Training geologists for a career in the mining industry has changed over the years. It has become at the same time more specialized and with a broader approach. The modern resource geologist needs to understand new styles of ore deposits, the impact of energy transition on the types of deposits and to implement mining processes, the increasing number of mining regulations, and the shift toward educating populations in countries that are new to mining. Based on observation and imagination, rooted in fundamental science, the education of a resource geologist has been transformed by the digital revolution and the integration of the principles of sustainable development. Training future resource geologists means changing the role of teachers to better develop the imaginations of their students and to increasing what students know about the social impact of mining.
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October 01, 2017
Educating the Resource Geologist of the Future: Between Observation and Imagination
Michel Jébrak;
Michel Jébrak
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Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, CP 8888 centre-ville, Montréal (QC) H3C3P8 Canada E-mail: jebrak.michel@uqam.ca
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Jean-Marc Montel
Jean-Marc Montel
2
École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie, Laboratoire Géoressources, CNRS-Université de Lorraine-CREGU, Rue du Doyen Roubault 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy France E-mail: jean-marc.montel@ensg.univ-lorraine.fr
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Michel Jébrak
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Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, CP 8888 centre-ville, Montréal (QC) H3C3P8 Canada E-mail: jebrak.michel@uqam.ca
Jean-Marc Montel
2
École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie, Laboratoire Géoressources, CNRS-Université de Lorraine-CREGU, Rue du Doyen Roubault 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy France E-mail: jean-marc.montel@ensg.univ-lorraine.fr
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
First Online:
29 Nov 2017
Online ISSN: 1811-5217
Print ISSN: 1811-5209
Copyright © 2017 by the Mineralogical Society of America
Mineralogical Society of America
Elements (2017) 13 (5): 331–336.
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First Online:
29 Nov 2017
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Michel Jébrak, Jean-Marc Montel; Educating the Resource Geologist of the Future: Between Observation and Imagination. Elements 2017;; 13 (5): 331–336. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.13.5.331
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