Collaborative Research: Ocean Leaders- Developing Diverse Leadership for the Next Generation of Geoscientists. A Proposal for Track 2 Funding

合作研究：海洋领袖——为下一代地球科学家培养多元化的领导力。

• 批准号: 0914715
• 负责人: Drew Talley
• 金额: $ 20.69万
• 依托单位: University of San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0914715&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Ocean; Leaders; Developing

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The University of San Diego (USD) and Ocean Discovery Institute (ODI) are collaborating to develop a new generation of Ocean Leaders by engaging students from low socio-economic communities in marine and environmental science education and career paths. Many of the project participants are students traditionally underrepresented in the geosciences, as well as students from immigrant communities. The initiative objectives are to: 1) increase participation and achievement of underrepresented students in informal geoscience education, 2) increase the number of underrepresented students that pursue a Bachelors degree in the geosciences, 3) recruit and retain underrepresented students into geoscience programs at USD and foster their successful pursuit of geoscience careers, and 4) attract more well-prepared and culturally aware teachers and mentors into the field of geoscience and geoscience education. Ocean Leaders is providing students with a comprehensive research-based program of geoscience education, from middle school through college; university students participating in the program are provided training and participation in teaching and mentoring these students in the geosciences. This project builds on a successful pilot effort, facilitated by ODI, that demonstrated academic and attitudinal gains at every level, including a significant increase in students attending college and majoring in the geosciences. The initiative includes a series of programs that act as building blocks in the students' geoscience education development as they grow from sixth to twelfth grade, providing experiential learning and participation in scientific research. Beyond programmatic components, the initiative is multi-systemic and provides sixth grade through college students with a support structure to ensure their ability to pursue an education and career in the geosciences. Select Ocean Leaders graduates will be recruited into geoscience programs at USD. These "USD Ocean Leader Scholars" will be supported through a full-ride scholarship from USD, individual faculty mentorship, and an intensive program of undergraduate research and internship. The project also seeks to attract more talented and prepared teachers and mentors into the field of geoscience and geoscience education by integrating USD geoscience and education undergraduate and graduate students as instructors, mentors and coordinators. The project includes partnership with the City Heights Educational Collaborative, which includes the San Diego Unified School District, and the project is expected to engage approximately 25 middle school, 40 high school, and 25 college students from underserved communities, as well as 20 undergraduate and graduate students from USD each year.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。 圣地亚哥大学（USD）和海洋发现研究所（ODI）正在合作，通过让来自社会经济水平较低的社区的学生参与海洋和环境科学教育和职业道路，培养新一代海洋领导者。 许多项目参与者是传统上在地球科学领域代表性不足的学生，以及来自移民社区的学生。 该倡议的目标是：1）增加非正式地球科学教育中代表性不足的学生的参与和成就，2）增加攻读地球科学学士学位的代表性不足的学生的数量，3）招募和留住代表性不足的学生进入美国大学的地球科学课程，并促进他们成功追求地球科学事业，4）吸引更多准备充分、具有文化意识的教师和导师进入地球科学和地球科学教育领域。海洋领导者为学生提供从中学到大学的全面的地球科学教育研究计划;参加该计划的大学生提供培训和参与地球科学教学和指导这些学生。该项目建立在ODI推动的成功试点努力的基础上，该努力在各级都显示出学术和态度方面的进步，包括上大学和主修地球科学的学生人数大幅增加。 该倡议包括一系列项目，作为学生从六年级到十二年级的地球科学教育发展的基石，提供体验式学习和参与科学研究。除了方案组成部分，该倡议是多系统的，并通过大学生提供六年级的支持结构，以确保他们有能力在地球科学领域接受教育和职业生涯。选择海洋领袖毕业生将被招募到地球科学计划在USD。这些“USD海洋领袖学者”将通过USD的全额奖学金，个别教师指导以及本科生研究和实习的密集计划提供支持。该项目还旨在通过将美国地质科学与教育本科生和研究生整合为讲师，导师和协调员，吸引更多有才华和准备好的教师和导师进入地球科学和地球科学教育领域。该项目包括与城市高地教育合作伙伴关系，其中包括圣地亚哥联合学区，该项目预计将吸引大约25所中学，40所高中和25所大学的学生从服务不足的社区，以及20名本科生和研究生从USD每年。