Paul Mann, 2020's AAPG Graver E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award recipient, knew the question was coming: What is the joy and challenge of teaching? It's a question with which he's been challenging himself for years. "Overall, my view of education is to figure out ways to get students excited about interesting areas and topics," he said. Mann, who is currently a professor of geology, tectonics and petroleum geology at the University of Houston, knows that the level of excitement - whether it comes from the instructor or the student - isn't the only consideration, though, in a successful educational model. Nobody controls all the dynamics at play.
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