Engaging Teachers in Research: Expanding Knowledge and Building Sustainable Earth/Environmental Science Education in Southeastern NC

这项为期一年的加强地球科学多样性机会规划赠款将费耶特维尔州立大学和北卡罗来纳大学彭布罗克大学的教职员工以及来自周围学区的20名地球/环境科学在职教师聚集在一个研讨会上，重点是发展高质量的教师专业发展活动。在规划阶段正在制定的基本战略是建立一个机制，为参与计划的大学教员的实验室中的教师提供研究经验。预计这将是一种双赢的方法，既能提高教师的地球科学内容知识，增加他们对科学进程的信心，又能加强东道主研究人员的教学能力。

This 1-year Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences planning grant is bringing together faculty at Fayetteville State University and the University of North Carolina Pembroke and 20 in-service Earth/Environmental Science teachers from the surrounding school districts in a workshop that will focus on developing high quality teacher professional development activities. The basic strategy that is being developed during the planning phase is to establish a mechanism for providing research experiences for teachers in the laboratories of participating university faculty. It is expected that this will be a win-win approach that improves the geoscience content knowledge of the teachers and increases their confidence in the scientific process, while also strengthening the pedagogical capabilities of the host researchers.