GP-Impact: Service Learning Activities Targeting the Earth Sciences (SLATES)

GP-Impact：针对地球科学的服务学习活动 (SLATES)

• 批准号: 1700772
• 负责人: Diane Doser
• 金额: $ 17.47万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; Impact; Service; Learning; Activities

Part IThe SLATES (Service Learning Activities Targeting the Earth Sciences)project will provide opportunities for hundreds of University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) students (and their families) to experience how the geosciences may be of benefit to their local community. UTEP and EPCC are both minority serving institutions whose student populations (over 80% Hispanic) mirrors the local community. Service learning provides students with culturally relevant context in a community where interpersonal relationships are important motivators; it involves multiple learning styles to appeal to diverse students and develops higher order thinking skills. Formal evaluations built into the proposed project will allow the determination of which short- and long-term service learning activities are the most effective for attracting and retaining Hispanic students in the geosciences. The research team will examine which long-term activities are the most successful at developing the professional skills to prepare students for careers in the geosciences. The team will develop a field guide that describes the process used to design the most successful short- and long-term learning activities for the program. The team believes this guide and associated presentations given at meetings will help other 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education develop effective ways to involve students in service learning in the geosciences. Part IIThe SLATES (Service Learning Activities Targeting the Earth Sciences)project will provide opportunities for hundreds of University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) students (and their families) to experience how the geosciences may be of benefit to their local community. UTEP and EPCC are both minority serving institutions whose student populations (over 80% Hispanic) mirrors the local community. Place based learning and service learning have been shown to increase the recruitment and retention of minority students in the geosciences. Service learning provides students with culturally relevant context in a community where interpersonal relationships are important motivators; it involves multiple learning styles to appeal to diverse students and develops higher order thinking skills. The objectives of SLATES are to use a short-term service learning program to demonstrate how geoscience impacts the local community, increase the number of students who decide to major in the geosciences at UTEP and EPCC, and ease the transfer of students from EPCC to UTEP. Long-term service learning activities will build on this foundation by improving students' soft and technical skills in the geosciences. The long- and short-term learning activities will also introduce students to a range of careers in the geosciences. Formal evaluations built into the proposed project will allow the research team to determine which short- and long-term service learning activities are the most effective for attracting and retaining Hispanic students in the geosciences. The team will develop a field guide that describes the process used to design the most successful short- and long-term learning activities for the program. The team believes this guide and associated presentations given at meetings will help other 2-year and 4-year institutions develop effective ways to involve students in service learning in the geosciences.

SLATES（针对地球科学的服务学习活动）项目将为数百名德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）和埃尔帕索社区学院（EPCC）的学生（及其家人）提供机会，体验地球科学如何造福当地社区。 UTEP和EPCC都是少数民族服务机构，其学生人口（超过80%的西班牙裔）反映了当地社区。 服务学习为学生提供了一个社区，其中人际关系是重要的激励因素的文化相关的背景下，它涉及多种学习风格，以吸引不同的学生和发展更高层次的思维能力。 正式评估内置到拟议的项目将允许确定哪些短期和长期的服务学习活动是最有效的吸引和保留西班牙裔学生在地球科学。 研究小组将研究哪些长期活动在发展专业技能方面最成功，为学生从事地球科学职业做好准备。 该团队将制定一份现场指南，描述用于设计该计划最成功的短期和长期学习活动的过程。 该团队认为，本指南和会议上的相关演示将有助于其他2年制和4年制高等教育机构制定有效的方法，让学生参与地球科学的服务学习。 第二部分SLATES（针对地球科学的服务学习活动）项目将为数百名德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）和埃尔帕索社区学院（EPCC）的学生（及其家人）提供机会，体验地球科学如何造福当地社区。 UTEP和EPCC都是少数民族服务机构，其学生人口（超过80%的西班牙裔）反映了当地社区。事实证明，基于地点的学习和服务学习可以增加地球科学领域少数族裔学生的招收和保留。服务学习为学生提供了一个社区，其中人际关系是重要的激励因素的文化相关的背景下，它涉及多种学习风格，以吸引不同的学生和发展更高层次的思维能力。 SLATES的目标是使用短期服务学习计划来展示地球科学如何影响当地社区，增加决定在UTEP和EPCC主修地球科学的学生人数，并简化学生从EPCC到UTEP的转移。 长期的服务学习活动将建立在这个基础上，提高学生在地球科学的软技能和技术技能。 长期和短期学习活动还将向学生介绍地球科学领域的一系列职业。 正式评估内置到拟议的项目将使研究小组，以确定哪些短期和长期的服务学习活动是最有效的吸引和保留西班牙裔学生在地球科学。 该团队将制定一份现场指南，描述用于设计该计划最成功的短期和长期学习活动的过程。 该小组认为，本指南和相关的会议上给出的演示文稿将帮助其他2年制和4年制院校制定有效的方法，让学生参与地球科学的服务学习。