ED045
Science to Action: Learning Ecosystems as a Pathway to Resilient Communities and a Diverse Geoscience Workforce
Session ID#: 74447
Session Description:
From school to play to work, education takes place in a wide variety of venues. By viewing education as taking place in an ecosystem that includes all of these venues, we can strengthen and connect learning. As noted by the Federal Committee on STEM Education in their 2018 report, the broad and inclusive engagement that develops through partnerships within a healthy STEM ecosystem builds stronger, more informed communities and a more diverse workforce with the skills needed by local employers. A learning ecosystem approach is particularly relevant in the geosciences as we seek to develop resilient communities that can respond to a changing environment. This session will discuss the learning ecosystem model and provide examples of ecosystems that include geoscience components.
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Index Terms:
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6630 Workforce [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Convener: Cathryn Allen Manduca, Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States
Conveners: Cheryl L B Manning, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, Washington, DC, United States; Evergreen High School, Evergreen, CO, United States, Margie Turrin, LDEO of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison: Cathryn Allen Manduca, Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States
A multi-disciplinary, multi-state, multi-engagement learning ecosystem flourishes at a small liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest (510485)
Kirsten P Nicolaysen1, Heidi Chapin2, Nicholas Bader3, Nate Boland4, Michael Coronado5, Andrea K Dobson, Britney Moss7, Timothy H Parker5, Jim Russo7, John Stratton8 and Ginger Withers5, (1)Whitman College, Department of Geology, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (2)Whitman College, Science outreach, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (3)Whitman College, Walla Walla, United States, (4)Whitman College, Chemistry, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (5)Whitman College, Biology, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (6)Whitman College, BBMB, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (7)Whitman College, Computer Sciences, Walla Walla, WA, United States
Geoscience Learning Ecosystem: Leveraging Authentic Research and a Multi-tiered Mentorship Model to Improve NY/NJ Student Engagement and Persistence in Geoscience (523383)
Carrie Roble, Hudson River Park, New York, NY, United States, Karin A Block, City College of New York, New York, NY, United States and Margie Turrin, LDEO of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Broadening Participation in Geosciences: Activating our Community through Strategic Visioning (552459)
Cheryl L B Manning, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, Washington, DC, United States; Northern Illinois University, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, DeKalb, IL, United States and Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation, GEO, Arlington, VA, United States
Instructional Readiness for Change in a Geoscience Learning Ecosystem (555891)
Shandy Hauk, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, United States, Kristen K St John, James Madison Univ, Harrisonburg, VA, United States and Megan H Jones, North Hennepin Community Colle, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Collaboration: Water, A GLOBE Program Intensive Observation Period and Worldwide Cooperative Project (587666)
Jennifer Bourgeault1, Kevin O'Connor2, Lyn Wigbels3 and Kristin Wegner3, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Mount Royal University, Education, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)The GLOBE Program/UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
A collaborative design and implementation strategy for a geohazards planning and mitigation undergraduate certificate (596094)
Heather A Fischer, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Elizabeth A Wentz, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Steven Semken, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States and Patricia Gober, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States
EarthConnections Geoscience Pathways: An Ecosystem Supporting Learning from K to Career (602358)
Cathryn Allen Manduca, Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States, Kevin E Bonine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Donna J Charlevoix, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Education and Community Engagement, Boulder, CO, United States, Rajul Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States and Margie Turrin, LDEO of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Strategies for Cohort Building and Retention Among Early Stage Hispanic Undergraduate Students in the Geosciences (627772)
Fredrika C Moser1, Mike R. Allen1, Maria Barberena-Arias2, Lora Harris3, Pedro M Maldonado4, Carlo Olivo-Delgado5 and James J Pierson6, (1)Maryland Sea Grant College, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR, United States, (3)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, United States, (4)Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico, Science & Tecnology, San Juan, PR, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (6)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States
