A community building workshop on Energy, Earth and Environmental Education

能源的使用在很大程度上对美国的经济实力及其公民的繁荣和福祉负有责任。随着美国可再生能源产量的增加，对大学生来说，学习能源、能源使用以及如何最大限度地提高效益和减少与能源使用相关的问题是很重要的。然而，能源和环境的主题是如此之大，以至于它往往超出了任何一位教授的知识范围。来自不同背景的教授和学生将聚集在一起参加为期一天的研讨会，分享他们的知识，并开发更好的方法来向学生传授能源及其使用以及这些使用的后果。为了促进能源、地球和环境教育之间的跨学科领域的融合，全国地球科学教师协会和环境研究与科学协会将在中佛罗里达大学举办首届能源、地球和环境教育社区建设研讨会，作为2019年AESS会议的一部分。能源、地球、环境和其他教育工作者和K-12、高等教育和非正规教育的学生将分享最佳实践并发展新的合作伙伴关系。议程将包括课堂问题(内容、课程、教育学和理论与实践之间的联系)和课程(学位和副学位课程)，主要在小组报告和讨论中探讨。每一次会议都将开发整合能源、地球和环境教育的选项和例子，并将在报告和公共网站上提交。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Use of energy is largely responsible for the economic power of the United States and the prosperity and well being of its citizens. As America is increasing its production of renewable energy, it is important for college students to learn about energy sources, energy use and how to maximize the benefits and reduce the problems associated with energy use. However, the subject of energy and the environment is so large that it often goes beyond the knowledge of any one professor. Professors and students from different backgrounds will come together for a one-day workshop to share their knowledge and develop better ways of teaching students about energy and its uses and the consequences of these uses.To help advance the convergence among the interdisciplinary fields of energy, Earth and environmental education, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences will hold the first Energy, Earth and Environmental Education community-building workshop as part of the 2019 AESS Conference at the University of Central Florida. Energy, Earth, environmental and other educators and students in K-12, higher education, and informal education will share best practices and develop new partnerships. The agenda will include classroom issues (content, curriculum, pedagogy and connections between theory and practice) and programs (degree and sub-degree programs) to be explored primarily in small group presentations and discussion. Each session will develop options and examples for integrating energy, Earth and environmental education that will be presented in a report and on a public website.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.