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MINERALS INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING II

promotes peer to peer learning and widens participation. Opportunities
for active learning associated with experiential, problem and project-
based learning promote collaboration among students have been
provided by using realistic problems or situations and as a result a deeper
understanding of the relationship between theory and practice can be
developed (Crosling et al, 2009). Implementing these types of authentic
learning experiences are a mechanism for providing the industry with high
quality graduates and enhancing student retention, both of which will
contribute to sustaining the skills pipeline.

Table 1: Summary of undergraduate courses related to mineralogy
Institution School/ Course name General course
Department content
University of the Geosciences Geology II Introduction
Witwatersrand to mineralogy.

(http://www.wits.ac.za/) Recognition and
identification of
common minerals.
University of Cape Town Science Mineralogy and Introduction
crystallography to mineralogy.
(http://www.uct.ac.za/)
Recognition and
identification of
common minerals.
Engineering Mineral and Introduction to
and built metallurgical mineralogy and
environment processing liberation analysis.
University of British Earth, Introductory Introduction to
Columbia ocean and Mineralogy crystallography,
atmospheric physical and
(https://www.ubc.ca/)
studies chemical
properties
of minerals.
Recognition and
identification of
common minerals.

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Processing Education