Vision and Change: The Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education
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  • Vision and Change Report
    • Executive Summary
    • 1. Introduction: A Call for Action
    • 2. Process Summary: Summits, Workshops, Survey
    • 3. What Undergraduate Geoscience Education Should Accomplish
    • 4. Approaches to Implementing Curriculum Reform: Backwards Design and 'Matrix' Strategies
    • 5. Best Practices for Instruction of Geoscience Undergraduates
    • 6. Practices for Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
    • 7. Preparation for Careers
    • 8. Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Success of Undergraduate Students with Emphasis on Students Underrepresented in the Geosciences
    • 9. Leveraging the Next Generation Science Standards in Introductory and Non-Major Courses to Recruit Majors and Prepare K--12 Science or Geoscience Teachers
    • 10. Building a Learning Continuum for Life --- ​Undergraduate Geoscience Education as Part of the Continuum of Career and Lifelong Learning
    • 11. What Graduate Geoscience Education Should Accomplish
    • 12. Fostering Change in the Academic Community: Case Studies
    • 13. Engaging Stakeholders
    • Appendix A: Results from the 2014 Summit and 2014–2015 Survey
    • Appendix B: Geoscience Employers Workshop Outcome
    • Appendix C: Summary and Analysis of Departmental Progress
    • Appendix D. Participants
    • References

Vision and Change Report

  • Vision and Change Report
    • Executive Summary
    • 1. Introduction: A Call for Action
    • 2. Process Summary: Summits, Workshops, Survey
    • 3. What Undergraduate Geoscience Education Should Accomplish
    • 4. Approaches to Implementing Curriculum Reform: Backwards Design and 'Matrix' Strategies
    • 5. Best Practices for Instruction of Geoscience Undergraduates
    • 6. Practices for Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
    • 7. Preparation for Careers
    • 8. Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Success of Undergraduate Students with Emphasis on Students Underrepresented in the Geosciences
    • 9. Leveraging the Next Generation Science Standards in Introductory and Non-Major Courses to Recruit Majors and Prepare K--12 Science or Geoscience Teachers
    • 10. Building a Learning Continuum for Life --- ​Undergraduate Geoscience Education as Part of the Continuum of Career and Lifelong Learning
    • 11. What Graduate Geoscience Education Should Accomplish
    • 12. Fostering Change in the Academic Community: Case Studies
    • 13. Engaging Stakeholders
    • Appendix A: Results from the 2014 Summit and 2014–2015 Survey
    • Appendix B: Geoscience Employers Workshop Outcome
    • Appendix C: Summary and Analysis of Departmental Progress
    • Appendix D. Participants
    • References

Updated on 09 Feb 2021

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