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

第一部分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，让他们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，其学生人数（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与社区文化相关的环境，人际关系是重要的激励因素；它涉及多种学习方式，以吸引不同的学生，并培养更高层次的思维技能。拟议项目的正式评价将有助于确定哪些短期和长期服务学习活动最有效地吸引和留住地球科学专业的西班牙裔学生。研究小组将审查哪些长期活动最能成功地培养学生的专业技能，使他们为从事地球科学工作做好准备。该团队将制定一份实地指南，描述用于设计该项目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讲将有助于其他两年制和四年制高等教育机构开发有效的方法，让学生参与到地球科学的服务学习中来。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，让他们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，其学生人数（超过80%的西班牙裔）反映了当地社区。基于地点的学习和服务学习已被证明可以增加地球科学专业少数民族学生的招聘和保留。服务学习为学生提供了与社区文化相关的环境，人际关系是重要的激励因素；它涉及多种学习方式，以吸引不同的学生，并培养更高层次的思维技能。SLATES的目标是利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数量，并简化从EPCC到UTEP的学生转学。长期服务学习活动将建立在这个基础上，通过提高学生在地球科学方面的软技能和技术技能。长期和短期的学习活动还将向学生介绍地球科学领域的一系列职业。拟议项目的正式评估将使研究小组能够确定哪些短期和长期服务学习活动最有效地吸引和留住地球科学专业的西班牙裔学生。该团队将制定一份实地指南，描述用于设计该项目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讲将帮助其他两年制和四年制院校开发有效的方法，让学生参与到地球科学的服务学习中来。

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.