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: 1122737
• 负责人: Eric Baer
• 金额: $ 19.27万
• 依托单位: Highline 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=1122737&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.

该协作项目与社区学院和其他两年学院（2YC）的地球科学教师与有针对性的专业发展计划中的教职员工互动，该计划分享了成功的策略，以教授具有一系列能力，经验和目标的学生，并为2YC学生准备地球科学劳动力。该项目中包括：（1）两个主题研讨会，一项关于通过2ycs的地球科学教育教授所有学生的有效策略，另一个关于劳动力发展的策略； （2）2YC地球科学资源的关联网站； （3）四种类型的传播研讨会（国家，地区，地方和虚拟）； （4）针对2YC地球科学教师的领导力发展计划。该项目为全日制和辅助2YC地球科学教师开发了专业发展的有效模型，建立了2YC和4YC教职员工的网络和专注于2YC教育的管理员，并在2YC地球科学社区内建立领导力。此外，该项目综合了资源，以应对2YC地球科学教育中的挑战。局部和传播研讨会使2YC教职员工能够讨论问题，挑战和机会，分享有效的策略和示例，结识新同事，准备行动计划，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取决于2YCS的有效计划。 2ycs在生产地球科学识字公民，发展有能力和创造性的地球科学的劳动力，向科学教授科学前的K-12教师中，并为扩大对地球科学的参与提供基础。 2YC教职员工面临重大挑战 - 旅行，隔离和地球科学专业发展的机会有限的资源有限。通过让2YC地球科学教师参与专业发展，该项目散布了STEM教育的进步，以改善教学，为学生进行地球科学技术培训的支持，并帮助地球科学专业的专业和服务前教师准备大学转学。在线资源使参与者超越了研讨会的传播，并且是2YC学院和更广泛的地球科学社区的重要资源。在2YC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参与地球科学的参与，通过增加他们参与2YC计划，并为他们准备在四年制机构或地理技术劳动力中入学。