Dean A. McManus
Marine Geology and Geophysics,
UW
Dean A. McManus, Ph.D. (
Specialties: Geoscience education, marine geology and geophysics, and continental shelf sediments.
Editor of Marine Geology from 1970 to 1993.
Webmaster for the
Developer of the TA Preparation Program for the School of Oceanography, 1997-2001.
Author of the column "In the Oceanography Classroom," in Oceanography, the official magazine of The Oceanography Society, from November 2000 to December 2002.
Retired in 2002.
I have published more than 50 papers
and given more than 35 oral presentations on continental shelf sediments in the
Chukchi and Bering seas and off
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SELECTED REVIEWS Recommended by the National Science Teachers Association
as an “Outstanding Science Trade Book”: “…a delightful read and heartily
recommended for all educators at all levels.” NSTA Recommends, Journal of College Science Teaching “Combined with the
detailed references, this book provides an excellent starting point for a
faculty learning community, a brown-bag series, or for an individual who
wants to ‘grow’ their teaching.” The National Teaching & Learning
Forum, Book Reviews “…the charm of Leaving
the Lectern lies in its honest depictions of the author’s efforts, and as
a result, it will appeal to readers who prefer books with practical advice
over those that focus on pedagogical theory.” The Journal of General Education “Leaving the Lectern is
written in an autobiographical style that urges us to root for the author as
he explains how his mistakes and successes changed his teaching style and how
he improved student learning ….” Limnology
and Oceanography Bulletin,
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography “This gem of a
book—has caused me-and many others—to examine what we mean by ‘success’ and plot a strategy for change.” Oceanography magazine, The Oceanography Society “…presents a case
for making education come alive through the use of cooperative learning and
student projects, rather than lectures and examinations.” The |
EVENTS:
2007
- Invited Presenter, Workshop on “What Do I Do to Change My Course from Lecture to Collaboration?,” Experiencing Collaborative Learning: Thinking Together, Working Together, Everett Community College and the Washington State Center of Excellence for Careers in Education, Everett, WA, 16 February.
2005
- Invited Panelist, Session on
Faculty Perspectives on the Process of Instructional Change, 30th
Annual Conference, Professional and Organizational Development Network in
Higher Education,
- Invited speaker, Fall
Colloquium,
2002
- Invited speaker, Center for
Instructional Development and Research Spring Quarterly Forum: "So,
How DO We Change the Way We Teach?" 9 April,
- Co-convener, Session on Reforming Education in the Ocean Sciences for All Citizens, 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, 11-12 February.
- Faculty Associate in the
University of
2001
- Co-convener, Session on Linking
Undergraduate Geoscience and Education
Departments: Earth Science Teacher Preparation for the Real World,
Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical
- Faculty Associate in the University
of
2000
- Leader, New TA Orientation,
- Co-chair, Workshop on a Center
for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE), funded by the
National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences with additional
support from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education and The
University of Southern Mississippi,
- Co-convener, Session on Ocean
Science Education: Innovative Career Strategies, 2000 Ocean Science
Meeting, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and American
Geophysical
- Faculty Associate in the
University of
1999
- Co-convener, Education and Policy Poster Session on Good Practice in Career Mentoring for Earth and Planetary Sciences, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 13 December
- Facilitator for discussion
groups on Educational Alternatives at the Heads & Chairs of Earth
and Space Science Departments Second Conference, November 12-14, AGU
Headquarters,
- Invited speaker and
observer in Tennessee Geographic Alliance Educational Technology
Workshop, a five-day workshop at Morristown-Hamblen High School West,
- Faculty Associate in the
University of
1998
- Invited speaker and
participant in Earth Systems Science Workshop, a three-day workshop
sponsored by the American Geological Institute and the National Science
Foundation.
- A workshop leader for Course
Design in the Geosciences, a four-day workshop sponsored by the National
Association of Geoscience Teachers and by the
National Science Foundation through a grant from the Division of
Undergraduate Education, Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program.
(Principal Investigators: Dr. R. Heather Macdonald,
- Co-convener, Union Special
Session on Successful Mentoring Relationships: What Is Required of
- Co-convener, Union Special Session on Preparing Future Geosciences Faculty, Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, 27 May.
- Co-convener, Special
Education Session on Integrating Science in the Curriculum, or
"Not Yours, Not Mine, But Our Course", 1998 Ocean Sciences
Meeting,
- A presenter in the
(NSF-funded) National Association of Geoscience
Teachers Workshop on Innovative and Effective Teaching in the
Geosciences. (Principal Investigators: Dr. R. Heather Macdonald,
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers Distinguished Speaker for 1997-1998.
- Changing a lecture course to cooperative learning: The nuts and bolts.
- Spheres of Influence: Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Earth Systems Sciences Education.
- Member, American Geophysical Union Committee on Education and Human Resources (1996-98).
1997
- Co-convener, Union Special Session on Mentoring Along the Career Track in the Twenty-First Century: From Undergraduate Students to Professional Geoscientist, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 10 December.
- Participant in the 1997 Assessment Conference in Indianapolis, presented by the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 9-11 November.
- A presenter in the
(NSF-funded) National Association of Geoscience
Teachers Workshop on Innovative and Effective Teaching in the
Geosciences. (Principal Investigators: Dr. R. Heather Macdonald,
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers Distinguished Speaker for 1997-1998.
- Changing a lecture course to cooperative learning: The nuts and bolts.
- Spheres of Influence: Shaping the Future of Undergraduate Earth Systems Sciences Education.
- A workshop leader for Course
Design in the Geosciences, a four-day workshop sponsored by the
National Association of Geoscience Teachers and
by the National Science Foundation through a grant from the Division of
Undergraduate Education, Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program.
(Principal Investigators: Dr. R. Heather Macdonald,
- Member, American Geophysical Union Committee on Education and Human Resources (1996-98).
- Invited participant,
National Research Council Topical Forum on Integrating the Science
Curriculum.
1996
- Co-convener, Union Special
Session on New Challenges in Graduate Education, Fall Meeting of
the American Geophysical
- Panel member, American
Geophysical Union/National Research Council Topical Forum on Preparing Geoscience Students for the Workplace. American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
- Member, American Geophysical Union Committee on Education and Human Resources (1996-98).
- Invited participant, Spheres
of Influence: Shaping the Future of Earth Systems Sciences
Education." A workshop to recommend a plan of action for the Earth sciences
community to develop a coherent educational mission using Earth systems
sciences as the focus. American Geophysical
- Convener, Workshop on
End-of-Program Assessment in Geoscience
Departments, 1996 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of
- A presenter in the
(NSF-funded) National Association of Geoscience
Teachers Program of Intensive Short Courses to Disseminate Effective
and Innovative Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Geoscience.
(Principal Investigators: Dr. R. Heather Macdonald,
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers Distinguished Speaker for 1996-1997.
- Workshops on preparing geoscience students for the 21st Century: Implementing classroom recommendations of the 1996 National Science Foundation review of undergraduate science education and the 1995 National Academy of Sciences review of graduate science education.
- Workshops on undergraduate research as community service on the World-Wide Web: Showing the public why a knowledge of science is important.
- Changing a lecture course to cooperative learning: The nuts and bolts.
- A presenter in the session on Student Projects in Cyberspace at the Summer Symposium on Teaching, Learning, & Technology, University of Washington, 17-20 June and 26-29 Aug.
1995
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers Distinguished Speaker for 1995-1996.
- Workshops on changing a lecture course to cooperative learning: Pleasures and problems.
- Workshops on using the World-Wide Web for student projects, and putting student projects on the Web.
- Scientist-member of the
NSF-funded
- Distinguished Undergraduate
Teaching Award,
- Co-convener: Session on
Undergraduate End-of-Program Assessment, 1995 Geological Society of
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
McManus, D. A., 2006, Who are they, what do they want from me, and how do I satisfy both them and me?: A scientist's perspective on non-academic audiences (abstract). American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U41F-07.
McManus, D. A., 2005, Integrating science and pedagogy breaks our unreflective habit of teaching (invited abstract). American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED13F-01
McManus, D. A., 2005, Preparing hesitant faculty
members to try alternative teaching tools (abstract). Geological Society of
McManus, D. A., 2005, Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the
Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups. Anker Publishing Company,
McManus, D.A., 2002, In the Oceanography Classroom: When will you speak out for ocean sciences education? Oceanography, 15(4): 42-43.
McManus, D.A., 2002, In the Oceanography Classroom: How do instructors change the way they teach? Oceanography, 15(3): 34-35.
McManus, D.A., 2002, In the Oceanography Classroom: Who will teach our children about the ocean? Oceanography, 15(2): 98-99.
McManus, D.A., 2002, In the Oceanography Classroom: Are Ph.D. students able to explore career paths that their advisors disparage? Oceanography, 15(1):142-143.
McManus, D.A., 2002, Developing a teaching
assistant preparation program in the
McManus, D.A., 2002, Educational reform in the ocean sciences begins by understanding the resistance to it (abstract). 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement to Eos Trans. AGU, 83(4):OS116.
McManus, D.A., 2001. In the Oceanography Classroom: Why is it so hard to reform ocean sciences education? Oceanography 14(4):130-131.
McManus, D.A., 2001. The two paradigms of education and the peer review of teaching. Journal of Geoscience Education, 49:423-434.
McManus, D.A., 2001. What are faculty advisors to do when their own career path does not satisfy their students? (abstract). American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47):F240.
McManus, D.A., 2001. The changes in earth and space science education
explored as a shift in paradigms of education (invited abstract). Geological
Society of
McManus, D.A., 2001. Transition of a marine geology course
from teaching-centered toward learning-centered (invited abstract).
Geological Society of
McManus, D.A., 2001. In the Oceanography Classroom: What do the statistics on graduate education in oceanography tell us? Oceanography 14(3):92-93.
McManus, D.A., 2001. Career preparation: An often omitted element of the advisor-graduate student relationship (invited abstract). American Geophysical Union 2001 Spring Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(20):S121.
Ireton, F.W. and McManus, D.A., 2001. Linking undergraduate geoscience and education departments (abstract). American Geophysical Union 2001 Spring Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(20):S120.
McManus, D.A., 2001. In the Oceanography Classroom: Why should our students be interested in what we teach them? Oceanography 14(2):50-51.
McManus, D.A. and
McManus, D.A., 2001. Organizing a workshop to address
neglected opportunities (invited abstract). Abstracts with Programs,
Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of
McManus, D.A., 2001. In the Oceanography Classroom: What is the purpose of the Ph.D. degree program? Oceanography 14(1):88-89.
McManus, D.A., 2001. Future oceanographers should know how to teach
(abstract). The Oceanography Society 2001 Meeting,
McManus, D.A., 2000. Answering the call for broader graduate education in the ocean sciences (abstract). American Geophysical Union 2000 Fall Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 81(48):F303.
McManus, D.A. and
McManus, D.A., 2000. Using quasi real-time data from the World-Wide Web. Journal of Geoscience Education, 48:597-598.
McManus, D.A., 2000. In the Oceanography Classroom: Let’s Begin with Some Questions. Oceanography 13(3):118-119.
McManus, D.A., 2000. Book Review: The Restless Sea: Exploring The World Beneath The Waves by Robert Kunzig, W.W. Norton. Oceanography 13(3):120-121.
Veirs, S.R. and McManus, D.A., 2000. A preliminary assessment of factors that motivate introductory oceanography students to learn (abstract). Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America 2000 Meeting, 32(7):A-267.
McManus, D.A. and
McManus, D.A., 2000. The TA preparation program in the
McManus, D.A. and
McManus, D.A. (Ed.), 2000. New TA Orientation Handbook.
McManus, D.A.,
last edited: 26 February 2007.