TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY & TECTONICS
CONTENTS TEACHING METHODOLOGIES IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS: AN INTRODUCTION SELF- AND PEER-EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WORK: AN INNOVATIVE COURSE ASSESSMENT METHOD TO INCREASE STUDENT MOTIVATION MODERN METHODS IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF TWENTY-?RST CENTURY: DIGITAL MAPPING AND DIGITAL DEVICES FOR THE FIELD GEOLOGY PALEOMAGNETISM IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY TECHNIQUES FOR APPLIED SUBSURFACE INTERPRETATION AND CHARACTERIZATION STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY FIELD EXERCISES OF INTERMEDIATE TO MORE ADVANCED COMPLEXITY FROM THE CLASSIC BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY COURSE: A PILOT PROJECT AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY IN INDIAN CONTEXT TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY MAP INTERPRETATION TO MASTERS’ STUDENTS: THE EXPERIENCE OF A TEACHING ASSISTANT IMAGE LOG INTERPRETATION AND GEOMECHANICAL ISSUES TEACHING METHODOLOGIES IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS: AN INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT THIS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER OF THE BOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF ITS NINE KEY CHAPTERS STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS HAS PROGRESSIVELY BECOME MORE QUANTITA- TIVE TO KEEP THE PACE, INSTRUCTORS OF THESE SUBJECTS NEED TO UPGRADE THEIR TEACHING CONTENTS THIS BOOK PRESENTS ISSUES RELATED TO (I) EVALUATION SYSTEM OF STUDENTS USING THE PEERS, (II) USE OF NEW INSTRUMENTS IN MEASURING STRUCTURAL DATA FROM ROCKS, (III) PALEOMAGNETICSTUDIESINTECTONICS,(IV)SUB-SURFACESTRUCTURALINTERPRETATIONSREQUIRED IN INDUSTRIES, (V) ?ELD STUDIES IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, (VI) INTERDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, (VII) TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS IN INDIAN CONTEXT, (VIII) CONDUCTING PRACTICAL CLASSES IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY WITH MAP INTERPRETATIONS AND (IX) AND SIMPLE GEOMECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS KEYWORDS PEDAGOGY GEOSCIENCES CLASSROOM TEACHING GEOSCIENTI?C ?ELDWORKS PRACTICAL EXERCISES IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (AND TECTONICS) HAS UNDERGONE A REVOLUTION IN THE LAST FEW DECADES IN THEIR CONTENTS AND MODE OF TEACHING, FROM HILLS (1940) UP TO FOSSEN (2016) FROM DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE, IT HAS BECOME SIGNI?CANTLY QUANTITATIVE (E G , ALLMENDINGER ET AL 2012) LEADING TO NEW CHALLENGES IN THE WAY IT IS TO BE TAUGHT IN THE PRESENT DAYS NEW METHODS OF TEACHING STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN SEVERAL CONFERENCES IN RECENT YEARS, SUCH AS GSA 2004 (INTERNET REFERENCE-1) IN COLORADO, EGU (INTERNET REFERENCE-2) IN VIENNA, AND THE ROCK DEFORMATION STRUCTURES-2018 IN DELHI INNOVATIVE WAYS OF TEACHING IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS EDITED BOOK THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS EDITED VOLUME IS TO REACH THE (NEW) INSTRUCTORS OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS WORLDWIDE WITH NOVEL IDEAS THE AIM IS TO EXECUTE IMPROVED MODES OF TEACHING IN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY INVOLVING CLASSICAL AND MODERN TECHNIQUES, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF NINE KEY CHAPTERS OUT OF WHICH CHAPS 5 AND 10 ARE (CO)AUTHORED BY INDUSTRY PERSONS THE REMAINDERS ARE WRITTEN BY THE ACADEMICIANS