The Educational Role of Geology Olympiads in Spain: Promotion of Geological Heritage and Geoconservation in Youngsters

Fesharaki, Omid; Calonge, Amelia; Carrillo, María Dolores López

doi:10.1007/s12371-020-00521-z

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“…Throughout these ten years, improvements have been made until reaching the current format (Fesharaki et al, 2020). The IESO is held every year and, since 2011, a Spanish team has participated and has progressively improved its results (Fig.…”

Section: Development Of the Spanish Geology Olympiadmentioning

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Spanish Geology Olympiad winners: What they think about their geology learning and the Olympics experience? A prospective study

2022

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Among the initiatives that seek to promote earth sciences among young people are the Geology Olympics. This article analyses the perceptions of previous training among eleven of the winners of the first ten Geology Olympics held in Spain. This study also investigates the factors that have influenced young people to choose their university careers and their perceptions of the learning that participation in the Olympics has meant for them. The results indicate that the theoretical training they have received in the first cycle of secondary education has been limited and that practical content and geological field trips are practically nonexistent. Thus, only the good work of teachers has motivated them to take optional subjects such as geology and participate in activities such as the Olympics, which are a decisive factor in choosing university degree in Geology. Every participant changed their perspective of geology and its professionals after their participation in the Olympics. One of the aspects to consider is that more integrated and practical knowledge should be imparted in teacher training master's degree programs, as well as in providing more didactic instruments to future teachers so that they can implement better geological training for our young people.

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Spanish Geology Olympiad winners: What they think about their geology learning and the Olympics experience? A prospective study

2022

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“…The state of the art of research provides many communication strategies for the dissemination of geosciences [1]: geological scientific articles, virtual field trips [2], on field initiatives [3], , Geology Olympiads [4], geological hiking [5,6], meetings with scholarships [7], geotourism mobile apps [8][9][10], cartographies [11], augmented reality [12,13], 3D models [13][14][15][16], popular social channels [17,18], the institution of geosites and geoparks [19][20][21]. The realization of a documentary film is certainly an unusual strategy and an opportunity reserved for only a few people who have had the privilege to collaborate on this type of project.…”

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Geological Wonders of Italy: The Coveted Privilege of Disseminating Geology and Geomorphology through Science Documentaries

Farabollini,

Bendia,

Bignami

2024

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This paper proposes an unusual method for the dissemination of geological sciences and the promotion of geotourism: the scientific documentary, where a representative itinerary of geological and geomorphological evolution of this portion of the Apennines was presented. The considerations that led to the identification of the geological route proposed to the editorial staff of FOCUS TV are presented in detail. At each stop there was an explanation by academic professors and researchers, mainly from the Geology Division of the University of Camerino (MC), who explained in detail the outcrops. During the episode, insights were also given into the anthropogenic frequentation of the epigean caves in Frasassi (AN), ancient places of frequentation and worship thanks to their suggestiveness and the sense of sublime that they can elicit. In addition to the illustration of the individual stops, the article offers further insights into the geomorphology of the most important geosites depicted, all of which are in nature parks or protected areas and characterized by a high landscape value. The result was the production of an episode of the television program 'Geological Wonders of Italy: The Marche and Umbria Regions', which was broadcast in October 2022 by the Italian national Mediaset group.

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“…On the other hand, the geological heritage is an essential part of the natural heritage, and it is defined as a non-renewal natural resource, that is part of the common good and its part of the natural and cultural heritage of the humanity [6]. It is also used as an economic geo-resource, which requires identification and valuation for correct management, with a vision of sustainability [7].…”

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Geodiversity and Mining Towards the Development of Geotourism: A Global Perspective

Carrión-Mero¹,

Montalván-Burbano²,

Herrera-Narváez³

et al. 2021

IJDNE

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Geodiversity and geological heritage are considered to be parallel and closely related concepts of biodiversity and biological heritage. Biodiversity is based and exists on the geodiversity of a territory. In the same way, mining activity and mining heritage are distinguished as contributing to social and economic development. The mining heritage is linked to the geological heritage and has become increasingly important for its social value and relationship with tourist activities. This study aims to analyze these fields' intellectual structure through bibliometrics as a current and innovative methodology that allows a full understanding of their structure and the relationships between these fields of cultural heritage, geodiversity, mining and geotourism. The following methodology considered: i) Search for classified information with scientific rigour in an indexed database, using search descriptors that cover the objective set, ii) analysis of scientific articles through graphical and statistical output schemes, and iii) discussion of the contributions, methodologies used, and trends on the subject. 709 documents of 29 years (1990-2019) from the Scopus database were analyzed. The results show the main themes, countries and influential institutions in cultural heritage, geodiversity, mining and tourism, which address six major research topics ranging from sustainable mining to geodiversity. Extensive information and understanding are provided that other research has partially addressed, allowing current and potential research areas to be identified.

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The Educational Role of Geology Olympiads in Spain: Promotion of Geological Heritage and Geoconservation in Youngsters

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Spanish Geology Olympiad winners: What they think about their geology learning and the Olympics experience? A prospective study

Spanish Geology Olympiad winners: What they think about their geology learning and the Olympics experience? A prospective study

Geological Wonders of Italy: The Coveted Privilege of Disseminating Geology and Geomorphology through Science Documentaries

Geodiversity and Mining Towards the Development of Geotourism: A Global Perspective

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