Geological field experiences in Mexico: An effective and efficient model for enabling middle and high school science teachers to connect with their burgeoning hispanic populations

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 461, Issue , 2009, Pages 275-289

  Kitts, K ^a   Perry, Eugene ^a   Leal Bautista, Rosa Maria ^b   Velazquez Oliman, Guadalupe ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; REVIEWS; SURVEYS;

FIELD EXPERIENCE; GEOLOGICAL FIELDS; GEOSCIENCES; HIGHER SCHOOL; HISPANICS; ME-XICO; MIDDLE SCHOOL; NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY; SCIENCE TEACHERS; TEACHERS';

STUDENTS;

EARTH SCIENCE; FIELDWORK; LATINO PEOPLE; MODELING; MULTICULTURALISM; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TEACHER TRAINING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77951465007     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2461(22)     Document Type: Article

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