Planning Grant: DIG Texas - A Workshop on Diversity and Innovation in Geosciences in Texas

该奖项支持为期2.5天的研讨会，将汇集来自德克萨斯州35所高等教育机构的地球科学家和地球科学教育工作者，讨论提高该州K-12学生人口地球科学素养的战略。 该项目是得克萨斯A M大学地球科学学院、得克萨斯大学杰克逊地球科学学院和美国地球物理联合会之间的合作。 讲习班的目标是：支持教师的一个新的高中顶点地球和空间科学类正在提供在得克萨斯州;提高得克萨斯州的学生和教师对地球科学的赞赏和能力;和，发展现有的地球科学教育计划之间的联系，以促进协同作用和倍增其影响。 在得克萨斯州的大少数民族（主要是西班牙裔）人口提供了一个突出的机会，通过实现这些目标，在地球科学领域扩大代表性不足的群体的参与。 讲习班的预期成果包括：通过区域中心机构建立一个全州范围的地球科学家和地球科学教育工作者网络，他们参与改革和加强与地球科学有关的教育;建立一个网站，促进全州范围的交流;编写一份讲习班报告。

This award supports a 2.5 day workshop that will bring together geoscientists and geoscience educators from 35 institutions of higher education located across the state of Texas, to discuss strategies for improving geosciences literacy among the state's K-12 student population. The project is a collaboration between Texas A&M University College of Geosciences, the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences, and the American Geophysical Union. The goals of the workshop are to: support teachers of a new high school capstone Earth and Space Science class being offered in Texas; increase appreciation and competency of Texas students and teachers regarding the geosciences; and, develop linkages among existing geosciences education programs, in order to promote synergy and multiply their impacts. The large minority (dominantly Hispanic) population within Texas offers an outstanding opportunity for broadening participation of underrepresented groups within the geosciences, through achievement of these goals. Anticipated outcomes of the workshop include a state-wide network of geoscientists and geoscience educators engaged in reforming and strengthening Earth science-related education and organized through regional hub institutions; a web site to facilitate state-wide communication; and a workshop report.