Collaborative Research: Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education at Two-year Colleges through Workshops and Web Resources

合作研究：通过研讨会和网络资源支持和推进两年制学院的地球科学教育

• 批准号: 1122660
• 负责人: Robert Blodgett
• 金额: $ 6.91万
• 依托单位: Austin Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1122660&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Supporting; Advancing; Geoscience

This collaborative project engages community college and other two-year college (2YC) geoscience faculty members in a targeted professional development program that shares successful strategies for teaching students with a range of abilities, experiences, and goals, and for preparing 2YC students for the geoscience workforce. Included in this project are: (1) two topical workshops, one on effective strategies for teaching all students and the other on workforce development through geoscience education at 2YCs; (2) an associated website of 2YC geoscience resources; (3) four types of dissemination workshops (national, regional, local, and virtual); and (4) a leadership development program for 2YC geoscience faculty members. The project develops effective models of professional development for full-time and adjunct 2YC geoscience faculty members, establishes networks of 2YC and 4YC faculty members and administrators focused on 2YC education, and builds leadership within the 2YC geoscience community. Furthermore, the project synthesizes resources to address challenges in 2YC geoscience education. The topical and dissemination workshops enable 2YC faculty members to discuss issues, challenges, and opportunities, to share effective strategies and examples, to meet new colleagues, to prepare action plans to improve curriculum and instruction, and to develop sustainable professional communities. Strong undergraduate geoscience education is dependent on effective programs at 2YCs. 2YCs play an increasingly important role in producing earth-science literate citizens, developing a competent and creative geoscience workforce, teaching science to pre-service K-12 teachers, and providing a foundation for broadening participation in the geosciences. 2YC faculty members face substantial challenges - limited resources for travel, isolation, and few opportunities for geoscience professional development specific for their setting. By engaging 2YC geoscience faculty members in professional development, this project disseminates advances in STEM education to improve teaching, supports students in geoscience technical training, and helps prepare geoscience majors and pre-service teachers for college transfer. Online resources enable dissemination beyond workshop participants and are an important resource for both 2YC faculties and the broader geoscience community. Within the great diversity of the 2YC students, this project helps broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities in the geosciences by increasing their involvement in 2YC programs and by preparing them for enrollment in four-year institutions or for the geo-technical workforce.

这个合作项目使社区学院和其他两年制学院（2 YC）的地球科学教师参与有针对性的专业发展计划，该计划分享了成功的策略，用于教授具有各种能力，经验和目标的学生，并为2 YC学生准备地球科学劳动力。该项目包括：（1）两个专题研讨会，一个关于所有学生的有效教学策略，另一个关于通过2 YC的地球科学教育进行劳动力发展;（2）2 YC地球科学资源的相关网站;（3）四种类型的传播研讨会（国家，地区，地方和虚拟）;以及（4）2 YC地球科学教师的领导力发展计划。该项目为全职和兼职2 YC地球科学教师开发了有效的专业发展模式，建立了2 YC和4 YC教师和管理人员网络，专注于2 YC教育，并在2 YC地球科学社区内建立领导地位。此外，该项目综合资源，以应对2 YC地球科学教育的挑战。专题和传播研讨会使2 YC教师能够讨论问题，挑战和机遇，分享有效的策略和例子，结识新同事，制定行动计划，以改善课程和教学，并发展可持续的专业社区。强大的本科地球科学教育依赖于2 YC的有效计划。2 YC在培养具有地球科学素养的公民，培养有能力和创造力的地球科学工作人员，向K-12教师教授科学，以及为扩大地球科学参与提供基础方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。2 YC的教师面临着巨大的挑战-有限的旅行资源，隔离，以及地球科学专业发展的机会很少，具体为他们的设置。通过让2 YC地球科学教师参与专业发展，该项目传播了STEM教育的进步，以改善教学，支持学生进行地球科学技术培训，并帮助地球科学专业和职前教师准备大学转学。在线资源可以在研讨会参与者之外进行传播，是2 YC教师和更广泛的地球科学界的重要资源。在2 YC学生的巨大多样性中，该项目有助于扩大代表性不足的少数民族在地球科学中的参与，增加他们在2 YC项目中的参与，并为他们在四年制院校或地质技术劳动力中的入学做好准备。