Teaching How to Teach

Teaching How to Teach

A blind PhD student teaches others how to make their classrooms more inclusive. Story by Erik Potter Due to a degenerative retinal condition, Gina Ceylan’s vision had been slipping slowly — sometimes quickly — since childhood. Then, one morning in the middle of her master’s program in geology at...

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Recent IAGD events at the 2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

Recent IAGD events at the 2012 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

The IAGD network continued to build at GSA 2012 in Charlotte NC. Before the conference, a short course titled Instructional Approaches to Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Geosciences was presented by IAGD members Chris Atchison, Brett Gilley and Gina Ceylan. In the course participants...

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Short course on creating access to the geosciences for students with disabilities to be held at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC.

Course #508. Instructional Approaches to Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the Geosciences. Sat., 3 Nov., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Room 501. UNC Charlotte Center City, 320 East 9th Street.  Map & Directions Cost:  US$35; includes lunch. Participants will be reimbursed for the expense of the short...

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Faculty development opportunity to be held at the 34th IGC in Brisbane, Australia, August 5, 2012

Upcoming professional development opportunity focused on access and inclusion in Geoscience courses.  This course is being offered at NO COST to participants. To be presented at the 34th International Geoscience Congress in Brisbane, Australia, and again at the 2012 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Charlotte, NC, USA.  More details...

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Geoscience faculty development workshop to be presented at the 34th IGC in Brisbane, Australia

Coming to the 34th International Geological Congress August 5-10, Brisbane, Australia WORKSHOP 30 DATE   Sunday 5th August 2012 TITLE  Instructional Approaches to Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion for Students with Disabilities in the Geosciences LOCATION   CONGRESS VENUE ORGANIZERS     International Advisory for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) and the International Union...

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Gina Ceylan wins Chancellor’s Award for Excellence

Gina Ceylan wins Chancellor's Award for Excellence

Columbia, MO – Gina Ceylan, a doctoral student in science education, has won a 2011 Graduate Student Leadership Award. Part of the Chancellor’s Excellence Awards program, the Graduate Student Leadership Award honors graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to the campus or the community through their involvement in...

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