An NAGT Program of Intensive Short Courses to Disseminate Effective and Innovative Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Geoscience

美国全国地质教师协会（NAGT）将制定一项计划，传播过去十年来发展起来的有效和创新的地球科学教学策略。为期两年的项目包括四个部分：1)每年在专业地球科学学会会议上提供为期一天的有效教学短期课程；2)每年举办一次为期四天的夏季研讨会，讨论如何在教育改革背景下重新设计地球科学入门或高级课程；3)通过电子名单服务器和专业地球科学学会会议上的“校友”聚会，参与者之间继续讨论的机会；(4)《本科生地学教学创新成功策略教学资源书》。该项目的受众将包括各种类型机构的教职员工以及研究生和博士后研究员。短期课程和研讨会将向参与者介绍促进主动学习的教学技巧，激励他们批判性地看待有效学习环境的设计，并提供讨论教学的机会。演讲者是五位经验丰富的教师，他们将积极参与会议。学员在结束短期课程或工作坊后，不仅会了解改变教学方式的价值，还会了解具体的教学策略和作业示例。

The National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT) will develop a program to disseminate the effective and innovative strategies for teaching geoscience that have been developed over the last decade. The two-year program has four components: 1) three one-day short courses on effective teaching offered each year at meetings of professional geoscience societies; 2) one annual four-day summer workshop on re-designing an introductory or upper-level geoscience course in the context of educational reform; 3) opportunities for continuing discussions among participants via an electronic list server and "alumni" reunions at meetings of professional geoscience societies; and 4) a Teaching Resource Book of successful and innovative strategies for teaching geoscience to undergraduates. The audience for this project will include faculty members at a variety of types of institutions as well as graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. The short courses and workshops will introduce participants to teaching techniques that promote active learning, stimulate them to look critically at design of effective learning environments, and provide opportunities for discussions about teaching. The presenters are five experienced faculty members who will actively involve participants in the session. Participants will leave a short course or workshop informed not only about the value of making changes in how they teach, but also about specific teaching strategies and examples of assignments.