A Summit for Improvement of Undergraduate Geoscience Teacher using the Micro Spiral Methodology Transgenerational, Transcultural, and Transformational Solutions

使用微螺旋方法论跨代、跨文化和转型解决方案提高本科地球科学教师的峰会

• 批准号: 2232491
• 负责人: Edith Davis
• 金额: $ 12.87万
• 依托单位: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-15 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2232491&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summit; Improvement; Undergraduate; Geoscience; Teacher

Evidence shows the exponential increase in student performance by using the Micro-Spiral Method (MSM) of instruction is effective in overcoming absenteeism and loss of instructional time which has helped increase state science test scores for well over a decade (e.g., Developmental Research School in Tallahassee, Florida). MSM uses a recursive repetition model that causes a deeper understanding of concepts, knowledge, and skills with each successive encounter building on the previous encounters (Davis, 2015). With the application of MSM, FL state science scores have increased overall with notable increases among students from historically excluded communities, and even significant gains among these groups in geoscience scores (Florida Department of Education (DOE), Statewide Science Assessment 2009-2020). Targeted application of MSM to the geosciences could provide transgenerational, transcultural, and transformational solutions for geoscience educators and students. The current project seeks to establish an MSM geosciences "train the trainer program" which will help interest more students from historically excluded communities into pursuing geosciences as a possible career pathway.The proposed Summit is to gather key stakeholders in the planning of the Micro-Spiral Method Community of Practice with an additional focus on scaling the successful MSM train the trainer workshops that occurred in 2019 and 2021. Stakeholder groups will mainly be comprised of geoscientists and STEM educators. This phased program will engage geoscientists and STEM educators from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in the following activities: 1) Phase One, provision of advanced MSM train the trainer workshops for MSI participant cohorts, primarily in the southeastern U.S. Diverse cohorts of geoscientists and STEM educators will be trained by MSM experts with an emphasis on geosciences, including careers beyond the traditional geoscience academic trajectories with focused instruction on future science educators; 2) Phase Two, trained individuals from the Phase One cohorts will be deployed to their respective local districts to initiate the expansion of the MSM train-the-trainer process in each respective district with a continued emphasis on using MSM for teaching geoscience content.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.

有证据表明，通过使用微螺旋教学法 (MSM) 教学，学生成绩呈指数级增长，可有效克服缺勤和教学时间损失的问题，这在十多年来帮助提高了州立科学考试成绩（例如，发展研究学院佛罗里达州塔拉哈西）。 MSM 使用递归重复模型，每次连续的遭遇都建立在先前遭遇的基础上，从而使人们对概念、知识和技能有更深入的理解（Davis，2015）。随着 MSM 的应用，佛罗里达州科学成绩总体上有所提高，来自历史上被排斥社区的学生显着增加，这些群体的地球科学成绩甚至显着提高（佛罗里达州教育部 (DOE)，2009-2020 年全州科学评估）。 MSM 在地球科学中的针对性应用可以为地球科学教育者和学生提供跨代、跨文化和变革性的解决方案。当前的项目旨在建立 MSM 地球科学“培训师培训计划”，该计划将帮助更多来自历史上被排除在外的社区的学生将地球科学作为可能的职业道路。拟议的峰会将聚集主要利益相关者参与微螺旋的规划方法实践社区，额外关注于扩大成功的 MSM 培训培训师研讨会，于 2019 年和 2021 年举办。利益相关者团体将主要由地球科学家和 STEM 教育工作者组成。该分阶段计划将让来自少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 的地球科学家和 STEM 教育工作者参与以下活动： 1) 第一阶段，为 MSI 参与者群体提供先进的 MSM 培训培训师研讨会，主要在美国东南部。教育工作者将接受 MSM 专家的培训，重点是地球科学，包括传统地球科学学术轨迹之外的职业，重点指导未来的科学教育工作者； 2) 第二阶段，来自第一阶段队列的受过培训的个人将被部署到各自的当地地区，以启动在各个地区扩大 MSM 培训师培训流程，并继续强调使用 MSM 教授地球科学内容。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。