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Education in Oceanography: History, Purpose, and Prognosis
Education in Oceanography: History, Purpose, and Prognosis
Pages 195-200
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But for many in the United States, the university was a foreign concept, and universities existed only in the old eastern seaboard cities. That changed in 1860 with the passage of the Morrill Land Grant Act that permitted states, territories, and local groups to apply for federal land grants, the proceeds of which could be used to support education.
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The report recommended establishing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Lillie Report did enhance research facilities that were used by both a small group of resident scientists and a group of visiting scientists and their students, working as was the style of the time in an apprenticeship mode.
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Is this a consequence of the structure of our field, in which the overwhelming majority of students are supported on research assistantships versus being supported on teaching assistantships or fellowships? Today, a more eclectic vision is emerging among faculty that recognizes and even encourages students to consider careers besides becoming a federally supported researcher.
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· We introduce students to the ways of science that imply familiarity with the tools and methodologies of inquiry and with the conceptual as well as practical problems of ocean sciences. · We help students learn critical thinking skills including the methods of reasoning logically, deductively, inductively, of accuracy and precision and the limitations of data and of models.
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The emerging integration of the global geosciences offers a stellar opportunity for oceanographers to become more actively involved in undergraduate education. It offers the chance to encourage smart students to enter graduate school, learn geosciences and then teach, and learn about the integration of the sciences and the role of collaborative studies in important societal problems.
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1996. Undergraduate college faculty workshop.
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