Collaborative Research: Encoding Geography - Scaling up an RPP to achieve inclusive geocomputational education

地理空间服务行业是一个利润丰厚且增长迅速的领域；然而，雇主发现很难聘请到同时具备地理和计算机科学专业知识的科学家。计算机科学和地理方面的培训机会有限，造成了具备这些工作所需知识和技能的工人短缺。通过研究-实践伙伴关系（RPP），美国地理学家协会（AAG）与德克萨斯州立大学、加州大学河滨分校、圣地亚哥州立大学、加州地理联盟、甜水联合高中区和圣地亚哥梅萨学院合作，将创建一个包容性的高中到大学课程路径，连接计算机科学和地理的概念。该RPP将支持课程的开发，使其在概念上严谨、包容和文化上相关。它还将产生一种可复制的方法来教授地理计算，这对所有学习者来说都是可访问的和激励的。美国地理学家协会（AAG）与德克萨斯州立大学、加州大学河滨分校、圣地亚哥州立大学、加州地理联盟、甜水联合高中区和圣地亚哥梅萨学院合作，提出了一项csforallprek -14路径链项目，以扩大其在加州的编码地理学研究-实践者伙伴关系（RPP）活动。该RPP将开展研究和开发活动，为地理计算密集型专业和职业提供包容性课程。该项目的第一年将侧重于基线数据收集。在第二年，AAG将与RPP成员召开研讨会，制作与文化相关的地理计算课程，并将这些课程应用于高中和大学的计算机科学和地理课程。在最后一年，RPP将为正在进行的实施修订经验教训。AAG还将实施一项传播计划，在加州和其他州扩大RPP的规模。一个专家委员会将对该项目进行形成性和总结性评估。该RPP将产生一种可复制的方法，用于阐明地理计算课程路径，这种方法对所有学习者都具有包容性，可访问性和激励性。通过让课程所关注的利益相关者参与进来，更有可能实现地理计算领域朝着更多样化劳动力方向的系统性变革。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。

The geospatial services industry is a profitable and rapidly growing field; however, employers find it difficult to hire scientists with expertise in both geography and computer science. The limited availability of training opportunities in both computer science and geography has created a shortage of workers with the necessary knowledge and skill sets for those jobs. Through a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership (RPP), The Association of American Geographers (AAG), in collaboration with Texas State University, the University of California-Riverside, San Diego State University, the California Geographic Alliance, Sweetwater Union High School District, and San Diego Mesa College, will create an inclusive high school to college curriculum pathway that bridges concepts in computer science and geography. This RPP will support the development of a curriculum that is conceptually rigorous, inclusive, and culturally relevant. It will also produce a replicable approach for teaching geocomputation that is accessible and motivational for all learners.The Association of American Geographers (AAG), in collaboration with Texas State University, the University of California-Riverside, San Diego State University, the California Geographic Alliance, Sweetwater Union High School District, and San Diego Mesa College, proposes a CSforALL-PreK-14 Pathways Strand project to scale up its Encoding Geography Researcher-Practitioner Partnership (RPP) activities in California. This RPP will pursue research and development activities supporting an inclusive curriculum pathway toward geocomputationally intensive majors and careers. The first year of the project will focus on baseline data collection. In year two, AAG will convene a workshop with RPP members to produce culturally relevant geocomputational lessons and being to implement those lesson in CS and geography courses in high school and college. In the final year, the RPP will revise the lessons for ongoing implementation. The AAG will also implement a dissemination plan to scale up the RPP across California and to other states. An expert committee will provide a formative and summative evaluation of the project. This RPP will produce a replicable methodology for articulating curriculum pathways in geocomputation that are inclusive, accessible, and motivational for all learners. By involving the very stakeholders with whom the curriculum is concerned, systemic change toward a more diverse workforce in geocomputation is more likely to be achieved.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.