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标题：The ERASMUS Programme Applied to Improving the Training of Geological Engineers in Germany: An Intensive Course on Natural Hazards
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作者：Paz Fernandez ; Paz Fernandez ; Alicia Fernández-Oliveras 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2014
卷号：152
页码：790-795
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.09.322
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractIn this paper, we present a pioneering initiative in the European teaching cooperation for the university training of geological engineers. This activity was carried out within the framework of the ERASMUS programme for lecturers; the first author, who is a lecturer at the University of Granada (Spain), travelled to the TFH George Agricola University in Bochum (Germany), with the aim of teaching Engineering Geology undergraduates for a week. The theme of the course was Geological Hazards and Risk Management, which is a “hot topic” due to the great number of disasters that have been happening around the world and the importance of their consequences (human and material losses). This course was considered very appropriate, as it is broadly related to the Engineering Geology Degree and there were no contents concerning Natural Hazards in these studies. We describe the parts of the intensive course and present the evaluation-test results. This test was focused on the students’ opinion and acquired knowledge, in terms of connecting the course contents with other topics and real life. Moreover, the innovative didactical method used was much appreciated, including the techniques that stimulate responsibility, group cooperation, educational self-management and the students’ awareness and control over their own knowledge. The planning and development of the course led to productive and interesting debates among several lecturers from different European universities who attended the classes. As a result, an international network of university lecturers was also constituted and currently continues working.
关键词：educational innovation;portfolio learning;ERASMUS programme;geological hazards;international network.