HBCUs Broadening Participation in Geosciences (A Journey Through InTeGrate)
HBCUs Broadening Participation in Geosciences (A Journey Through InTeGrate)
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10.1007/978-3-030-03273-9_17
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2019-01-01
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Gragg, Richard D. Schulterbrandt, III
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Archer, Reginald S.;Davis, Felicia;Gragg, Richard D. Schulterbrandt, III
历史上，黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）在解决非洲裔美国人进入和坚持通过本科和研究生地球科学课程的人数少方面发挥着独特的作用。在战略努力，以增加HBCU参与地球科学课程和教师发展的机会，InTeGrate进行了有针对性的推广HBCU教师，以促进通过建立HBCU地球科学工作组（GWG）。HBCU GWG的总体目标是提高黑人学生的地球科学素养。全球工作组成功地为HBCU不断扩大的教育工作者和研究人员网络举办了三次HBCU地球科学讲习班。这些研讨会讨论了（1）K-12教育工作者与地球科学教育之间的差距，（2）文化相关的教学法，以及（3）环境可持续性。HBCU GWG倡导文化相关的内容和泛非教学法的使用，以显着改变目前的教育模式。这种教学方法直接有利于非洲裔美国学生，非洲侨民，并努力建立一个更加多样化的地球科学劳动力。HBCU GWG正在领导教师和K-12教师的临界质量的发展，准备作为导师和榜样，努力增加对地球科学的早期接触，使其与HBCU学生更相关，并将代表性不足的学生与地球科学职业联系起来。
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) play a unique role in addressing the low numbers of African Americans entering and persisting through undergraduate and graduate geoscience programs. In a strategic effort to increase HBCU participation in geoscience curriculum and faculty development opportunities, InTeGrate conducted targeted outreach to HBCU faculty to facilitate through the establishment of the HBCU Geosciences Working Group (GWG). The overarching goal of the HBCU GWG is to increase Earth Science literacy among Black students. The GWG successfully developed and executed three HBCU geoscience workshops for a growing network of educators and researchers at HBCUs. These workshops addressed (1) the gap between K-12 educators and Earth Science education, (2) culturally relevant pedagogy, and (3) environmental sustainability. The HBCU GWG advocates for culturally relevant content and the use of Pan-African pedagogy to significantly alter the current educational paradigm. This pedagogy directly benefits African-American students, the African diaspora, and the efforts to build a more diverse geoscience workforce. The HBCU GWG is leading the development of a critical mass of faculty and K-12 teachers prepared to serve as mentors and role models, working to increase early exposure to geosciences, making them more relevant to HBCU students, and connect underrepresented students to geoscience careers.