Sentences with phrase «through fieldwork»

The insights gained on these expeditions were only possible through fieldwork, Putnam said.
He likes nothing better than undertaking first - hand, quantitative analysis of fossil specimens, through fieldwork or from museum collections, and then integrating his palaeoecological data with chemical and other environmental proxy data.
Combining documentary footage, gathered through fieldwork, with staged scenes, the work depicts layered histories and communities.
The level of in - depth learning was exemplified recently through the fieldwork site trip to extend the learning on nature's engineers by examining beaver activity, learning from experts and surveying local citizens.
These questions might be answered through teacher - designed activities and scaffolding, through research, or even through fieldwork.
Through an inquiry - based learning approach, students investigate real or hypothetical challenges through fieldwork.
Through fieldwork, volcanic ash chemistry and geochronology, WoldeGabriel helped nail down the age of the fossils to approximately 8 million years old.
«We were able to fill in this gap through fieldwork and advanced analytical techniques.
The researchers searched for thatched - roof houses and gardens along the Brazil - Peru border where FUNAI had confirmed the existence of three isolated groups, including the Xinane, through fieldwork and overflights.
This is one of the first and most extensive studies that instead focused on the characteristics of the plant defensive traits through fieldwork and laboratory analyses of the anti-herbivore chemicals.
The LiDAR data points to new areas where those answers may be found through fieldwork and excavation.
This project aims to inform such a strategy, and through fieldwork and interviews across Colombia's most troubled regions, the research has provided a better understanding of how local people are affected by the conflict, and their visions of a sustainable peace.
Through our fieldwork, community outreach and a role in the protection of critical habitat, iguana populations are beginning to recover.
Through fieldwork opportunities, you will bring your classroom knowledge to dynamic and fast - paced environments throughout the area - from local high schools, to professional sports franchises, to our own NCAA Division I sports teams.
Her experience of ground situations (through fieldworks inquiring diverse human rights issues in different regions), are coupled with an active background in public speaking and debating and journalistic writing for public causes.

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When I first began fieldwork the only way to communicate with home was through snail mail or the occasional, expensive long - distance phone call.
You can be part of Chuck's team in the Bahamas in two ways: Sign up for Shedd's next iguana research expedition or support his 20 - years - and - counting conservation fieldwork for these endangered species through a generous donation to our annual fund.
Today, it delivers this objective by developing, supporting and promoting geography through research, expeditions and fieldwork, education, and public engagement, while also providing geographical input to policy.
Add hours of daily bushwhacking through dry, dense, scratchy vegetation, and the romance of fieldwork quickly fades.
I learned that through scientific investigation and discovery, new knowledge could be added with more fieldwork, ever reminding me that the «authoritative view» always needed to be scrutinized through skeptical inquiry.
Based on fieldwork in 13 countries over 6 years, the duo examined the venation of 504 flowering plants and 225 other plants, including 166 extinct species, and looked for trends in venation patterns through time.
The fieldwork revealed that adult animals were more likely to get infected, which makes sense because they are in closer contact with each other — through fighting for mating and breeding, for example — than are juveniles.
This session examined the biogeochemical processes that are likely to affect the evolution of the Earth system over the coming decades, with a focus on the dynamics of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and the development of improved understanding through (a) fieldwork and laboratory experiments, (b) development of new observational datasets, both modern and palaeo, and (c) simulations using numerical models.
My work combines fieldwork, often through expeditions to remote and challenging environments, with laboratory - based behaviour experiments, data - mining and computer modelling.
Here are five tips — based on what we've learned through trial and error — for directing PBL fieldwork to ensure that it's meaningful, measurable, and extended.
«As a PhD student, I now work with two talented educationalists who have supported me through my first year of study, improving my theoretical knowledge and preparing me for the fieldwork stage of my research.
We intend to build our own Outdoor Centre, run Bushcraft Clubs in all of our schools, equip our Sixth Formers with the skills to run their own private fieldwork expeditions when they are at university, expand the teaching of subjects that happens in specialist outdoor areas on ‑ site, and continue our university ‑ level research to understand how we can best improve learning through the outdoors and on major expeditions.
Nebraskans must also complete human relations and special education training, which can be done through approved fieldwork or coursework.
This is done through job shadowing, observational fieldwork, and, ultimately, student teaching internships in a local classroom several hours per week.
She spent two years doing fieldwork in a school that was going through demographic changes, where the student body was becoming increasingly white and middle class.
Student - to - student and peer interaction is emphasized through our regularly scheduled field trips, excursions and fieldwork and other learning opportunities.
She conducted extensive qualitative research on the lives and struggles of migrant farmworkers in the United States through immersive fieldwork and hundreds of interviews.
Our accredited program prepares teacher candidates through required coursework and fieldwork to teach in special education classrooms and inclusive settings.
In both English and Spanish, La Expedición walks through key experiential moments in a learning expedition, from the kick - off experience, efforts to build background knowledge, case studies, fieldwork, collaborative work with experts and a final student showcase.
Academic content is charged with rigor through the curricular structures of learning expeditions, case studies, projects, fieldwork, consultation with community experts, service learning, and exhibitions of student work.
Through outdoor exploration, data collection and hands - on fieldwork, students begin to develop an understanding of some of the pressing issues facing our urban woodlands.
Lonac combines photorealistic rendering with illustrative and two - dimensional stylistic elements, as a self - taught artist he has refined through extensive fieldwork over the years.
Through this case study, a continuous journey has led them from the crater - field to an ongoing program of widereaching fieldwork in various institutions in Argentina, Germany, England, the United States, and Spain, in which the artists» approach to these iron masses includes bibliographical inquiry, archival research, and interaction with people who have been involved in the history of the region.
Over the last two decades Gasworks has worked with over 250 artists from 70 countries around the world.The archive and networks of the international artist residency programme at Gasworks will form the basis of a fieldwork study, from which a curatorial research project will be established and result in a number of public interactions and engagements, through panel discussions, events, exhibitions, publications and online forums.
Through the determined fieldwork and archival resources of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery is honoured to present a full - scale reconstruction of Albers's design for the Rosa Mystica.
At a time of incredible social ferment, the authors capture quicksilver change through the meticulous assembly of interviews with UP regulars on their fieldwork, correlated with news, policy change and the utterances of leaders.
Our curriculum blends rigorous and collaborative classroom learning with action through community mental health fieldwork opportunities as diverse as the city we call home.
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