engineering attended the course. The results show that the proposed tools helped the students to considerably understand scientific information on geology and supported the learning outcomes. Thus, it is suggested that the teaching tools, constructed for the purposes of the study, could be used in conditions when distance learning is required, or even under typical learning conditions after laboratories, as well as before or after fieldtrips, for better learning outcomes.
Earth Sciences; teaching geology; COVID-19; civil engineers; misconceptions; Pandemics; Geology; Higher education; Students; Minerals; Teaching methods; Maps; Fault lines; Questionnaires; Earth; Academic disciplines; Colleges & universities; Fault detection; Distance learning; Field study; Cellular telephones; Educational objectives; Distance; Civil engineering; Flow charts; Education; Tools; Distance education; Learning; Didacticism; Earth science; Higher education institutions; Coronaviruses; Greece
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ProQuest Central
Language:
English
Journal:
Geosciences
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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