How successful has Earth Science education been in teaching deep time and terminology of the Earth's structure?
Issue 346 | Page 103 | Published Sep 2012
Description
A very limited questioning of undergraduate Environmental Science students at the start of their studies suggests the age of the Earth is being successfully taught in high schools. The same cannot be said for the teaching of the structure of the Earth.
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