The Oceanography Classroom
The Oceanography Classroom is a recurring column in Oceanography magazine that provides guidance and insights into teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in the ocean sciences. The columns can be opinion pieces or convey general ideas in education applied to oceanography. Links to the full collection are listed below.
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2024
Interviews!
By S. Boxall
Adapting a Teaching Method to Fit Purpose and Context
By M.S. Glessmer, C. Bovill, and K. Daae
Cooperative Learning in Oceanography
By A. Møgelvang
2023
Activity Bingo: Nudging Students to Make the Most Out of Fieldwork
By M.S. Glessmer, L. Latuta, F. Saltalamacchia, and K. Daae
The Soft Approach to Software
By S. Boxall
2022
Collaborative Sketching to Support Sensemaking: If You Can Sketch It, You Can Explain It
By K. Daae and M.S. Glessmer
Teaching Oceanography by Engaging Students in Civic Activism
By B.C. Monger
Co-Creating Learning in Oceanography
By M.S. Glessmer and K. Daae
2021
2020
How to Teach Motivating and Hands-On Laboratory and Field Courses in a Virtual Setting
By M.S. Glessmer
A Viral Shift in Higher Education?
By S. Boxall
Project EDDIE: Using Real Data in Science Classrooms
By D. Soule
The Bureaucratic Oaf
By S. Boxall
2019
How to Help Your Students Ask More and Better Questions
By M. Zrada, K.A. Kastens, and M. Turrin
How (Not) to Run an Oceanography Field Course
By S. Boxall
Dr. No (or Yes?)
By S. Boxall
2018
2017
STEMSEAS: A Vehicle for the US Academic Fleet to Serve Undergraduates from Diverse Backgrounds
By S.K. Cooper and J.C. Lewis
Inspiration: The Source and the Drive
By S. Boxall
Learning Science in a Post-Truth World
By S. Boxall
2016
2015
How Broad is Your Course?
By S. Boxall
2014
How to Run Amok—Or Is It a MOOC?
By S. Boxall
A Student Bestiary
By T. Garrison
A Public Perception of Our Ocean
By S. Boxall
Why Teach What When?
By T. Garrison
2013
2012
Don’t Be Too Critical in Thinking About Our Students’ Abilities
By S. Boxall
Starting Thoughts…
By T. Garrison
Why Do Today What Will Be Even Better Tomorrow?
By S. Boxall
Doing More With Less
By T. Garrison
2011
How Often Do You Plagiarize in Class?
By S. Boxall
In Praise of Teaching Assistants
By T. Garrison
E-Learning: Is It All It’s Hyped Up To Be?
By S. Boxall
Examining Our Examinations
By T. Garrison
2010
A Sum of All Knowledge, or A Knowlege of All Sums?
By S. Boxall
Teaching and Learning in the Age of Distractions
By T. Garrison
A Public Education
By S. Boxall
Your Course Outline—A Critical Document
By T. Garrison
2009
Health and Safety in the Learning Environment
By S. Boxall
In Praise of Travel
By T. Garrison
Working Away From Home—The Longer-Term Option
By S. Boxall
Teaching Strategies that Hook Classroom Learners
By R.J. Feller and C.R. Lotter
2008
Working Away From Home—The First Installment
By S. Boxall
Thinking About the Endgame
By T. Garrison
Assess ‘Til We Drop?
By S. Boxall
An Awakening (Part II): How You Can Help Science Education
By R.J. Feller, C.R. Lotter, and J.E. Singer
An Awakening (Part I)
By R.J. Feller
2007
Oceanographers are Talented—Eventually
By S. Boxall
110 Misconceptions About the Ocean
By R.J. Feller
The Times, They Are a Changin’
By T. Garrison
Teaching Environmental Sciences in an Evolving World
By M. Tomczak
Ocean Literacy—An In-Depth Top Ten
By T. Garrison
2006
Embrace the Web!
By M. Tomczak
Back to Basics, With a Twist
By T. Garrison
How Good Are Your Data?
By M. Tomczak
Boiling for Science
By T. Garrison
2005
The Importance of Being Quantitative
By M. Tomczak
Method First, Results Later
By T. Garrison
Catering to the Multitudes
By M. Tomczak
Connecting with Today’s Freshmen
By T. Garrison
2004
Why We Have to Teach Scientific Ethics in the Oceanography Classroom
By M. Tomczak
A Watery Road to Critical Thought: Oceanography’s Place in Science Education
By T. Garrison
Education for the Transition from Student to Scientist
By M. Tomczak
Planning for General Oceanography: Course Thoughts
By T. Garrison
2003
Undergraduate Oceanography Education in a Global World
By M. Tomczak
Undergraduate Oceanography Education in a Global World
By M. Tomczak
In the Oceanography Classroom
By T. Garrison
2002
When Will You Speak Out for Ocean Sciences Education?
By D.A. McManus
How Do Instructors Change the Way They Teach?
By D.A. McManus
Who Will Teach Our Children About the Ocean?
By D.A. McManus
Are Ph.D. Students Able to Explore Career Paths That Their Advisors Disparage?
By D.A. McManus
2001
Why Is It So Hard To Reform Ocean Sciences Education?
By D. McManus
What Do Statistics on Graduate Education in Oceanography Tell Us?
By D.A. McManus
Why Should Our Students be Interested in What We Teach Them?
By D.A. McManus
What is the Purpose of the Ph.D. Degree Program?
By D.A. McManus
2000
Let’s Begin With Some Questions
By D.A. McManus
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