32 Beiträge in Kategorie: Teaching and studying

  • · by Shelby Peyton · in Teaching and studying

    A ‹Cool› Experience: Fieldwork at Oberaar Glacier

    Working together to take measurements, getting to know my classmates, and enjoying the landscape: For me, a master’s student from Texas, this weekend in the field was a unique experience!

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  • · by Sara Landolt, Andreas Linsbauer und Esther Schaffner · in Teaching and studying, What's new

    Geographischer Nachwuchs im Mittelpunkt

    Mit dem Anlass «Next in Geography», bei dem der geographische Nachwuchs im Mittelpunkt steht, hat die diesjährige Vortragsreihe der Geographie Alumni UZH begonnen. Einerseits wurden herausragende Maturaarbeiten im Fach Geographie ausgezeichnet, anderseits hielten Masterstudierende Kurzvorträge.

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  • · by Xavier Balaguer Rasillo, Jasnea Sarma, Finn Mempel · in Teaching and studying, What's new

    Launch of the Geography Creative Lab: Innovative student work at UZH in the spotlight

    The new UZH Geography Creative Lab website is a collaborative ‘lab’ space created to showcase creative and engaged research produced in various formats by students at our department. Our aim is to move beyond traditional forms of knowledge production and assessment, and to create a space where students’ ideas, innovation, and creativity are showcased and celebrated publicly.

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  • · by Christian Huggel · in Teaching and studying

    The next generation of natural hazards experts

    Modelling in the lab is one thing, practical work in the field is another. In a block course, students learn how to properly produce hazard maps and conduct risk analyses – and come into direct contact with people from affected communities in Valais.

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  • · by Xavier Balaguer Rasillo · in Teaching and studying

    Economic processes from a critical standpoint: Video podcasts by students on an economic geography course

    How are the videos from Instagram about cute animals connected with an illegal global trade of exotic animals? What is care-work and why is it important to understand our current economic system? These and more questions are explored by students of GEO364 «Wirtschafts­geographien der Globalisierung» in their informative and entertaining podcasts.

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  • · by Rafael Koch · in Research, Sustainability, Teaching and studying

    «erschreckend schöne Bilder» neu inszeniert

    Was bedeutet das Netto-Null-Ziel für die Berufsbildung heute und in der Zukunft? Welche Kompetenzen müssen Fachkräfte erwerben, um eine Netto-Null-Gesellschaft durch ihre Arbeit mitzugestalten? Mit diesen Fragen beschäftigte sich Ende Februar eine Tagung in Bern, an der verschiedene Akteurinnen und Akteure der Berufs- und Weiterbildung zusammenkamen.

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    · by Autor*innenkollektiv Geography Teacher Training · in Teaching and studying, What's new

    «Geographie ist eigentlich ein mega trauriges Fach»

    Dieser Aussage einer Geographie-Lehrperson der Sekundarstufe I gehen wir vom Team «Geography Teacher Training» in der aktuellen Ausgabe der GeoAgenda nach und fragen: Wie können wir globale Herausforderungen im Fachunterricht thematisieren, ohne primär zukunftspessimistische Gedanken auszulösen?

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  • · by Ifigeneia Dimitrakou · in Teaching and studying, What's new

    Integrating socially meaningful research into university teaching: A new toolkit

    ZÜRI URBAN, the teaching-research initiative of the Social Geography and Urban Studies group, published a comprehensive toolkit to support social science educators in integrating collaborative research into university curricula.

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  • · by Dave Kurath · in Teaching and studying, What's new

    «Man hat absolut keine Kontrolle»

    Ich studiere Geographie im Master und habe kürzlich als Proband an der 83. ESA Parabelflugkampagne in Bordeaux teilgenommen – eine einzigartige Erfahrung! Das Experiment des UZH Space Hub untersuchte die Krümmung der Wirbelsäule während verschiedener Schwerkraftphasen.

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  • · by Markus Egli · in Teaching and studying, What's new

    Study geochronology in one of Switzerland’s most spectacular landscapes

    How can we determine when certain landscape changes took place? What are appropriate dating techniques? How should they be interpreted? And what does this mean for the reconstruction of past climates? These were some of the guiding questions of the 14th edition of the Geochronology Summer School in Morteratsch.

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