Collaborative Research: Implementing 21st century geodesy learning through faculty development and expanded applications of data to societal issues

合作研究：通过教师发展和扩大数据在社会问题上的应用来实施 21 世纪大地测量学学习

• 批准号: 1725361
• 负责人: Rebecca Walker
• 金额: $ 5.32万
• 依托单位: Mount San Antonio College
• 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=1725361&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Implementing; 21st; century

Over the last two decades, technical advances in geodesy - the study of the size, shape, and mass of the Earth and their changes with time - have revolutionized our understanding of Earth processes and produced discoveries of major societal impact related to water resources, ice sheet and glacial melting, natural hazards such as earthquakes and landslides, and environmental change. Three collaborating institutions, UNAVCO, Inc., Mount San Antonio College, and Indiana University and other organizations including, Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHS) will further develop and disseminate undergraduate learning materials that apply geodesy data and methods to critical societal issues, concurrently engaging faculty in significant professional development. A previous award, the GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI)"exploratory" Phase 1 (1245025), produced five teaching modules on a subset of geodesy topics, but additional modules, dissemination, and widespread faculty development are needed to fully integrate geodetic data and applications into undergraduate programs, including civil engineering, ecology and forestry. The GETSI Phase 2 plan in this proposal will support four components: 1) development of three new teaching modules and three modules adapted from existing modules to work at different curricular levels; 2) twenty or more in-person and virtual short courses on module implementation (450 faculty served); 3) research on the process of adaption/adoption of curricula by instructors; and 4) research on the challenges and benefits of building modules that serve both geoscience and allied science/engineering students. GETSI project goals are to: 1) improve geoscience (particularly geodetic) knowledge base of undergraduate students both for general science literacy (introductory courses) and future science workforce (majors-level) and 2) improve effectiveness of teaching resources and pedagogy employed by faculty members teaching geodesy, geoscience, and allied science/engineering fields.

在过去的二十年中，大地测量学（研究地球的大小、形状和质量及其随时间的变化）的技术进步彻底改变了我们对地球过程的理解，并产生了与水资源、冰盖和冰川融化、地震和山体滑坡等自然灾害以及环境变化相关的重大社会影响的发现。 UNAVCO, Inc.、圣安东尼奥山学院和印第安纳大学这三个合作机构以及卡尔顿学院科学教育资源中心 (SERC)、美国地球科学教师协会 (NAGT)、美国地球物理联盟 (AGU) 和水文科学促进大学联盟 (CUAHS) 等其他组织将进一步开发和传播应用大地测量数据和 解决关键社会问题的方法，同时让教师参与重要的专业发展。先前的奖项，社会问题大地测量工具（GETSI）“探索性”第一阶段（1245025），针对大地测量主题的子集制作了五个教学模块，但需要额外的模块、传播和广泛的教师发展，以将大地测量数据和应用完全整合到本科课程中，包括土木工程、生态学和林业。该提案中的 GETSI 第二阶段计划将支持四个组成部分：1）开发三个新的教学模块和三个根据现有模块改编的模块，以适应不同的课程级别； 2) 20 个或更多有关模块实施的面对面和虚拟短期课程（为 450 名教员提供服务）； 3）研究教师调整/采用课程的过程； 4）研究构建为地球科学和相关科学/工程专业学生服务的模块的挑战和好处。 GETSI 项目的目标是：1) 改善本科生的地球科学（特别是大地测量）知识基础，提高普通科学素养（入门课程）和未来科学劳动力（专业水平）；2) 提高教授大地测量、地球科学和相关科学/工程领域的教师所使用的教学资源和教学法的有效性。