March 17, 2009

Professor of Education published in American Paleontologist

Ault co-wrote an article in American  Paleontologist with his son, Toby Ault, in March.

Charles (Kip) Ault, professor of education:

Ault co-wrote an article in American  Paleontologist with his son, Toby Ault, in March. Toby received a Watson Fellowship in 2002-03 to retrace Darwin’s adventure, with emphasis on South American localities. The article, titled “On the Trail of Darwin’s Megabeasts,”  recounts efforts the Aults took to find their way to locations where Darwin  collected fossils as well as to mimic his process:  ask locals where to look. On the 2003 trek, Ault said, “We found ourselves guided by a motorcyclist, museum scientists, as well as Darwin’s journal, as we crossed Patagonia, with particular emphasis on the Rio Negro’s Playa Bonita and the Monte Hermoso beach near Punta Alta.”

Ault also published an article in Curriculum Inquiry in December. “Achieving ‘Querencia’: Integrating a Sense of Place with Disciplined Thinking” explores the Spanish word “querencia,” and the concept of how the self attaches feelings and beliefs to an environment.