Ocean 2YC: Expanding a Community of Oceanography Two Year College Instructors

Ocean 2YC：扩大海洋学两年制大学教师社区

• 批准号: 1404855
• 负责人: Allison Beauregard Schwartz
• 金额: $ 2.9万
• 依托单位: Northwest Florida State College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1404855&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ocean; 2YC; Expanding; Community; Oceanography

Twenty two community college oceanography faculty will be supported to attend a workshop and participate in a session at a 2014 joint conference of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), The Oceanography Society (TOS) and the Oceans Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The workshop will focus on teaching ocean sciences at Two Year Colleges (2YC) and the conference is a bi-annual, joint meeting that brings together a large percentage of the national and international oceanographic science community. Community colleges are a critical part of our educational system, and serve almost half (or approximately 8.2 million) of all U.S. undergraduate students (National Science Foundation, 2012). Further, these programs serve a substantial portion of minority students, with 32% of students enrolled in community colleges being an ethnic minority and 61% being female (American Association of Community Colleges, 2012). Yet, community college faculties rarely have access to professional development funds that allow for national conference attendance and the critical interactions that lead to higher quality instruction (Geo2YC Workshop, 2010). Community college oceanography faculty face some startling challenges in their classrooms, including lack of access to current scientific research, lack of equipment, and an extremely large range in student interest and abilities in one course section. In order to encourage teaching of ocean sciences at 2YC and the development of connections between 2YC faculty and ocean scientists, a workshop on teaching oceanography will be held prior to the conference and a session on "Undergraduate ocean science education in the 21st century: an exploration of successful practices" will be held during the conference. This effort also contributes to the development of educational communities that will make use of Ocean Observing Initiative data.

22个社区学院海洋学教师将得到支持，参加一个研讨会，并参加在湖沼学和海洋学（ASLO），海洋学学会（TOS）和美国地球物理联盟（AGU）的海洋部分的美国社会2014年联合会议的会议。研讨会将侧重于两年制学院（2YC）的海洋科学教学，会议是一年两次的联席会议，汇集了国家和国际海洋科学界的大部分成员。 社区学院是我们教育体系的重要组成部分，为美国近一半（约820万）的本科生提供服务（国家科学基金会，2012）。此外，这些方案为很大一部分少数民族学生提供服务，在社区学院注册的学生中，32%是少数民族，61%是女性（美国社区学院协会，2012年）。然而，社区学院的教师很少有机会获得专业发展基金，使国家会议的出席和关键的互动，导致更高质量的教学（Geo2YC研讨会，2010年）。社区学院海洋学教师在课堂上面临着一些令人震惊的挑战，包括缺乏现有的科学研究，缺乏设备，以及学生在一个课程部分的兴趣和能力的极大范围。为了鼓励在2YC进行海洋科学教学并发展2YC教师与海洋科学家之间的联系，将在会议之前举办一次海洋学教学讲习班，并在会议期间举办一次关于“21世纪本科海洋科学教育：探索成功做法”的会议。这一努力还有助于发展利用海洋观测倡议数据的教育界。