Instructional Approaches to Access, Accommodation, and Inclusion in the Geosciences: An International Workshop

该奖项旨在为当前和未来的地球科学教师和助教提供一个特殊的专业发展机会，旨在提高残疾学生在地球科学方面的教育能力，并使他们参与地球科学教育和职业道路。本项目将在澳大利亚布里斯班举行的第34届国际地质大会（专题讨论会1.2）上启动。地球科学教育主题1：地球科学为社会服务)，并在2012年北卡罗来纳州夏洛特举行的美国地质学会（GSA）年会上重复了这一主题。该项目是国际地球科学多样性咨询组织（IAGD）与国际地质科学联合会/地球科学教育、培训和技术转让委员会（IUGS/COGE）新合作的产物。这个教学研讨会是专门为教师设计的，他们可能需要帮助来修改课程材料，以容纳残疾学生。大多数教师没有为残疾学生做好充分的准备，但当这些学生来到他们的课堂时，他们面临着改造住宿设施的直接挑战。这个专业发展工作坊的亮点将是参与演讲和工作坊活动的残疾学生的第一手观点。学生演讲者将讨论他们在地球科学方面的经验，以及如何将教学材料和活动纳入地球科学教育的各个方面。这次讲习班是免费向参加者提供的，目的是自我促进教室无障碍的努力，并尽可能广泛地传播材料和教学战略。

This award is supporting implementation of a special professional development opportunity for current and future geoscience faculty and teaching assistants that is aimed at increasing capacity for educating students with disabilities in the geosciences and engaging them in geoscience education and career pathways. This program, which will be launched at the 34th International Geological Congress in Brisbane Australia (Symposium 1.2. Geoscience Education Theme 1: Geoscience for Society) and repeated at the 2012 Geological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. This project is the outgrowth of a new collaboration between the International Advisory for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) and the International Union of Geological Sciences/Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer (IUGS/COGE). This instructional workshop is specifically designed for faculty who may need assistance in modifying course materials to include and accommodate students with disabilities. Most faculty members are not adequately prepared to include students with disabilities but are faced with the immediate challenge of retrofitting accommodations when such students arrive at their classes. The highlight of this professional development workshop session will be a first-hand perspective from students with disabilities involved in the presentation and workshop activities. Student presenters will discuss their experiences in the geosciences, and how instructional materials and activities can be accommodated to include them in every aspect of geoscience education. This workshop is being offered at no cost to the participants, in order to self-promote the effort of classroom accessibility and to disseminate the materials and teaching strategies as broadly as possible.