Wendy,
I think that you should consider describing
what you have done as a short article or note for the Journal of Geoscience
Education. That certainly will give it wide circulation to the people you
want to know about it.
Dr.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth Sciences – IUPUI
Indiana University – Purdue University
Indianapolis
Phone: (317) 278-0229
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Subject: teacher prep and high
school earth science programs
I have, with the help of NSF and UCLA, initiated a high school geology
course for which my students receive credit at UCLA. It is a rigorous
course which contains the UCLA ESS1F course within it and it has been
successful in drawing some of the better science students away from the
all-powerful APs and having what is usually their
first introduction to the Earth Sciences. I am now giving
workshops to teachers, hoping to inspire them to initiate a rigorous earth
science or geology course in collaboration with a local university.
Does anyone in this group have any suggestions as to how I can better
get the word out to the larger community? For example, I would love people who
teach teacher prep courses to let teachers know that there is a model out
there for a successful high-level earth science course. I would also love
to have university faculty initiate conversations with their local high school
science teachers.
Wendy Van Norden
No.
818 487-6665