Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics: An Introduction

   • Soumyajit Mukherjee

   Pages 1-3

3. Self- and Peer-Evaluation of Individual Project Work: An Innovative Course Assessment Method to Increase Student Motivation

   • Marcel Frehner

   Pages 5-41

4. Modern Methods in Structural Geology of Twenty-first Century: Digital Mapping and Digital Devices for the Field Geology

   • Lucie Novakova, Terry L. Pavlis

   Pages 43-54

5. Paleomagnetism in Structural Geology and Tectonics

   • B. Oliva-Urcia, E. L. Pueyo

   Pages 55-121

6. Teaching Structural Geology Techniques for Applied Subsurface Interpretation and Characterization

   • Kellen L. Gunderson, Katelyn A. Huffman

   Pages 123-157

7. Structural Geology Field Exercises of Intermediate to More Advanced Complexity from the Classic Black Hills of South Dakota

   • Jeffrey K. Greenberg

   Pages 159-200

8. Geographic Information Systems in an Undergraduate Structural Geology Course: A Pilot Project at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

   • Mark Abolins

   Pages 201-219

9. Teaching Structural Geology in Indian Context

   • Soumyajit Mukherjee

   Pages 221-232

10. Teaching Structural Geology Map Interpretation to Masters’ Students: The Experience of a Teaching Assistant

    • Narayan Bose

    Pages 233-235

11. Image Log Interpretation and Geomechanical Issues

    • Troyee Dasgupta, Swagato Dasgupta, Soumyajit Mukherjee

    Pages 237-251

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.

• Geology Teaching Module
• Teaching Structural Geology
• Teaching Tectonics
• Structural Geology Fieldwork
• Tectonics Fieldwork
• Structural Geology Lab work
• Tectonics Lab Work
• Structural Geology Classroom Teaching
• Tectonics Classroom Teaching
• Structural Geology Computer Simulations
• structural geology

• Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

  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.

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