Volume 12 (2004) University Education in Natural Resources
Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference
March 14-17, 2004
School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona
Compiler
- Thomas E. Kolb
Proceedings of the fifth biennial conference on University Education in Natural Resources, March 14-17, 2004, Flagstaff AZ
Thomas E. Kolb
Fire, myth and mankind- An experiment in education
Lauren Fins, Michael Nitz, Bill Loftus, Rob Caisley, and Nancy Lee-Painter
Teaching about trade-offs: Enhancing student engagement in a service course in agriculture and natural resources
Jamey L. Pavey and David Ostermeier
Course assessment in problem-based learning courses using formative, qualitative measures
Larkin A. Powell
Creating an international partnership for forestry education (IPFE)
Rebecca L. Johnson and Edward C. Jensen
Modeling interactive skills: Addressing student learning outcomes and pre-professional development in forestry
Jan Thompson, Joe Colletti, and Steve Jungst
Building intercontinental learning bridges in natural resources education for diverse cultures
Victor D. Phillips
Preparing the next generation of public land managers: A collaborative approach to summer internships
Ben Baldwin, Kathy Voth, Mark Brunson, and Ben Bobowski
Battle at the bridge: Using participatory approaches to develop community researchers in ecological management
Jonathan Long, Delbin Endfield, Candy Lupe, and Mae Burnette
Faculty members as course co-convenors with students: Jointly creating a complex ecology for learning in communities in natural resources and agriculture
Shari L. Dann, Lindsay R. Bodner, and Patricia A. Harper
Trading places: Learning from the student perspective
Lindsay R. Bodner, Megan E. Daniels, Kile R. Kucher, Patricia A. Harper, Shari L. Dann, Deidre F. Kieren, and Carole F. Robinson
Using problem-based learning in natural resources curriculum to promote critical thinking
Mark R. Ryan and Joshua J. Millspaugh
Building and sustaining quality in natural resource academic departments
Terry L. Sharik and J. Douglas Wellman
Trends in undergraduate enrollment in natural resources at NAPFSC Institutions, 1980-2003
Terry L. Sharik, David B. Field, Jo Ellen Force, Dan Keathley, and C.T. Tat Smith
Developing a national framework for external review of undergraduate environmental studies/environmental science programs
Richard C. Smardon
Monitoring natural resource education for professional accreditation
Pierre Zundel and Ted Needham
Academic performance in writing intensive courses: Can we better prepare transfer students?
Janice E. Faaborg, Mark R. Ryan, and Joshua J. Millspaugh
Assessing programmatic and course effectiveness in teaching using a community approach
Michael R. Bridgen, James Savage, and Wayne Allen
Teaching leadership and public speaking through service-learning and independent study
John R. Seiler and Jeffery L. Kirwan
Practicing sustainability: Evaluation and redesign of a capstone course entitled "Integrated Natural Resources Planning"
Chuck Harris, Erin Seekamp, and Lauren Fins
Role of student services in the recruitment and retention of undergraduate students at Northern Arizona University's School of Forestry
Katherine Leao and Laura E. DeWald
Uncommon undergraduate experience: Conducting research and fieldwork in ecological restoration
Robin Long and Pete Fule
Inquiry-guided learning through collaborative research
George R. Hess and C. Ashton Drew
Bringing back the Kaibab deer story: A complete case study for land stewardship
Dan Binkley, Margaret M. Moore, William Romme, and Peter Brown
Teaching professional codes of ethics to forestry and wildlife students: A case study using diameter-limit harvesting in a bottomland hardwood stand
Brian Roy Lockhart and Ralph D. Nyland
Environmental and natural resource science and learner-centered, integrative education at Humboldt State University
Steven A. Carlson
Using the engaged student approach in wildland recreation classes proposed session: Learner-centered education
J. Mark Fly, Amy Mathis, and Denise Keele
Outcomes based education, PBL, and Kolb's Learning Cycle combine to help forest engineering students learn forest operations planning, project management, oral communications, and social interaction
Ted Needham, Ted Robak, Evelyn Richards, Dirk Jaeger, Neville Peasley, and Jason Myers
Active learning in a web-based introductory course
Laura E. Dewald
Developing and teaching asynchronous, online courses in fisheries
Richard J. Strange
Using technology for integrating and grading diverse writing styles in a large writing-intensive introductory environmental science course
Robert Boyd Harrison, A. B. Adams, Brian Strahm, Beth Liddell, Angela Costanzo, Eric Sucre, Julie Forcier, Kyle Petersen, and Nick Johnson
Building professionally-based communities of learning among faculty, students, and practitioners
Henry Campa, William W. Taylor, Scott R. Winterstein, and Alexandra B. Felix
Integrating service-learning into a core forestry course: Forest measurements, modeling, and inventory
Bronson P. Bullock
Teaching and assessing an integrated field practicum for forestry and applied ecology majors
Linda Marie Nagel
Centers of excellence or academic enigmas? A discussion of the pros and cons of establishing applied social science departments in natural resource colleges
Steve Hollenhorst, Wayne Freimund, and Terry Sharik
Role and responsibilities of partnerships in building and reinvigorating natural resource organizations
Thomas G. Coon, William W. Taylor, Chris Goddard, Becky Humphries, Scott R. Winterstein, Pat Stewart, Kelly Millenbah, Laury Parramore, and John Robertson
Adaptive approach to providing translation and transfer of technical, ecological restoration information to land managers
Doc Smith, Charlie Denton, John Bedell, and Chuck Bullington
Oral communication across the curriculum
Neville Peasley, Ted Needham, and David Daugharty
Communication strategies for fire management: A video-based program for creating effective citizen-agency partnerships
Ryan Gordon and Bruce Shindler
Digital video in the classroom: Communication skills for future natural resource professionals
Bruce A. Shindler and Jeffry C. Hino
Integrative model of graduate education in biodiversity conservation and sustainable production in fragmented landscapes
Jo Ellen Force, Lisette Waits, Nilsa Bosque-Perez, Sanford Eigenbrode, Paul McDaniel, J. D. Wulfhorst, Jan Boll, Bryan Finegan, Celia Harvey, and Eduardo Somarriba
Preparing tomorrow's natural resource educators
Edward C. Jensen and Michael S. Ahr
Teaching natural resources students about responsible conduct of research: How are we doing?
Mark W. Brunson and True Rubal
Teaching urban forestry online
Jim Hubbell and Fred Baker
The FERM: Forest and Environmental Resource Management
James M. Schmierer Jr., Glenn D. Mroz, and Scott D. Noble
Preparing the next generation of public land managers: A collaborative approach to summer internships
Ben Baldwin, Ben Bobowski, Mark Brunson, and Kathy Voth