Community-Based Programs Expanding Geoscience Education Pathways

以社区为基础的计划拓展地球科学教育途径

• 批准号: 2039267
• 负责人: Olugbemiga Olatidoye
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: Clark Atlanta University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2021-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2039267&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Community; Based; Programs; Expanding; Geoscience

The workshop seeks to continue the conversation on the National Technical Association (NTA)-HBCU Geosciences collaborative strategic action plan. This collaboration, between the community-based NTA and the campus-based HBCU-GWG (Geoscience Working Group), is an untapped resource for broadening participation in STEM leveraging local, regional and national efforts. The role of geosciences in transforming education and career pathways to help broaden participation in STEM builds on nine prior NSF-funded conferences, workshops and grants. One conclusion derived from these previous collaborative activities is that the NTA-HBCU initiative will capitalize on the extensive STEM training and research experiences of these institutions. The purpose of the workshop is to expand the work and reach of the NTA-HBCU Geosciences interdisciplinary community of practice by creating a robust virtual infrastructure for producing STEM geoscience-based curricula, faculty and student engagement while drawing upon the untapped, culturally relevant and responsive capacities of these renowned HBCU and NTA institutions in serving, training, graduating and integrating underrepresented students in STEM professions.Due to the impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic, the NTA will conduct a Virtual 92nd Annual Conference to be held online. The conference will feature interactive remote presentations from students and technical experts with live participant interaction. Although climate change and COVID 19 are high priority topics, preparing and growing the future STEM workforce remains at the core of the NTA mission and the agenda. As a major component of the NTA conference, the HBCU-GWG will hold two community focused interactive workshop demonstration and training sessions. Clark Atlanta University will coordinate two workshop topics, one focused on Community-Based Programs Expanding Geoscience Education that will feature three community demonstration projects connecting campus and community to deliver STEM experiential education in under-resourced Black communities. The program will also include a Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) workshop. GLOBE is an international science and education program supported by NSF, NASA, NOAA and the US State Department that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process. The Working Group has invested in faculty development training to reinforce strategies for incorporating societal impacts for several years, and they will engage community organizations in extending the impact of GLOBE into the African American neighborhoods that surround HBCU campuses. Specific workshop goals are to: Bring together university, government and organizational leadership to explore new opportunities for STEM education (partnerships, recruitment, curriculum, instruction); Explore HBCU responses to the COVID 19 pandemic including research, impacts, technology and implications for the future of STEM education; Identify and prioritize strategies proven to actually increase diversity in the STEM pipeline, persistence and performance.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.

该研讨会旨在继续就国家技术协会（NTA）-HBCU地球科学合作战略行动计划进行对话。基于社区的NTA和基于校园的HBCU-GWG（地球科学工作组）之间的这种合作是一种未开发的资源，可以利用地方，区域和国家的努力来扩大STEM的参与。地球科学在改变教育和职业道路方面的作用，以帮助扩大对STEM的参与，这是建立在之前九次NSF资助的会议，研讨会和赠款的基础上的。从这些先前的合作活动中得出的一个结论是，NTA-HBCU倡议将利用这些机构广泛的STEM培训和研究经验。研讨会的目的是扩大工作和实践的NTA-HBCU地球科学跨学科社区的影响力，通过创建一个强大的虚拟基础设施，用于制作基于STEM地球科学的课程，教师和学生的参与，同时利用这些著名的HBCU和NTA机构在服务，培训，STEM专业的毕业和融合代表性不足的学生。由于COVID 19大流行的影响，NTA将举办第92届虚拟年会，在线举行。会议将以学生和技术专家的交互式远程演示为特色，并提供现场参与者互动。尽管气候变化和COVID 19是高度优先的主题，但准备和发展未来的STEM劳动力仍然是NTA使命和议程的核心。作为NTA会议的一个主要组成部分，HBCU-GWG将举办两个以社区为重点的互动研讨会演示和培训课程。克拉克亚特兰大大学将协调两个研讨会主题，一个侧重于基于社区的计划扩大地球科学教育，将有三个社区示范项目连接校园和社区，以提供干经验教育在资源不足的黑人社区。该计划还将包括一个全球学习和观察有益于环境（地球仪）研讨会。地球仪是由NSF，NASA，NOAA和美国国务院支持的国际科学和教育计划，为全球学生和公众提供参与数据收集和科学过程的机会。该工作组已投资于教师发展培训，以加强战略，纳入社会影响了几年，他们将参与社区组织在扩大全球的影响到周围HBCU校园的非裔美国人社区。具体的研讨会目标是：汇集大学，政府和组织领导，探索STEM教育的新机会（合作伙伴关系，招聘，课程，教学）;探索HBCU应对COVID 19大流行，包括研究，影响，技术和对STEM教育未来的影响;确定并优先考虑被证明可以实际增加STEM管道多样性的战略，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。