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On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty

Teaching Climate Change: Lessons From the Past. On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty. Allan Ashworth , North Dakota State University Sheri Fritz , University of Nebraska Cathy Whitlock , Montana State University Dave Mogk , Montana State University.

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On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty

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  1. Teaching Climate Change:Lessons From the Past On the Cutting EdgeProfessional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty Allan Ashworth, North Dakota State University Sheri Fritz, University of Nebraska Cathy Whitlock, Montana State University Dave Mogk, Montana State University

  2. THANK YOU-- • National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, CCLI-National Dissemination • National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) • AMQUA • INQUA • Karin Kirk (without whom this workshop would not be possible) • All the participants for your interest and contributions.

  3. On the Cutting Edge Program aims & components • Improving undergraduate geoscience education through supporting faculty in improving content and instruction • A synergistic, integrated multi-year series of workshops • A website to support workshops and reach the broader geoscience community • An expanding community of geoscience educators with a strong and diverse leadership • Research on what faculty need, how faculty work, optimizing impacts

  4. We all need help… • Staying current in our science • Linking science content to effective teaching (and assessing) • Many faculty teach “out of specialty”; • How do we find: • Classroom-ready activities • Thematic resource collections on special topics • Networks—dialogue, support, forum for community input and advice • What Works??? • Active learning • Using Data, Visualizations (used appropriately!) • Projects, case studies, research-like experiences… • We’ll explore all this and more at this workshop and beyond http://serc.carleton.edu

  5. Emerging topics workshops • Move new science content and teaching methods into mainstream • Brings together researchers, educators • 2 per year • Examples: • Geology and Public Policy • Geology & Human Health • Biocomplexity • Teaching with Visualizations • Observing and Assessing Student Learning

  6. Teaching “X” workshops • Explore teaching “X” effectively in the classroom, lab, and field • Teaching Petrology (03) • Teaching Structural Geology (04) • Teaching Hydrogeology (05) • Teaching Sedimentary Geology (06) • 70-80 faculty/workshop (> 10% of those teaching “X” in the US)

  7. Web resources Integrated, searchable topical resource http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/

  8. Web-based resources, activities, services…

  9. Web-based resources, activities, services…

  10. Web resources to support your teaching; Information/data to help develop new activities…. “Faceted Searching” to help you find the right activity for your class…

  11. We’ve made a start, but we need your help… • Identifying additional resources • Creating new activities Just imagine what a great teaching collection we’ll have if everyone submits 1 or 2 new exercises!!! We know you all have a cool activity to share….

  12. We’ve made a start, but we need your help… • You provide the activity… • We create dynamic webpages that are discoverable on the web, searchable on the website…. Just imagine what a great teaching collection we’ll have if everyone submits 1 or 2 new exercises!!! We know you all have a cool activity to share….

  13. About this Workshop • New Friends • New Ideas • New Questions • New Strategies • Informal and interactive

  14. This workshop is just a start… • Build a network of colleagues interested in improving teaching climate change • Sharing resources and ideas via the website and listserv • Follow-on activities; theme sessions at GSA, AGU, etc. • Reach out and invite a colleague to join us • Contribute!

  15. To Start: Round Table Discussion What are the goals of teaching Climate Change in Earth science courses? Groups organized by: introductory courses, courses for majors, multi-disciplinary courses. • What content, topics and skills are essential? • What are the opportunities in different learning environments? • What teaching strategies have you used that are particularly effective?

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