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

这个合作项目让社区学院和其他两年制大学(2YC)的地学教师参与有针对性的职业发展计划，分享成功的策略，教授具有各种能力、经验和目标的学生，并为2YC学生为地球科学工作做好准备。该项目包括：(1)两个专题讲习班，一个是关于教授所有学生的有效战略，另一个是关于通过2YC地球科学教育发展劳动力的专题讲习班；(2)2YC地球科学资源的相关网站；(3)四种类型的传播讲习班(国家、地区、地方和虚拟)；以及(4)针对2YC地球科学教职员工的领导力发展计划。该项目为全职和兼职的2YC地球科学教员开发了有效的专业发展模式，建立了专注于2YC教育的2YC和4YC教职员工和管理人员网络，并在2YC地球科学界建立了领导力。此外，该项目综合了各种资源，以应对2YC地球科学教育方面的挑战。主题和传播研讨会使2YC的教职员工能够讨论问题、挑战和机会，分享有效的战略和范例，会见新同事，准备行动计划，以改进课程和教学，并发展可持续的专业社区。强有力的本科生地球科学教育有赖于2YCs的有效项目。2YC在培养懂地球科学的公民、培养一支有能力和创造性的地球科学工作队伍、向职前K-12教师教授科学以及为更广泛地参与地球科学提供基础方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。2YC教职员工面临着巨大的挑战--旅行资源有限、与世隔绝，以及针对他们所在环境的地球科学专业发展机会寥寥无几。通过让2YC地球科学教师参与专业发展，该项目传播STEM教育的进展，以改进教学，支持学生进行地球科学技术培训，并帮助地球科学专业的学生和职前教师为大学转学做好准备。在线资源使传播能够超越讲习班参与者，是2YC教职员工和更广泛的地球科学界的重要资源。在2YC学生的巨大多样性中，该项目通过增加他们对2YC课程的参与，并为他们进入四年制院校或进入地球技术工作队伍做好准备，帮助未被充分代表的少数民族扩大对地球科学的参与。

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.