Experimenting with innovative teaching approaches & sharing the results
I experiment with all kinds of ideas including gallery walks or a town hall meeting in large classes, an interuniversity graduate class and playing games. I share these ideas through the blog posts on teaching.
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Promoting active learning in the classroom
I promote active learning in a number of ways including using student response systems (usually clickers) to conduct conceptests (see website description), jigsaws (see website description), weekly ‘water in the news’ updates and in-class discussions. And we get out of the classroom for field trips and other exercise…
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I am more than happy to share any of the materials or ideas I have developed for teaching. I blog about things I try in the classroom on waterunderground but email me if there is something specific that might be useful to you.
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Videos of physical aquifer experiments ...
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Grad student term research projects
Students in my grad classes conduct original research involving numerical modeling, data compilation or a critical review paper. Some of these even end up as peer-reviewed articles, not related to their thesis work. Here are a selection to inspire future students and show how manuscripts can evolve...
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Undergraduate student research videos
Saltwater intrusions from Tom Gleeson on Vimeo. |