Collaborative Project: The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics/Huston-Tillotson College Geosciences Diversity Project

合作项目：德克萨斯大学地球物理研究所/休斯顿-蒂洛森学院地球科学多样性项目

• 批准号: 0503508
• 负责人: Katherine Ellins
• 金额: $ 3.94万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-06-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0503508&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Project; University; Texas; Institute

Track 1: UTIG/Huston-Tillotson Geosciences Diversity ProjectThis proof-of-concept project is establishing geoscience educational capability at Huston-Tillotson University (HT). It also addresses the critical need for pre-service minority teacher training using high quality, rigorous Earth science materials for high school level in Texas. The HT Pre-service Teacher Component of the project consists of preparation and delivery during the 2005-06 academic year of a special topics course in Geology, Meteorology, and Oceanography (GMO) that counts towards high-school teacher certification in Earth Science. This HT course prepares these pre-service teachers to instruct a high school GMO course, one of the subjects meeting the science requirements for high school graduation. The 9-12 Student Education Component of the project expands HT's Austin Prefreshman Engineering Program (AusPrEP), an ongoing immersive math/science summer program, to include a fourth year centered on the geosciences. Students in the fourth year of AusPrEP cover all of the high school GMO course and receive one high school science credit. Two of the HT undergraduate students who completed the Pre-Service Teacher Component work directly with the fourth year AusPrEP students as Program Assistants, providing mentoring and tutoring, as well as technical and laboratory assistance. This project increases the participation of African Americans and Hispanic Americans in the geosciences at both the high school student and teacher levels.

轨道1：UTIG/Huston-Tillotson地球科学多样性项目这个概念验证项目正在建立Huston-Tillotson大学（HT）的地球科学教育能力。 它还解决了在得克萨斯州高中阶段使用高质量，严格的地球科学材料进行任职前少数民族教师培训的迫切需要。 该项目的HT职前教师部分包括在2005- 2006学年期间编写和提供地质学、气象学和海洋学专题课程，该课程将计入高中地球科学教师认证。这个HT课程准备这些职前教师指导高中转基因生物课程，符合高中毕业的科学要求的科目之一。 该项目的9-12学生教育部分扩展了HT的Austin Prefreshman工程计划（AusPrEP），这是一个正在进行的沉浸式数学/科学夏季计划，包括以地球科学为中心的第四年。学生在AusPrEP的第四年覆盖所有的高中转基因生物课程，并获得一个高中科学学分。完成职前教师部分的两名HT本科生直接与四年级AusPrEP学生一起工作，作为项目助理，提供指导和辅导，以及技术和实验室援助。 该项目增加了非裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人在高中学生和教师两级对地球科学的参与。