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（地理学家）地球变理项目（轨道2）正在实施一项计划，以增加代表性不足的学生在地球科学中的参与，这是路易斯·斯托克斯·斯托克斯·斯托克斯·斯托克斯·斯托克斯·斯托克斯·斯托克斯密苏里州少数民族参与的框架（LSMOAMAMAMP）。该项目是通过密苏里 - 堪萨斯城市（UMKC）和堪萨斯城密苏里学区（KCMSD）之间的合作伙伴关系进行的。 项目目标是：1）增加中学和高中教师知识内容，以帮助满足新的科学课程和密苏里州的年级期望； 2）通过将基于询问的地球科学教育模块整合到新科学课程中，提高KCMO学区学生在全州科学考试中的表现； 3）提高学生对地球系统和环境科学的认识以及地球科学职业的潜力； 4）增加了在本科学院一级进入地球科学领域的人数不足的少数群体的数量。三十KCMSD的教师将在两个夏季参加严格的专业发展活动，从而导致可用于认证的地球科学中多达9个毕业生学分。 这些基于Globe和Iris计划课程的基于查询的活动将利用概念映射和学习周期策略。 在学年中，这些教师将开发和现场测试教学单元，以反映地球科学中的主动科学探究和基于现场的问题解决。 在第三年和第四年，UMKC教师将指导完成为期两年的专业发展课程的教师，并帮助他们获得认证，以在KCMSD高中教大学级别的环境科学。 通过Geopaths计划进行培训的老师将被要求提名多达5名动机的高中学生参加每年与UMKC的Geoscience教师一起参加的为期6周的夏季研究实习计划。 此外，每年将向一群申请对LS-MOAMP学院申请的地球科学有兴趣的入学少数群体学生，每年向一群有兴趣的少数族裔学生提供5个地球科学奖学金（每项5,000美元）的卓越表现。 这些奖学金的延续取决于学业表现和对地球科学的持续兴趣。 通过科学嘉宾演讲计划和地球科学周期间的社区活动向当地学校和社区进行宣传，将用于宣传地理学家计划，并提高对地球科学中教育和职业机会的认识。