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Please consider submitting an abstract for this
special session at the 2010 GSA meeting in Denver. This would be a great
way to highlight your program/department’s success so that others may
learn from it. If you have questions, please contact Eric Baer (Highline Community
College) or Heather Macdonald (College of
William and Mary).
T44 Geoscience Programs at Community Colleges: Models for Success and
Innovation.
Community College Geoscience programs are a critical part
of the geoscience education system. Because they serve more than 10
million students currently enrolled in these institutions, they play a critical
role in educating the general public and future graduates of colleges, training
future K-12 educators and recruiting geoscience majors from a diverse and
variable pool. This session will look at the questions that community
college geoscientists face in fulfilling this mission and illustrate successful
approaches to fulfilling our diverse mandate.
We
are particularly interested in hearing about how you or your program has
succeeded in any one of the many facets of geoscience programs at 2-year
colleges such as:
·
Recruiting
and retaining a diverse student population/broadening participation in the
geosciences
·
Educating
the broader community in the geosciences
·
Field
geoscience education
·
Incorporating
new college-level students into research
·
Creating
and supporting future geoscience majors
·
Developing
strong and supportive relationships with 4-yr schools or other institutions
·
Pre-service
or in-service teacher preparation or training
·
Working
with other programs to provide interdisciplinary classes or fields of study
·
Preparing
students for the workforce in the geosciences (professional-technical training
or certification)
·
Maintaining
professional currency
·
Teaching
to a diversely prepared student population
Conference Dates: October 31-
November 3, 2010
Abstract Deadline: August 10, 2010
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010/techprog.htm
Session Organizers: Eric Baer
(Highline Community College) and Heather
Macdonald (College of William and Mary)