New issue of the European Geologist Journal: Geoscience education
EFG is pleased to release issue 50 of its biannual open access journal European Geologist. The anniversary issue is entitled “Let’s become geologists! Challenges and opportunities in geoscience education in Europe” and comes along with a record number of submission.
The topical section features the following contributions:
- Service learning in geoscience education by Marta Mileusnić
- EGU (European Geosciences Union) Education Field Officer programme: teachers’ appreciation, perceptions and needs by Giulia Realdon, Guillaume Coupechoux, Gina P. Correia, Xavier Juan, Ramanathan Baskar, Yamina Bourgeoini & Chris King
- Digital transformation and geoscience education: New tools to learn, new skills to grow by Antoine Bouziat, Julien Schmitz, Rémy Deschamps & Karine Labat
- Geosciences education at German universities by Ulrike Wolf-Brozio, Peter Merschel, Dominic Hildebrandt & Ina Alt
- Out-of-classroom activities for geoscience education by Kyriaki Makri , Fotios Danaskos & Maria Tzima
- Geoscience education through environmental ICT storytelling in primary education across Europe by N. Evelpidou, D. Pontikou, A. Komi, G. Saitis, K. Giannikopoulou, M-A. Gatou & A. Petropoulos
- Student enrolment in geology from a systemic earth science education perspective: an Italian case study by Elena Bonaccorsi, Susanna Occhipinti, Alessandra Borghini & Roberto Greco
- Geoscience education using virtual worlds by Eleonora Paris, Annalisa Boniello & Michelina Occhioni
- The Science and Education Network for Sustainability in Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark by Hugo Gomes, Emanuel Castro, Magda Fernandes & Fábio Loureiro
- Integrating new tactics for mineral exploration and Social License to Operate into geoscientists’ training and life-long learning: Lessons learned through the INFACT Project by Marko Komac, Christina Benighaus, Elena Kozlovskaya, Leila Ajjabou & Cathryn MacCallum
- On all fours: report about a future geologist with a physical disability, or how to overcome the ‘fit professional’ stereotype by Nuria Guirado-Romero
- From oil digger to energy transition enabler: the critical role of exploration geosciences education in Europe by Nils Jansson, Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Théo Berthet & Leena Suopajärvi
- Exploring the link between employer needs, employability and postgraduate module
design in a contemporary mining education framework by Benedikt Steiner & Hannah S.R. Hughes - Interactive methods of studying geology with Z-generation children by Hanna Liventseva & Maryna Krochak
- Promoting the Earth System approach and the meaning of learning by N. Orion, R. Shankar, R. Greco & J.L. Berenguer
Two papers have been published under the section “Work in progress: Project profiles”:
- INTERMIN (International Network of Raw Materials Training Centres) by Antonio Alonso Jiménez, Manuel Regueiro y González-Barros, Francisco Elorza Tenreiro & Vitor Correia
- Can we teach children geology using one of the world’s most popular video games? by Pontus Westrin, Théo Berthet, Rok Brajkovič, Eric Pirard, Mariaelena Murphy, Luca Bellucci, Karin Käär, Juan Herrera & Rachel Kavanagh
The full issue is also available for online reading at the following link.