Collaborative Research: Early Career Geoscience Faculty Development Workshop

为早期职业教师提供学习和支持机会是改善地球科学本科教育、加强教师研究和奖学金、解决地球科学多样性和包容性问题的重要策略。为此，与美国国家地球科学教师协会合作，由地球科学教育领域经验丰富的教师领导组成的团队将举办三次年度研讨会，以帮助早期职业地球科学家提高他们对最佳教学实践的理解。该项目支持美国国家科学基金会培养具有全球竞争力的科学和工程劳动力的目标。早期职业教师研讨会将在马里兰大学举行，每年夏天将有大约75名参与者。讲习班将在全国范围内进行宣传，并鼓励来自少数民族服务机构和社区学院的教员参加。除了对研讨会活动进行评估外，该项目还将完成对早期职业研讨会项目影响的全面评估，包括对过去参与者的纵向研究。这项评估将对早期职业发展和培训的长期影响提供重要见解。本项目由本科教育学部、地球科学部、海洋科学部和极地项目办公室资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Providing learning and support opportunities for early-career faculty is an important strategy to improve undergraduate geoscience education, strengthen faculty research and scholarship, and address issues of diversity and inclusion in the Geosciences. To this end, in partnership with the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, a team of experienced faculty leaders in geoscience education will host three annual workshops to help early-career geoscientists advance their understanding of best practices in pedagogy. The project supports NSF goals of fostering the development of a globally competitive scientific and engineering workforce.The Early Career Faculty Workshops will be held at the University of Maryland and will include approximately seventy-five participants each summer. The workshops will be nationally advertised, and participation by faculty who are from minority serving institutions and community colleges will be encouraged. In addition to evaluation of the workshop activities, the project will complete a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of the Early Career Workshop program, including a longitudinal study of past participants. This evaluation will provide important insights into the long-term impact of early career professional development and training. This project is funded by Division of Undergraduate Education, the Division of Earth Sciences, Division of Ocean Sciences, and the Office of Polar Programs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.