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A systems approach to transformative change in teaching about Earth
Cailin Huyck Orr Ecological Society of America meeting July 2016
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NSF’s STEP Center in the Geosciences
What is InTeGrate? NSF’s STEP Center in the Geosciences A 5-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.
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Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future
Environmental science must come together with other disciplines as 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 Earth by all who engage these issues Gloss this quickly – the point is that geoscience is important both for the workforce and broad literacy USGS Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia
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A systems model for transformation of individuals, institutions, and the scientific community
Programs/ Institutions Community/ Network Courses
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Preparing students for the future
Curricular materials that … Engage all students in a variety of settings Address grand challenges society is facing Use rigorous science Use best practices in learning Are adaptable and adoptable by instructors How do we ensure that all of these conditions are met in the materials we develop?
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1. Design of development teams
Three instructors from three different institutions Assessment consultant Web consultant Team leader
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2. Goals are encoded in a materials design rubric
Guiding Principles Learning Objectives and Outcomes Assessment and Measurement Resources and Materials Instructional Strategies Alignment
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Guiding principles Address one or more environmental grand challenges facing society Develop student ability to address interdisciplinary problems Improve student understanding of the nature and methods of geoscience and developing scientific habits of mind Make use of authentic and credible data to learn central concepts in the context of Earth science methods of inquiry Develop students’ ability and propensity to use systems thinking scientific thinking skills
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The Rest of the Rubric Drawn from high-impact practices and research on learning Based on a backward design model Learning objectives and outcomes Assessment and measurement Resources and materials Instructional Strategies Alignment
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Six modules that have gone all the way through this process
Six modules that have gone all the way through this process. Hannah is going to talk about one of them
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Guiding principles 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 students’ ability and propensity to use systems thinking geoscientific thinking skills These are the guiding principles you’ve already seen, are familiar with as part of the rubric. I’ll go through a few examples of how our modules address these guiding principles. We know in particular that NSF is very interested in seeing the use of data and all of the modules do this really well. It was very hard to pick a specific example because they were all so different and well-incorporated.
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(some of the) Datasets used in modules
CDIAC Vostok Ice Core Critical Zone Observatories NWS Hurricane Tracks Mean Sea Level Data STELLA archive data US Census Data USDA-NCSS Soil Surveys EPA Environmental Justice Global Volcanism Program Volcanic eruption datasets IPCC reports NCAR community climate models NSIDC Greenland ice sheet Tropical cyclone intensity NOAA Digital elevation data Sea surface temperature Wind and pressure Tide records USGS Earthquake and shaking data Seismic hazard maps Land use and land cover Stream discharge Water resources & quality So instead I’ll give you an overview of just some of the datasets that are used. I urge you to explore the modules on your own and see how these are incorporated.
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Guiding principles 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 scientific habits of mind Make use of authentic and credible data to learn central concepts in the context of geoscience methods of inquiry Develop students’ ability and propensity to use systems thinking scientific thinking skills Another guiding principle – addressing interdisciplinary problems.
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Guiding principles 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 scientific habits of mind Make use of authentic and credible data to learn central concepts in the context of science methods of inquiry Develop students’ ability and propensity to use systems thinking scientific thinking skills Another guiding principle – addressing interdisciplinary problems.
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A systems model for transformation of individuals, institutions, and the geoscience community
Programs/ Institutions Community/ Network Courses
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Develop a new vision for developing Earth savvy in higher education
Within and beyond geoscience departments Within and beyond single institutions Up to $50K to support design and development
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A systems model for transformation of individuals, institutions, and the geoscience community
Programs/ Institutions Community/ Network Courses
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In-gathering…
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People come to us.
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Guiding principles Address one or more environmental grand challenges facing society Develop student ability to address interdisciplinary problems Improve student understanding of the nature and methods of geoscience and developing scientific habits of mind Make use of authentic and credible data to learn central concepts in the context of Earth science methods of inquiry Develop students’ ability and propensity to use systems thinking scientific thinking skills
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