The International Year of Planet Earth (2007–2009): Earth Sciences for Society

In-Service Teacher Education Program through an Educational Design Research Approach in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda

“…According to Carvalho [45] in "our schools and with the always necessary and honorable exceptions, this discipline [Geology] is limited to a set of disjointed subjects and disconnected from a unifying context, considered uninteresting and even boring". To overcome this problem and contribute to stimulate interest in the Earth Sciences within society at large [46], it is necessary to adopt fundamental measures regarding the Didactics of Geology, namely in teacher education (pre-service and in-service).…”

“…The importance of ISTEP is fully recognized, as these programs allow in-service teachers to consolidate knowledge of disciplinary and didactic content on the selected topic, and to support its proper implementation with students [22]. The ISTEP in Geosciences are fundamental to face many of the current environmental challenges, since most geologists are far from environmental concerns for which their knowledge can be decisive [47], and the public perception of their role to promote sustainability is also quite unknown [46]. To overcome this situation, it is urgent that SD principles and practices are explicitly integrated into Geoscience education.…”

A SKOS-based multilingual thesaurus of geological time scale for interoperability of online geological maps

“…Users of geological maps have been facing that challenge since this type of geodata has evolved. With increasing internationalization and globalization of geological scientific and technological works (e.g., de Mulder et al, 2006;Jackson, 2007), overcoming that challenge has become an important issue in sharing of geodata and/or geoinformation. Most geological maps are produced by governmental organizations; thus, they are encoded in official languages of their producers.…”