Early career disciplinary researchers in the earth, atmospheric, ocean, and polar sciences and scientific discipline based education researchers (DBERs) in the geosciences are invited to apply to participate in the following workshop. We also request that you distribute the invitation to appropriate colleagues.
ENGAGE - Encouraging Networks between Geoscience and Geoscience Education January 18-20, 2015 Arlington, VA
The impending geoscience workforce crisis, due to anticipated retirees from the baby-boomer generation and job growth in geoscience-related careers, underscores the need for well-equipped faculty prepared to engage students in the most current and efficient ways of developing novices into expert geoscientists. To address this need, this workshop is designed to catalyze relationships, understandings, and collaborations between early career disciplinary researchers in the earth, atmospheric, ocean, and polar sciences and scientific discipline based education researchers (DBERs) in the geosciences. These relationships are critical for two reasons: (1) to address the foundational educational research needed on how people learn geoscience content and develop into expert geoscientists, and (2) to facilitate early career geoscientists in enhancing the broader impacts of their geoscience research.
The workshop will include a combination of plenary talks, panelist presentations, discussions and time for networking and collaboration. Early career geoscience researchers and DBERs will each bring important expertise to the workshop. The geoscience researchers can provide content specific instructional challenges and classroom/student access, while DBERs bring a knowledge of methodologies to study those challenges. Both groups will have the opportunity to develop new collaborations, with geoscience researchers gaining an understanding of the DBER process, and ideas for broadening the impact of their research, while DBERs will gain a better understanding of content challenges in the geosciences.
