Supplemental material for EOS article:
Safety and Liability Issues Related to Field Trips and Field Courses
Authors: Whitmeyer, S.J.1, and Mogk, D.M.2
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James Madison University, whitmesj@jmu.edu
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Montana State University, mogk@montana.edu
Some Resources
Materials from AGI “Legal Issues Related to Field Trips” webinar available at:
http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/headsandchairs/
Field Trip Safety
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Oliveri, S. R., and Bohacs, K., 2005, Field safety in uncontrolled environments: A processbased guidebook, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ExxonMobil Upstream
Geoscience, Houston, 150 p.
Keck Geology Consortium Project Leader Handbook
www.keckgeology.org/files/pdf/projects/PD_Hdbk2008_1.pdf
Keck Geology Consortium Student Participant Handbook
www.keckgeology.org/files/pdf/projects/2009Student_Hdbk.pdf
Tips on Field Safety from the On the Cutting Edge Program
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/field/field_safety.html
Designing an Effective Field Experience:
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Teaching Geoscience Through Field Work, J. Butler, GEES Subject Centre Learning and
Teaching Guide
Designing Effective Fieldwork for the Environmental and Natural Sciences, J. Maskall and
A. Stokes, GEES Subject Centre Learning and Teaching Guide
Designing an Effective Field Learning Experience, D. Mogk and S. Whitmeyer, 2012
workshop sponsored by NAGT http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/field/design.html
Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches, Geological
Society of America Special Paper 461, Whitmeyer, Mogk and Pyle (eds). A collection of 26
essays on a wide array of field teaching approaches.
Geoscience Field Education: A Recent Resurgence (Acrobat (PDF) 400kB Oct26 12)--Steve
Whitmeyer and David Mogk, EOS, v 90 #43, p. 385.
Teaching Geoscience Through Field Work by John Butler, GEES Subject Centre Learning
and Teaching Guide
Designing Effective Fieldwork for the Environmental and Natural Sciences by John Maskall
and Alison Stokes, University of Plymouth, GEES Subject Centre Learning and Teaching
Guide
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Boyle, A. P., Maguire, S., Martin, A., Milsom, C., Nash, R., Rawlinson, S., Turner, A.,
Wurthmann, S. & Conchie, S., 2007. Fieldwork is good: the student perception and the
affective domain. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 31, 299-317.
Mogk, D. 2011, Get Ready, Get Set, Go... On A Field Trip, GSA Field Guides 2011, v. 24, p.
477-48, doi: 10.1130/2011.0024(23); Access the PDF Version (Acrobat (PDF) 139kB Oct15
12)
Mogk, D. W., and Goodwin, C., 2012, Learning in the Field: Synthesis of Research on
Thinking & Learning in the Geosciences, in K. Kastens and C. Manduca (eds.), Earth &
Mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking & Learning in the Geosciences, Geol. Soc.
Amer. Sp. Paper 486. Access the PDF version (Acrobat (PDF) 1.1MB Oct15 12). This
chapter also contains numerous commentaries from invited authors (e.g. Community
mapping in geology education and research: How digital field methods empower student
creation of accurate geologic maps (Acrobat (PDF) 4.5MB Oct26 12) by Steve Whitmeyer.
References for Teaching in the Field: a collection of 125+ references related to teaching in
the field, including articles from JGE and from cognate disciplines (ecology, geography) and
from the cognitive and learning sciences.
The evaluation of field course experiences: A framework for development, improvement, and
reporting (Acrobat (PDF) 393kB Nov2 12)--Eric Pyle, in Whitmeyer, Mogk and Pyle, 2010,
Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches, GSA Special
Paper 461]
Figure 1. Graph of 15 years of field camp attendance data covering the period from 1998 to
2012. The data show a continuing increase in the number of students attending summer field
camps, even though the number of camps represented by the survey has stabilized during the
most recent 5 years. Note the change in scales between the upper and lower graphs. Survey data
compiled by Dr. Penny Morton, UMN-Duluth.