GEOF310 - emnerapport 2005 høst

Faglærers vurdering av gjennomføring

Praktisk gjennomføring

The course was seperated in two subsections on atmospheric turbulence (10 weeks, J. Reuder) and oceanic turbulence (4 weeks, I. Fer). Both parts covered 3 hours of lectures per week, the atmospheric part additionally had one hour of exercises per week. During the exercises the students had to present the solutions of homework at the blackboard. The presentations have not been evaluated for grading, but they have been mandatory for approval to the exam. That seemed to be appropriate to provide deeper and practical insight into the complex field of turbulence in geophysics. One homework on data processing and evaluation was designed as group work. Teaching language was English.

Strykprosent og frafall

Karakterfordeling

A 3; B 2; C 5; D 3; E 1;
average: C

Studieinformasjon og dokumentasjon

The powerpoint presentations of all lectures heve been published before each lecture on Studentportalen.

Tilgang til relevant litteratur

Relevant literature was predominantely owned by the lecturers. Online access to relevant Journals via UiB.

Faglærers vurdering av rammevilkårene

Lokaler og undervisningsutstyr

Both used lecture rooms at GFI (auditorium east wing and lecture room 200) are sufficiently equipped (video projector, blackboard, overhead projector).

Andre forhold

Faglærers kommentar til student-evalueringen(e)

Metode - gjennomføring

A teaching evaluation form was distributed at the last lecture. In total, 9 students returned the form. Students commented on the atmospheric and oceanic part separately, where possible.

Oppsummering av innspill

The comments covered a broad spectrum from very pleased students to partly pleased, and each varying depending on the lecturer. Reuder was commented to be good and taking time at explaining, whereas Fer was commented to be rather quick and less-loud in going through the lectures. Both lecturer, however, received critisisms on using computer presentations intead of the blackboard. The outstanding book ,by Stull, chosen for the atmospheric part was, not surprisingly, praised by the students. Fer distributed a condensed "lecture notes" which was found to be rather difficult to follow.

Ev. underveistiltak

Both lecturers will put weight in making use of blackboard and watching the tempo in the next semester. Due to the short duration of the oceanic part, Fer prefers still not to follow a lengthy, advanced book, but will revise the lecture notes to cover the chosen pensum. A more pedagogic, rather than scientific, style will be adopted.

Faglærers samlede vurdering,
inkl. forslag til forbedringstiltak