Collaborative Research: EAGER: Advancing Pedagogy and Inclusivity through Multi-modal Upper Level Geophysics Education

合作研究：EAGER：通过多模式高水平地球物理学教育推进教学法和包容性

• 批准号: 2041967
• 负责人: Derek Schutt
• 金额: $ 0.55万
• 依托单位: Colorado State 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: 2020-08-15 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2041967&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EAGER; Advancing; Pedagogy

Today, classrooms are challenged by the need for flexible learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic and for dynamic course materials that attract students from diverse backgrounds and allow them to thrive. This EAGER initiates a pilot effort to develop research-based learning modules for the upper level geophysics classes that can be used by geophysics programs across the country. At the upper level there are fewer resources for teaching and course development guides, and there is a notable drop off in students from underrepresented groups. This EAGER will explore how to implement high quality teaching materials to create a more equitable and inclusive learning environment that can build student confidence and allow students from a variety of diverse backgrounds to succeed. The PI team brings together complementary academic expertise facilitating the creation of a broad range of teaching modules and the convergence between upper level geophysics students and students in core STEM disciplines such as physics, mathematics, and computational science, which are fundamental disciplines on which global seismology relies.The project will design multimodal pilot modules on (1) Elastodynamics, (2) Seismology and Plate Tectonics, and (3) Near surface seismological methods and applications to the developed environment. The work has the potential to transform the traditional teaching mechanisms for upper level geophysics courses, and be used as a means to attract underrepresented groups to geophysics who may not have otherwise considered Earth science as a research focus. The project will incorporate flipped course design and mastery learning to help build student confidence, with the materials created in such a way that they are adaptable to both on-line and in-person teaching. In addition, the team will further develop inclusivity through the creation of biographies featuring scientists from underrepresented groups that will be incorporated directly into the learning modules. The pilot modules will specifically focus on upper level geophysics courses to address and support students transitioning from undergraduate training to graduate school or to professional work in the geosciences, thus extending the pedagogical support from lower level to upper level geophysics teaching.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.

今天，由于COVID-19大流行，教室面临着灵活学习的挑战，需要动态的课程材料，以吸引来自不同背景的学生，并使他们茁壮成长。该项目启动了一项试点工作，为高级地球物理课程开发基于研究的学习模块，可供全国各地的地球物理课程使用。在上层，用于教学和课程开发指南的资源较少，来自代表性不足群体的学生数量明显下降。该项目将探讨如何实施高质量的教材，以创造一个更加公平和包容的学习环境，建立学生的信心，让来自不同背景的学生取得成功。PI团队汇集了互补的学术专业知识，促进了广泛教学模块的创建，并促进了高水平地球物理学学生与核心STEM学科（如物理、数学和计算科学）学生之间的融合，这些学科是全球地震学所依赖的基础学科。该项目将设计(1)弹性动力学、(2)地震学和板块构造学以及(3)近地表地震学方法及其在发达环境中的应用的多模态试点模块。这项工作有可能改变高级地球物理学课程的传统教学机制，并被用作吸引代表性不足的群体学习地球物理学的一种手段，否则这些群体可能不会将地球科学视为研究重点。该项目将结合翻转课程设计和精通学习，以帮助建立学生的信心，并以适合在线和面对面教学的方式创建材料。此外，该团队将通过创建来自代表性不足群体的科学家的传记来进一步发展包容性，这些传记将直接纳入学习模块。试点模块将特别侧重于高级地球物理课程，以解决和支持学生从本科培训过渡到研究生院或从事地球科学专业工作，从而将低级地球物理教学支持扩展到高级地球物理教学。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。