An NAGT Program of Intensive Short Courses to Disseminate Effective and Innovative Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Geoscience

全国地质教师协会(NAGT)将制定一项计划，以传播过去十年来制定的有效和创新的地球科学教学战略。这项为期两年的计划有四个组成部分：1)每年在专业地球科学学会会议上提供三个关于有效教学的为期一天的短期课程；2)每年举办一个为期四天的暑期讲习班，在教育改革的背景下重新设计一门入门或高级地球科学课程；3)通过电子名单服务器和专业地球科学学会会议上的“校友”聚会，让参与者有机会继续讨论；以及4)一本关于向本科生教授地球科学的成功和创新战略的教学资源手册。该项目的受众将包括各种机构的教职员工以及研究生和博士后研究员。短期课程和工作坊将向学员介绍促进主动学习的教学技巧，激励他们以批判性的眼光看待有效学习环境的设计，并提供讨论教学的机会。演讲者是五名经验丰富的教职员工，他们将积极参与会议。学员将参加一个简短的课程或研讨会，不仅了解改变教学方式的价值，还了解具体的教学策略和作业范例。

The National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT) will develop a program to disseminate the effective and innovative strategies for teaching geoscience that have been developed over the last decade. The two-year program has four components: 1) three one-day short courses on effective teaching offered each year at meetings of professional geoscience societies; 2) one annual four-day summer workshop on re-designing an introductory or upper-level geoscience course in the context of educational reform; 3) opportunities for continuing discussions among participants via an electronic list server and "alumni" reunions at meetings of professional geoscience societies; and 4) a Teaching Resource Book of successful and innovative strategies for teaching geoscience to undergraduates. The audience for this project will include faculty members at a variety of types of institutions as well as graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. The short courses and workshops will introduce participants to teaching techniques that promote active learning, stimulate them to look critically at design of effective learning environments, and provide opportunities for discussions about teaching. The presenters are five experienced faculty members who will actively involve participants in the session. Participants will leave a short course or workshop informed not only about the value of making changes in how they teach, but also about specific teaching strategies and examples of assignments.