Field camp: Using traditional methods to train the next generation of petroleum geologists
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Published:December 01, 2009
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James O. Puckette, Neil H. Suneson, 2009. "Field camp: Using traditional methods to train the next generation of petroleum geologists", Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches, Steven J. Whitmeyer, David W. Mogk, Eric J. Pyle
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The summer field camp experience provides many students with their best opportunity to learn the scientific process by making observations and collecting, recording, evaluating, and interpreting geologic data. Field school projects enhance student professional development by requiring cooperation and interpersonal interaction, report writing to communicate interpretations, and the development of project management skills to achieve a common goal. The field school setting provides students with the opportunity to observe geologic features and their spatial distribution, size, and shape that will impact the student’s future careers as geoscientists. The Les Huston Geology Field Camp (a.k.a. Oklahoma Geology Camp) near Cañon City,...
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Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches
