Background Information
Information related to NSF Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education Project
- PowerPoint slides: 2015 GSA town meeting, 2015 AGU talk
- AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs webinar March 2014
- AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs webinar October 2015
- Summary Report
- Webcast Archive 2014 Summit
- Survey Results
STEM and Undergraduate Educational Resources
- National Research Council report: Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Report of a Convocation
- American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and LEAP program (Liberal Education and America’s Promise resources: https://www.aacu.org/leap
- Biology Vision and Change Report – provides a good example of what other disciplines have accomplished
- The National Academies Report: Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering
- PCAST Report to the President: Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities
- Scientific Teaching
- High Impact Educational Practices “Reprinted [or Excerpted] with permission from Assessing Outcomes and Improving Achievement: Tips and tools for Using Rubrics, edited by Terrel L. Rhodes. Copyright 2010 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.”
Geoscience-related Reports and Resources
- Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI), University of British Columbia web site.
Site includes:- Papers, talks, and posters generated by UBC’s CWSEI and by the University of Colorado’s efforts: http://cwsei.ubc.ca/SEI_research/index.html, including general papers and discipline-specific papers. e.g., http://cwsei.ubc.ca/SEI_research/index.html#GeoOceanSci
- Many useful short “How To” documents, videos and other useful resources for instructors and students: http://cwsei.ubc.ca/resources/index.html
- How Geoscientists Think and Learn
- Synthesis of June 2013 InTeGrate Workshop: Geoscience and the 21st Century Workforce
Considering undergraduate programs in the context of changing employment opportunities - NSF-sponsored Workshop Report: Planning the Future of GeoCyberEducation (by Jeffrey Ryan, University of South Florida, and Susan Eriksson, UNAVCO Education and Outreach)
- Synthesis of 2012 InTeGrate Workshop: Programs That Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability
- Building Strong Geoscience Departments
- Next Generation Science Standards
Underrepresented Groups
- Why are there so few Hispanic students in geoscience?
- Obstacles to the recruitment of minorities into the geosciences: A call to action
- AGI Disability Consensus Statement
Competency Examples
- ASBOG Test Blueprints
- Geoscience Knowledge and Experience Requirements for Professional Registration in Canada
- Competency Profile for Professional Geoscientists at Entry to Practice; Geoscientists Canada
General Geoscience Resources
- Geoscience Education Resources (InTeGrate project and many other SERC programs)
- On the Cutting Edge
- AGI Geoscience Currents
- Geoscience literacy documents