Place-Based Geology Courses For Hispanic Undergraduates: Track 1

西班牙裔本科生本地地质学课程：轨道 1

• 批准号: 0503375
• 负责人: Lisa Hammersley
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University Enterprises, Incorporated
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0503375&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Place; Based; Geology; Courses; Hispanic

Track 1: Place-Based Geology Courses for Hispanic UndergraduatesDespite its large Hispanic population, California produces a disproportionately low number of Hispanic scientists. The primary objectives of this project are to: 1) increase diversity among undergraduate students in geology at California State University - Sacramento (CSUS); and 2) increase opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students of color to participate in research. To encourage Hispanic students to become geology majors, a place-based introductory geology course entitled "Geology of Mexico" will be developed and used to engage students through the use of inquiry-based activities. The course will also encourage students to enter the geoscience workforce through explicit reference to career paths open to geology students. A partnership with the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico at Queretaro has led to development and co-teaching of a Mexico-based field course and collaborative research opportunities for undergraduate geology majors. Graduate students from CSUS will be trained to act as mentors to undergraduates in the Geology of Mexico course and in the field course. The project is intended to provide support services and mentoring for minority students and high-quality learning experiences based on current educational research. Data about the effectiveness of a place-based approach to increasing diversity is being collected. All case-study information and data collected in preparation for the course are being digitized and made available through the web for others to use, thereby expanding number of available resources related to teaching geology in Mexico.

第 1 轨道：为西班牙裔本科生提供基于地方的地质学课程 尽管加州有大量西班牙裔人口，但其西班牙裔科学家的数量却极少。该项目的主要目标是： 1) 增加加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校 (CSUS) 地质学本科生的多样性； 2）增加有色人种本科生和研究生参与研究的机会。 为了鼓励西班牙裔学生主修地质学，将开发题为“墨西哥地质学”的实地地质学入门课程，并通过基于探究的活动来吸引学生。 该课程还将通过明确提及向地质学学生开放的职业道路来鼓励学生进入地球科学队伍。 与墨西哥克雷塔罗国立自治大学的合作伙伴关系促成了墨西哥实地课程的开发和联合教学，以及地质专业本科生的合作研究机会。 CSUS 的研究生将接受培训，担任墨西哥地质学课程和实地课程本科生的导师。该项目旨在为少数族裔学生提供支持服务和指导，以及基于当前教育研究的高质量学习体验。正在收集有关基于地点的增加多样性方法有效性的数据。 为课程准备而收集的所有案例研究信息和数据都已数字化，并通过网络提供给其他人使用，从而扩大了与墨西哥地质学教学相关的可用资源数量。