A five-year community effort to improve Earth literacy and build a workforce prepared to tackle environmental and resource issues InTeGrate supports integrated interdisciplinary learning about resource and environmental issues across the undergraduate curriculum to create a sustainable and just civilization. What is InTeGrate An NSF STEP Center DUE-1125331

Interdisciplinary Teaching for a Sustainable Future Our nation and the world struggle with significant environmental and resource challenges. Meeting these challenges will require a savvy public, a new kind of workforce, and a broader understanding of the Earth by all who engage these issues Our approach is three fold – Integrate learning about Earth with an understanding of the issues we face, Develop capacity for teaching higher order, interdisciplinary problem solving skills, Open up new venues for learning USGS Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia

A Systems Model for Transformation of Individuals, Institutions, and the Education Community Programs/ Institutions Community/ Network Courses

A System of Resources For You Website Webinars Workshops Teaching Materials Implementation Programs Research Groups Assessment Team Website Webinars A System of Resources For You

Design Goals* Address one or more geoscience-related grand challenges facing society Develop student ability to address interdisciplinary problems Improve student understanding of the nature and methods of geoscience and developing geoscientific habits of mind Make use of authentic and credible geoscience data to learn central concepts in the context of geoscience methods of inquiry Develop systems thinking * Referred to as Guiding Principles for Curriculum Design

Pedagogic Goals Engaged, student centered, research based pedagogy supports higher order learning Alignment of goals, materials and assessments supports and documents learning Develops scientific thinking and an understanding of the process of science Materials can be used successfully in multiple settings

Implementation Goals Materials are used widely by faculty across the country Materials are used in courses outside geoscience departments Learning by students can be documented to show increased higher level understanding of sustainability and geoscience

Linking Goals and Process: The Materials Design Rubric Guiding Principles Learning Objectives and Outcomes Assessment and Measurement Resources and Materials Instructional Strategies Alignment

Linking Goals and Process: Part 2: Testing and Publishing Collection of assessment data Revision of materials Publication of teaching materials and supporting information for faculty Case studies document implementation at your institutions

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