Dear GeoEd Community,

Do you teach traveling or residential field courses at field stations, marine labs, or field camps?  

If so, the Belonging in the Field Project Team invites you to take a 20 minute survey. The purpose of the survey is to gather information on teaching practices used by field educators in residential field courses.  

Thank you to all who have completed the survey so far!!

We define residential field courses as those courses where students and faculty reside together in a specific location or locations for the purposes of taking part in the course. This definition includes traveling courses.

Ultimately, this project aims to understand the unique factors that build and shape student sense of belonging through field experiences. By taking the survey, you will contribute to collective knowledge about how sense of belonging develops in field settings, and you will get an opportunity to reflect on your own practices. We will use the data from this survey to inform the development of a Community of Practice that builds the capacity of faculty in the field sciences to share and implement teaching practices and mindsets that increase inclusion and equity.  

This study was deemed exempt by the University of Michigan’s Institutional Review Board (study # HUM00206922). For further information, visit the Project Website. Please direct any questions to [log in to unmask].

The survey will close on June 2nd. We request that you complete the survey before you head into field teaching season. 

~~Please feel free to share this survey with others who teach residential field courses. ~~~

Thank you for helping to shape the future of inclusive field education!