Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Teaching Methodologies in Structural Geology and Tectonics: An Introduction (Soumyajit Mukherjee)....Pages 1-3 Self- and Peer-Evaluation of Individual Project Work: An Innovative Course Assessment Method to Increase Student Motivation (Marcel Frehner)....Pages 5-41 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 Paleomagnetism in Structural Geology and Tectonics (B. Oliva-Urcia, E. L. Pueyo)....Pages 55-121 Teaching Structural Geology Techniques for Applied Subsurface Interpretation and Characterization (Kellen L. Gunderson, Katelyn A. Huffman)....Pages 123-157 Structural Geology Field Exercises of Intermediate to More Advanced Complexity from the Classic Black Hills of South Dakota (Jeffrey K. Greenberg)....Pages 159-200 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 Teaching Structural Geology in Indian Context (Soumyajit Mukherjee)....Pages 221-232 Teaching Structural Geology Map Interpretation to Masters’ Students: The Experience of a Teaching Assistant (Narayan Bose)....Pages 233-235 Image Log Interpretation and Geomechanical Issues (Troyee Dasgupta, Swagato Dasgupta, Soumyajit Mukherjee)....Pages 237-251