OEDG: Mentoring Through Research: Catalyst for Success in the Geosciences

OEDG：通过研究进行指导：地球科学成功的催化剂

• 批准号: 0119936
• 负责人: Kathleen Marsaglia
• 金额: $ 96.72万
• 依托单位: The University Corporation, Northridge
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0119936&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: OEDG; Mentoring; Through; Research; Catalyst

ABSTRACTMentoring through Research: Catalyst for Success in the GeosciencesThe Department of Geological Sciences at California State University Northridge (CSUN) will develop a program to attract and retain underrepresented minorities in its geosciences curriculum. The three-year Catalyst Program centers on peer-mentored research groups composed of graduate (CSUN MS candidates), undergraduate (from CSUN and local community colleges), and high-school students from under-represented groups. The multi-tiered approach connects students with mentors both horizontally (peer) and vertically (near-peer and advisor). The three-year scope of the project allows mentoring relationships developed during the first year to continue into subsequent years and for continuing students to step into roles of increasing responsibility and experience. Mentor-protege connections are initiated in a classroom setting through a course designed to teach mentoring and research concepts, and to familiarize students with each other, the research projects, and the faculty advisors. Students then join one of four focused research groups centered on exciting and engaging research projects of local to global significance. The selected research projects have significant topical overlap (e.g., seismology, structure/active tectonics, sedimentation and tectonics, and sedimentology and low temperature geochemistry), providing common grounds for student interaction through coursework and facilitating student transfer from group to group if research interests change. The Catalyst Program provides mentoring and research training for the 30 or more students who will participate in the program to ensure success in academe and industry. It also enhances the mentoring skills and research productivity of the faculty mentors and strengthens the research capacity of the department, increasing the likelihood of continued funding from a variety of sources.

摘要通过研究进行指导：地球科学成功的催化剂加州州立大学北岭分校 (CSUN) 地质科学系将制定一项计划，以吸引和保留其地球科学课程中代表性不足的少数群体。 为期三年的催化剂计划以同行指导的研究小组为中心，由研究生（CSUN MS 候选人）、本科生（来自 CSUN 和当地社区学院）和来自代表性不足群体的高中生组成。多层次的方法将学生与导师横向（同行）和纵向（近同行和顾问）联系起来。该项目为期三年，允许第一年建立的指导关系持续到随后的几年，并让继续学习的学生承担越来越多的责任和经验。导师与学生的联系是在课堂环境中通过一门课程启动的，该课程旨在教授指导和研究概念，并使学生熟悉彼此、研究项目和教师顾问。然后，学生加入四个重点研究小组之一，这些研究小组的重点是具有本地和全球意义的令人兴奋且引人入胜的研究项目。所选研究项目具有显着的主题重叠（例如，地震学、构造/活动构造学、沉积和构造学、沉积学和低温地球化学），为学生通过课程互动提供共同基础，并在研究兴趣发生变化时促进学生从一个小组转移到另一个小组。 Catalyst 计划为参与该计划的 30 名或更多学生提供指导和研究培训，以确保在学术界和工业界取得成功。它还提高了教师导师的指导技能和研究生产力，并增强了系的研究能力，增加了从各种来源持续资助的可能性。