Postdoctoral Fellowship: STEMEdIPRF: Increasing geoscience enrollment and engagement by transforming perceptions of geoscience among students and the general public

博士后奖学金：STEMEdIPRF：通过改变学生和公众对地球科学的看法来增加地球科学的入学率和参与度

• 批准号: 2327348
• 负责人: Rachel Phillips
• 金额: $ 33.25万
• 依托单位: University of South Carolina at Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2327348&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; STEMEdIPRF; Increasing; geoscience

Enrollment in geoscience departments is currently decreasing, which is projected to cause a major shortage of geoscientists in the workforce over the next decade. It is crucial that we reverse this trend as geoscientists are vital for studying and combating the effects of climate change and other geological hazards. This project aims to increase geoscience enrollment and overall engagement by identifying and transforming misperceptions of geoscience among students and the general public. To determine the best practices for increasing geoscience enrollment and engagement, department enrollment statistics and student perceptions of and motivations for pursuing geoscience will be investigated via publicly available data and survey responses. This work will follow the Input–Environment–Output model to evaluate how inputs (e.g., student demographics, backgrounds, and perceptions) and environment (e.g., departmental factors) influence outputs (e.g., enrollment trends). Surveys will be disseminated through university geoscience departments and YouTube to obtain a broad and diverse pool of student and general public respondents. With this data, the key factors that increase and decrease interest in geoscience among students and the general public will be identified and used to develop outreach and recruitment strategies for geoscience departments to follow to increase student enrollment and public engagement. This project is funded by the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) program that aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field.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.

地球科学系的入学人数目前正在减少，预计这将导致未来十年地球科学家的劳动力严重短缺。我们必须扭转这一趋势，因为地球科学家对于研究和应对气候变化和其他地质灾害的影响至关重要。该项目旨在通过识别和改变学生和公众对地球科学的误解来提高地球科学的入学率和整体参与度。为了确定增加地球科学招生和参与的最佳做法，部门招生统计数据和学生的看法和追求地球科学的动机将通过公开的数据和调查问卷进行调查。这项工作将遵循投入-环境-产出模型，以评估投入（例如，学生人口统计、背景和感知）和环境（例如，部门因素）影响输出（例如，趋势）。调查将通过大学地球科学系和YouTube传播，以获得广泛和多样化的学生和公众答卷人。通过这些数据，将确定增加和减少学生和公众对地球科学兴趣的关键因素，并用于制定地球科学部门的外联和招聘策略，以提高学生入学率和公众参与度。 该项目由STEM教育博士后研究奖学金资助（干艾德PRF）计划，旨在提高研究知识，技能，并在干，干教育，教育，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得支持的，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。