The geoscience workforce emphasizes on three broader set of skill competencies for future geoscientists – technical skills, field skills, and management/soft skills. Geoscience researchers and educators do a good job of studying and training technical and field skills, but skills related to management/soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, communication and ethics are less studied in the geosciences. The onus falls on geoscience departments and other stakeholders to train and educate students to become competent in these management and soft skills. Thus, how educators and researchers are training and studying management skills in STEM have become important. This session seeks to bring together researchers and educators doing work in this area of need to inform future plans and decisions regarding management/soft skills training in STEM. Submissions are welcome for applications across STEM fields, including but not limited to: team-based learning, leadership, ethics, science communication, spatial and critical thinking.

• GH - GeoHealth
• SY - Science and Society

• NAGT: National Association of Geoscience Teachers -