Collaborative Research: EAGER: Advancing Pedagogy and Inclusivity through Multi-modal Upper Level Geophysics Education

合作研究：EAGER：通过多模式高水平地球物理学教育推进教学法和包容性

• 批准号: 2041967
• 负责人: Derek Schutt
• 金额: $ 0.55万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-15 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2041967&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EAGER; Advancing; Pedagogy

Today, classrooms are challenged by the need for flexible learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic and for dynamic course materials that attract students from diverse backgrounds and allow them to thrive. This EAGER initiates a pilot effort to develop research-based learning modules for the upper level geophysics classes that can be used by geophysics programs across the country. At the upper level there are fewer resources for teaching and course development guides, and there is a notable drop off in students from underrepresented groups. This EAGER will explore how to implement high quality teaching materials to create a more equitable and inclusive learning environment that can build student confidence and allow students from a variety of diverse backgrounds to succeed. The PI team brings together complementary academic expertise facilitating the creation of a broad range of teaching modules and the convergence between upper level geophysics students and students in core STEM disciplines such as physics, mathematics, and computational science, which are fundamental disciplines on which global seismology relies.The project will design multimodal pilot modules on (1) Elastodynamics, (2) Seismology and Plate Tectonics, and (3) Near surface seismological methods and applications to the developed environment. The work has the potential to transform the traditional teaching mechanisms for upper level geophysics courses, and be used as a means to attract underrepresented groups to geophysics who may not have otherwise considered Earth science as a research focus. The project will incorporate flipped course design and mastery learning to help build student confidence, with the materials created in such a way that they are adaptable to both on-line and in-person teaching. In addition, the team will further develop inclusivity through the creation of biographies featuring scientists from underrepresented groups that will be incorporated directly into the learning modules. The pilot modules will specifically focus on upper level geophysics courses to address and support students transitioning from undergraduate training to graduate school or to professional work in the geosciences, thus extending the pedagogical support from lower level to upper level geophysics teaching.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.

如今，教室受到挑战，由于19岁的大流行而需要灵活学习，并吸引了吸引来自不同背景的学生并允许他们蓬勃发展的动态课程材料。这急切地发起了一项试点努力，为全国各地的地球物理计划可以使用的高层地球物理类别类别的研究模块开发基于研究的学习模块。在上层，教学和课程发展指南的资源较少，而来自代表性不足的团体的学生有一个显着的下降。这种渴望将探索如何实施高质量的教材，以创建一个更公平，更包容的学习环境，以建立学生的信心并允许来自各种背景的学生取得成功。 PI团队汇集了互补的学术专业知识，促进了广泛的教学模块的创建，以及高层地球物理学生与核心STEM学科中的学生之间的融合，例如物理学，数学和计算科学，这些学科是哪些基本学科，这些学科是哪种全球地震学学科该项目将在（1）弹性动力学，（2）地震学和板块构造方面设计多模式的试验模块，以及（3）近地面地震学方法和对发达环境的应用。这项工作有可能改变上层地球物理学课程的传统教学机制，并将其用作吸引代表性不足的群体的一种手段，而这些群体可能没有其他人认为地球科学作为研究重点。该项目将结合经过翻转的课程设计和精通学习，以帮助建立学生的信心，并以这种方式创建的材料，以使它们适应在线和亲自教学。此外，该团队将通过创建传记的创建，该传记的创建成本不足的群体，这些传记将直接纳入学习模块。飞行员模块将专门关注高层地球物理课程，以解决和支持从本科培训过渡到研究生院或地球科学专业工作的学生，从而将教学支持从下层层次扩展到上层地球物理学教学。使命，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估值得支持的。