Selected publications and presentations
Teamwork
Nyarko, S. C. & Petcovic, H. L., (2023). Essential Teamwork Skills: Perspectives of Environmental Geoscience Employers. Journal of Geoscience Education, 71(1), 20-32.
Nyarko, S. C., & Petcovic, H. L. (2023). Do students develop teamwork skills during geoscience fieldwork? A case study of a hydrogeology field course. Journal of Geoscience Education, 71(2), 145-157.
Nyarko, S.C., & Kenderes, S. (2024). Developing the SZ4D Geoscience Community of Practice: Evidence From Interdisciplinary Field Science Teams [ED33F-2310]. Presented at 2024 Fall Meeting, AGU, 9-13 Dec.
Nyarko, S.C., Yager, S., Druschel, G., & Tanamachi, R.L. (2024). Enhancing Fieldwork Through Explicit Teamwork Instruction: A Study on Collaborative Process Skills in Geoscience Education [ED34A-04]. Presented at 2024 Fall Meeting, AGU, 9-13 Dec.
Nyarko, S. C. & Petcovic, H. L. (2022). An IPO Teamwork Theory for Geoscience Education Research. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 54 (5). doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-379320
Nature of Geoscience and Geoethics
Nyarko, S.C., Gilhooly III, W.P., Tan, H.L., & Kenderes S.M. “I Think They Only Study Seawater”: Oceanography Classroom Career Panel as a Tool to Promote Geoscience Career Awareness. Journal of Geoscience Education. DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2024.2416367
Nyarko, S.C. (2024). The Nature of Geoscience: An Emerging Framework for Promoting Geoscientific Inquiry and Geo-Cultural Knowledge. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56 (5). doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-402311
Nyarko, S. C., & Rudge, D. W. (2022). Using the history of plate tectonics to teach the nature of science. International Journal of Science Education, 44(12), 1958-1977.
Hess, J.L., Sanders, E., A. Fore, G., Coleman, M., Price, M., Nyarko, S.C., & Sorge B. (2024). Transforming Ethics Education Through a Faculty Learning Community: “I’m Coming Around to Seeing Ethics as Being Maybe as Important as Calculus”. Sci Eng Ethics 30, 40 (2024).
Fore, G. A., Nyarko, S. C., Hess, J., Sorge, B. H., Price, M., Coleman, M., & Sanders, E. (2024). Ethical becoming and ethical inquiry among earth sciences faculty: case studies from a faculty learning community. Journal of Teaching ethics. https://doi.org/10.5840/tej2024328141
Nyarko, S. C., Fore, G. A. & Licht, K. (2023). The Role of Ethical Care in the Geosciences: Examining the Perspectives of Geoscience Undergraduates. Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol 71(4), 540-552.
Orr, I. & Nyarko, S. C. (2022). Historical and Reflective Narratives for Creating Awareness About the Influence of Society and Culture in Geosciences. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol 54 (5). doi: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-378013
Climate Change Education
Nyarko, S. C. (2023, June). Climate Change Education in Africa: The Role of Climate Literate Teachers. In Chapman Conference on Climate and Health. AGU.
Nyarko, S. C., & Petcovic, H. L., (2021). Ghanaian preservice science teachers’ knowledge of ozone depletion and climate change, and sources of their knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, 43(10), 1554-1575.
Nyarko, S. C., & Petcovic, H. L. (2020). Ozone depletion and climate change knowledge: Perspectives and knowledge sources of Ghanaian preservice science teachers. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs, 52(6).
Inclusion
Nyarko, S.C., Alwan. A., Marshall, A., Cooke M., Jackson, S., Piatek, J. L., Sibert, E., (2024). Methodological Design of the Disabled Geoscientists’ Experience Survey. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56 (5). doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-404719
Gasaway, G., & Nyarko, S.C. (2024). Women in Geosciences Cultivating Community and Commitment to Service. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56 (5). doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-401432
Alwan. A., Nyarko, S.C., Marshall, A., Jackson, S., Piatek, J., Sibert, E., Cooke M., & Tan, H. (2024). “Disclose and Lose My Job?” Disclosure Tensions for People with Disabilities in the Geosciences. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56 (5). doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-404852
Nyarko, S.C., Cook, M., Ibarra, Y., Kelly, S.B., Knight, A., Thomas, D., & Weislogel, A. (2023). Making Geoscience for Everyone: Three Years of the NAGT DEI Committee. In The Trenches, Vol.13(2).
Fortner, S., Manduca, C., Ali, H., Saup, C. M., Nyarko, S. C., Othus-Gault, S., Perera, V., Tong, V. C. H., Gold, A., Furman, T., et al. (2022). Geoscience Education Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science. Earth and Space Science Open Archive, 1-13.
STEM Education
Nyarko, S. C., Sumy, D. F. & McBride, S. (2024). K-12 trade books’ representation of earthquake safety and protective actions: a content analysis. Journal of Geoscience Education, 73(1), 28-45.
Wang, L., Nyarko, S. C., & Lanning, M. (2023). Experiences in maintaining high school students’ motivation in a summer research program in virtual environments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Geoscience Education, 72(4), 463–471.
Maric, D., Fore, G. A., Nyarko, S. C., & Varma-Nelson, P. (2023). Measurement in STEM education research: a systematic literature review of trends in the psychometric evidence of scales. International Journal of STEM Education, 10(1), 39.
Petcovic, H. L., McNeal, P. M., Nyarko, S. C., & Doorlag, M. H., (2020) “How did you learn to map?” A model for describing influential learning experiences in geologic mapping. Journal of Geoscience Education, 68:3, 220-236.
Podcasts
ChangingPerspectives: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegeotrip/episodes/Changing-Perspectives-e2q9vc7