GP-GO: GeoScientists Promoting Accessible Collaborative Education (GEOSPACE)

实地教育是许多地球科学课程的核心组成部分，可以对学生的学习和归属感产生重大影响。传统的实地项目是残疾学生完成学位的一个重大障碍。缺乏无障碍的实地课程是地球科学职业中残疾人代表性严重不足的一个因素，并限制了残疾学生进入研究生课程的学术进展。由于任何人口群体中有很大一部分人被认定为残疾人，这一障碍也影响到所有其他代表性不足的群体进入高级学位和地球科学职业的招聘和保留。越来越多的项目表明，各种能力的学生都可以通过各种方式参加实地培训活动，但经过认证的无障碍实地营地仍然极为罕见。地球科学家支持可扩展的合作经验（GeoSPACE）计划将创建一个地球物理学和行星地质学领域的课程，为一群有兴趣攻读地球科学研究生学位的高水平本科生提供学术和专业发展。GeoSPACE实地课程将侧重于数据收集和分析，以及协作和沟通技能，同时通过指导同行和地球科学专业人士之间的联系建立网络和支持社区。GeoSPACE计划将使用协作解决问题，以解决阻碍通过提供完全无障碍的实地和研究计划完成学位的障碍。这个为期两周的实地课程将分三个阶段进行。第一阶段将评估地点，建立课程材料和选择学生。第二阶段将试行为期两周的实地课程，收集学生的反馈意见，并评估学习成果。在第三阶段，将招募一批新的学生来试用经过全面开发和试点测试的为期两周的实地课程，并为他们的参与获得课程学分。试点阶段的一些学生将担任新学生的虚拟同伴导师，开始了同伴指导和社区建设的传统，这种传统可以在未来的实地课程中继续下去。本课程提供了一个有形的解决方案，以完成学位的一个障碍，为社会福利署，以及发展一个完全虚拟的参与模式，为学生谁不能前往外地为任何原因的家庭/家庭，工作限制，临时受伤，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值进行评估，更广泛的影响审查标准。

Field-based education is a core component of many geoscience programs that can have a significant impact on student learning and feelings of belonging in the geosciences. Traditional field programs present a significant barrier to degree completion for students with disabilities. The lack of accessible field courses is a contributing factor in the significant underrepresentation of people with disabilities in geoscience careers, and limits the academic progression of students with disabilities into graduate programs. Because a significant portion of any demographic group identifies as having a disability, this barrier also impacts the recruitment and retention of all other underrepresented groups into advanced degrees and geoscience careers. A growing number of projects have demonstrated a variety of ways in which students of all abilities can participate in field training activities, but accredited accessible field camps remain exceedingly rare. The GeoScientists Supporting Accessible Collaborative Experiences (GeoSPACE) program will create a geophysics and planetary geology field course that provides academic and professional development for a cohort of upper level undergraduates, with and without disabilities, who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the geosciences. The GeoSPACE field course will focus on data collection and analysis, and collaboration and communication skills, while building networks and a community of support through mentoring connections between peers and geoscience professionals with disabilities.The GeoSPACE Program will use collaborative problem solving to address barriers of access that inhibit degree completion by providing a fully accessible field and research program. Development of this two-week field course will take place in 3 phases. Phase 1 will evaluate locations, build course material and select students. Phase 2 will pilot the 2-week field course, collect student feedback and evaluate learning outcomes. In Phase 3, a new student cohort will be recruited to trial the fully developed and pilot-tested two-week field course, earning course credit for their participation. Some students from the pilot phase will act as virtual peer mentors for the new students, starting a tradition of peer mentoring and community building that could continue in future iterations of the field course. This course provides a tangible solution to one barrier to degree completion for SWDs, as well as the development of a fully virtual mode of participation for students who cannot travel to the field for extended periods of time for any reason family/caregiving, job constraints, temporary injury, etc.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.