GP-GO: Integrating Spatial Literacy into Geoscience: Bridging the gap between education and workforce in the U.S.

GP-GO：将空间素养融入地球科学：缩小美国教育和劳动力之间的差距

• 批准号: 2119967
• 负责人: Anita Simic Milas
• 金额: $ 31.5万
• 依托单位: Bowling Green State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2119967&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; GO; Integrating; Spatial; Literacy

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).By focusing on recruitment and retention of students from historically excluded communities, the educational-research program SPatial LITeracy - SPLITGeoscience provides an effective method of increasing diversity in geoscience, while strengthening obligations to society and broadening intellectual values in STEM research. Through a combination of workshops, hands-on training, field experience, and internship placement, the program emphasizes partnerships between academia, industry, and multicultural organizations to connect undergraduate and graduate students to future employers and to the scientific community at large. The program integrates geoscience and geospatial literacy with the socioeconomic needs of local communities across the United States, and thus, contributes to understanding geoscience-related challenges across the nation. The geospatial component of the program supports the urgent demand of the U.S. government and industry to prepare the next generation of skilled geoscientists to handle serious problems, such as the effects and mitigation of natural disasters, that are crucial to national welfare and security. This interactive approach attracts students and sparks their research curiosity and critical thinking.The SPLITGeoscience program is a three-year program proposed by Bowling Green State University in collaboration with Central State University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Idaho State University, and AmericaView, a consortium of more than 40 universities. The project leverages innovative hands-on learning and field experience using the most sophisticated satellite- and drone-based technologies, plus internship opportunities, to satisfy two goals: 1) encourage and strengthen the geoscience professional development of students from historically excluded communities and facilitate their school-to-work transition using effective recruitment and retention strategies; and 2) elevate the status of career-related pathways of these students by becoming well-rounded and ready-for-job-market professionals. The program consists of two major components: 1) a series of intensive on-site hands-on learning events allowing insights into real-world geoscience problems using the most recent geospatial techniques learned from experts; and 2) a work placement program for university students established with industry, universities, and government. The ability to process and analyze spatial data to confront pressing geoscience and environmental issues is becoming the fundamental form of literacy for experts in geoscience, which is a fast-growing interest of government, academia, and industry.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.

该奖项的全部或部分资金来源于《2021 年美国救援计划法案》（公法 117-2）。通过专注于招募和保留来自历史上被排除在外的社区的学生，教育研究项目 SPatial LITeracy - SPLITGeoscience 提供了有效的增加地球科学多样性的方法，同时加强对社会的义务并扩大 STEM 研究的知识价值。通过研讨会、实践培训、现场经验和实习安置相结合，该项目强调学术界、工业界和多元文化组织之间的合作，将本科生和研究生与未来的雇主和整个科学界联系起来。该计划将地球科学和地理空间知识与美国各地社区的社会经济需求相结合，从而有助于了解全国范围内与地球科学相关的挑战。该计划的地理空间部分满足了美国政府和业界的迫切需求，即培养下一代熟练的地球科学家来处理对国家福利和安全至关重要的严重问题，例如自然灾害的影响和减轻影响。这种互动方式吸引了学生，激发了他们的研究好奇心和批判性思维。SPLITGeoscience 项目是鲍林格林州立大学与中央州立大学、路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校、爱达荷州立大学和 AmericaView 合作提出的一个为期三年的项目，由 40 多所大学组成的联盟。该项目利用最先进的卫星和无人机技术以及实习机会，利用创新的实践学习和现场经验来实现两个目标：1）鼓励和加强来自历史上被排斥社区的学生的地球科学专业发展，并促进他们的地球科学专业发展。使用有效的招聘和保留策略实现从学校到工作的过渡； 2）通过成为全面发展的、为就业市场做好准备的专业人士，提高这些学生的职业相关路径的地位。该计划由两个主要组成部分组成：1）一系列密集的现场实践学习活动，利用从专家那里学到的最新地理空间技术，深入了解现实世界的地球科学问题； 2) 与行业、大学和政府共同制定的大学生工作安置计划。处理和分析空间数据以应对紧迫的地球科学和环境问题的能力正在成为地球科学专家的基本素养形式，这是政府、学术界和工业界日益增长的兴趣。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。