GP-Impact: Service Learning Activities Targeting the Earth Sciences (SLATES)

第I部分(以地球科学为目标的服务学习活动)项目将为数百名德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)和埃尔帕索社区学院(EPCC)的学生(及其家人)提供机会，体验地球科学可能如何造福当地社区。UTEP和EPCC都是为少数族裔服务的机构，其学生人数(超过80%的西班牙裔)反映了当地社区。服务性学习在一个人际关系是重要激励因素的社区中为学生提供了与文化相关的环境；它涉及多种学习方式，以吸引不同的学生，并发展更高层次的思维技能。拟议项目的正式评价将有助于确定哪些短期和长期服务学习活动最能有效地吸引和留住地球科学领域的拉美裔学生。研究小组将研究哪些长期活动在培养专业技能方面最成功，为学生在地球科学领域的职业生涯做好准备。该团队将开发一份现场指南，描述用于为该计划设计最成功的短期和长期学习活动的过程。该小组相信，该指南和在会议上发表的相关报告将帮助其他两年制和四年制高等教育机构开发有效的方法，让学生参与到地球科学服务学习中来。第IITHE SLATS(以地球科学为目标的服务性学习活动)项目将为数百名德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)和埃尔帕索社区学院(EPCC)的学生(及其家庭)提供机会，体验地球科学如何造福当地社区。UTEP和EPCC都是为少数族裔服务的机构，其学生人数(超过80%的西班牙裔)反映了当地社区。以地点为基础的学习和服务学习被证明增加了在地球科学领域招收和留住少数族裔学生的人数。服务性学习在一个人际关系是重要激励因素的社区中为学生提供了与文化相关的环境；它涉及多种学习方式，以吸引不同的学生，并发展更高层次的思维技能。SLATS的目标是使用短期服务学习计划来展示地球科学如何影响当地社区，增加决定在UTEP和EPCC主修地球科学的学生数量，并简化学生从EPCC转到UTEP的过程。长期服务学习活动将建立在此基础上，通过提高学生在地球科学方面的软技能和技术技能。长期和短期学习活动还将向学生介绍一系列地球科学领域的职业。拟议项目的正式评价将使研究小组能够确定哪些短期和长期服务学习活动对吸引和留住地球科学领域的拉美裔学生最有效。该团队将开发一份现场指南，描述用于为该计划设计最成功的短期和长期学习活动的过程。该团队相信，本指南和在会议上发表的相关报告将帮助其他两年制和四年制院校开发有效的方法，让学生参与到地球科学的服务学习中来。

Part IThe SLATES (Service Learning Activities Targeting the Earth Sciences)project will provide opportunities for hundreds of University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) students (and their families) to experience how the geosciences may be of benefit to their local community. UTEP and EPCC are both minority serving institutions whose student populations (over 80% Hispanic) mirrors the local community. Service learning provides students with culturally relevant context in a community where interpersonal relationships are important motivators; it involves multiple learning styles to appeal to diverse students and develops higher order thinking skills. Formal evaluations built into the proposed project will allow the determination of which short- and long-term service learning activities are the most effective for attracting and retaining Hispanic students in the geosciences. The research team will examine which long-term activities are the most successful at developing the professional skills to prepare students for careers in the geosciences. The team will develop a field guide that describes the process used to design the most successful short- and long-term learning activities for the program. The team believes this guide and associated presentations given at meetings will help other 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education develop effective ways to involve students in service learning in the geosciences. Part IIThe SLATES (Service Learning Activities Targeting the Earth Sciences)project will provide opportunities for hundreds of University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) students (and their families) to experience how the geosciences may be of benefit to their local community. UTEP and EPCC are both minority serving institutions whose student populations (over 80% Hispanic) mirrors the local community. Place based learning and service learning have been shown to increase the recruitment and retention of minority students in the geosciences. Service learning provides students with culturally relevant context in a community where interpersonal relationships are important motivators; it involves multiple learning styles to appeal to diverse students and develops higher order thinking skills. The objectives of SLATES are to use a short-term service learning program to demonstrate how geoscience impacts the local community, increase the number of students who decide to major in the geosciences at UTEP and EPCC, and ease the transfer of students from EPCC to UTEP. Long-term service learning activities will build on this foundation by improving students' soft and technical skills in the geosciences. The long- and short-term learning activities will also introduce students to a range of careers in the geosciences. Formal evaluations built into the proposed project will allow the research team to determine which short- and long-term service learning activities are the most effective for attracting and retaining Hispanic students in the geosciences. The team will develop a field guide that describes the process used to design the most successful short- and long-term learning activities for the program. The team believes this guide and associated presentations given at meetings will help other 2-year and 4-year institutions develop effective ways to involve students in service learning in the geosciences.