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As a long time provider of geoscience education, both using a traditional lecture-style and the<br>more recent hands-on computer-training approach, this is a topic to which I have given much<br>thought over the years. I have come to the conclusion that each approach, lecture-style and<br>hands-on, has its own advantages and disadvantages, but that neither should be used to the<br>exclusion of the other. The geoscientist of today has to be equally well trained in geophysical<br>theory, exploration fundamentals, and "button-pushing" (i.e. getting the software tools to<br>work). This is a tall order and cannot be addressed by simply using one mode of education.<br>Before describing my suggested approach, let me discuss the advantages and limitations of<br>each method discussed above.