Geoscience Education Opportunities: Partnerships to Advance TeacHing & Scholarship (GEOPATHS)

地球科学教育机会：促进教学的合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 0607965
• 负责人: Tina Niemi
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Kansas City
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0607965&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Geoscience; Education; Opportunities; Partnerships; Advance

Geoscience Education Opportunities: Partnerships to Advance TeacHing & Scholarship (GEOPATHS)The GEOPATHS project (Track 2) is implementing a program to increase the participation of underrepresented students in the geosciences within the framework of Phase III of the Louis Stokes Missouri Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMoAMP). The project is being conducted through a partnership between the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and the Kansas City Missouri School District (KCMSD). Project objectives are to: 1) Increase middle school and high school teacher knowledge content in geosciences to help meet the new science curriculum and Missouri grade level expectations; 2) Increase the performance of KCMO School District students on statewide science exams by integrating inquiry-based geoscience educational modules into the new science curriculum; 3) Increase student awareness of earth systems and environmental science and the potential for careers in the geosciences; and 4) Increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering geoscience fields at the undergraduate college level. Thirty KCMSD teachers will participate in rigorous professional development activities during two summers, leading to up to 9 graduate credits in the geosciences that can be used for certification. These inquiry-based activities, based on the GLOBE and IRIS program curricula, will utilize concept mapping and learning cycle strategies. During the school year, these teachers will develop and field test instructional units that mirror active scientific inquiry and field based problem solving in the geosciences. During the third and fourth year, UMKC faculty will mentor teachers who completed the two-year professional development course and help them to obtain certification to teach college level environmental science at KCMSD high schools. Teachers who have trained through the GEOPATHS program will be asked to nominate up to 5 motivated upper level high school students for participation in a paid 6-week summer research internship program working with geoscience faculty at UMKC each year. In addition, 5 Excellence in Geoscience Scholarships ($5,000 each) will be offered each year to a select group of incoming minority students with interests in the geosciences who are applying to any of the LS-MoAMP colleges and universities. Continuation of these scholarships is dependent on academic performance and continuing interest in the geosciences. Outreach to local schools and communities through a science guest lecture program and community events during Earth Science Week will be used to advertise the GEOPATHS program and increase awareness about educational and career opportunities in the geosciences.

地球科学教育机会：促进教学和奖学金的合作伙伴关系 (GEOPATHS)GEOPATHS 项目（轨道 2）正在实施一项计划，以在路易斯斯托克斯密苏里州少数民族参与联盟 (LSMoAMP) 第三阶段的框架内增加代表性不足的学生对地球科学的参与。该项目由密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校 (UMKC) 和堪萨斯城密苏里学区 (KCMSD) 合作开展。 项目目标是： 1) 增加初中和高中教师的地球科学知识内容，以帮助满足新的科学课程和密苏里州年级水平的期望； 2) 通过将基于探究的地球科学教育模块纳入新的科学课程，提高 KCMO 学区学生在全州科学考试中的成绩； 3）提高学生对地球系统和环境科学以及地球科学职业潜力的认识； 4) 增加进入本科院校地球科学领域的少数族裔人数。三十名 KCMSD 教师将在两个暑假期间参加严格的专业发展活动，获得最多 9 个可用于认证的地球科学研究生学分。 这些基于探究的活动以 GLOBE 和 IRIS 项目课程为基础，将利用概念图和学习周期策略。 在学年期间，这些教师将开发和现场测试反映地球科学中积极的科学探究和现场问题解决的教学单元。 在第三年和第四年，UMKC 教师将指导完成两年专业发展课程的教师，并帮助他们获得在 KCMSD 高中教授大学水平环境科学的认证。 通过 GEOPATHS 计划接受过培训的教师每年将被要求提名最多 5 名积极进取的高年级高中生，参加为期 6 周的带薪暑期研究实习计划，与 UMKC 的地球科学教师一起工作。 此外，每年还将向一批对地球科学感兴趣、正在申请任何 LS-MoAMP 学院和大学的少数族裔学生提供 5 份卓越地球科学奖学金（每份 5,000 美元）。 这些奖学金的延续取决于学业成绩和对地球科学的持续兴趣。 通过地球科学周期间的科学客座讲座计划和社区活动，向当地学校和社区进行推广，将用于宣传 GEOPATHS 计划，并提高人们对地球科学教育和职业机会的认识。