The South Bay Geo-Diversity Project: Phase II

南湾地理多样性项目--第二阶段的目标是：1)通过让国民西班牙裔大学(NHU)和圣何塞城市学院(SJCC)的学生参与积极的学习体验并提高他们对教育和职业机会的认识，加强他们对地球科学的参与；(2)与圣何塞州立大学的MESA(数学、工程、科学成就)计划和NHU的拉丁裔大学预科学院合作，为未被充分代表的初中生和高中生提供基于实地的地球科学丰富活动，(3)建立上海州立大学地质学专业学生与当地中小学师生结对的地质学家驻校计划；(4)通过提高初中和高中教师的内容背景和对地学的信心水平，并为他们的地学教学提供适当的材料支持，提高他们讲授地学的数量和质量。该项目通过投资招聘和培训任职人数不足的群体中的未来地球科学家，为地球科学教育作出了贡献。它还将利用一个独特的机会，影响国家拉美裔大学的新生课程和项目，这是一所不断扩大的拉美裔服务机构。该项目将传播一个广泛的社区合作伙伴合作模式，以改善任职人数不足的学生获得地球科学的机会。该项目将提高合作学校的职前教师和长期讲师教授地球科学的数量和质量。

The goals of the South Bay Geo-Diversity Project - Phase II are to 1) Enhance participation in the geosciences by students at National Hispanic University (NHU) and San Jose City College (SJCC) by engaging them in active learning experiences and raising their awareness of educational and career opportunities, (2) Team with San Jose State University's MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) Program and the Latino College Preparatory Academy at NHU to provide underrepresented middle- and high-school students with field-based enrichment activities in the geosciences, (3) Establish a Geologist-In-Residence program that pairs SJSU geology students with teachers and students in local middle and high schools, (4) Increase the quantity and quality of geoscience taught by teachers of middle and high school by enhancing their content background and confidence level in geoscience, and by supporting their teaching of geoscience with appropriate materials. The project contributes to geoscience education by investing in the recruitment and training of future geoscientists from underrepresented groups. It also will exploit a unique opportunity to influence nascent curricula and programs at National Hispanic University, an expanding Hispanic-serving institution. The project will disseminate a model for the collaboration of a broad spectrum of community partners to improve access to the geosciences for underrepresented students. The project will increase the quantity and quality of geoscience taught by both pre-service teachers and the permanent instructors at partner schools.