Teaching experience in the area of environmental geochemistry in a graduate program in geosciences

Abstract

This work consists of a report on the experience of teaching an interdisciplinary discipline in the field of environmental geochemistry. The course was designed by three post-doctoral students from the Post-graduate Program in Geosciences at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, offered as an elective course for masters and doctoral students in the second period of 2016. The contents were covered in three disciplinary modules, which involved field and laboratory activities. The performance of students was analyzed based on theoretical and practical classes, whereas the discipline and documents were obtained through questionnaires to students. In general, the students presented excellent performance, and considered that the approach of the discipline with field and laboratory activities were objects that facilitate learning. They considered that the contents taught in modules were motivating and the field and laboratory activities as objects that facilitate learning. They also highlighted the importance of these practices in the development of an integrating vision of Environmental Geochemistry.