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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