HR: 0800h
AN: ED11B-1107    [Abstracts]
TI: Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century: Progress and Plans
AU: * Ruzek, M
EM: ruzek@usra.edu
AF: USRA, 10211 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044 United States
AU: Johnson, D R
EM: donj@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: USRA, 10211 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044 United States
AU: Wake, C
EM: cameron.wake@unh.edu
AF: University of New Hampshire, Institute for the Study of Earth, Ocean and Space, Durham, NH 03824 United States
AU: Aron, J
EM: JoanAron@mmscnet.org
AF: Science Communication Studies, 5457 Marsh Hawk Way, Columbia, MD 21045 United States
AB: Earth System Science Education for the 21st Century (ESSE 21) is a collaborative undergraduate/graduate Earth system science education program sponsored by NASA offering small grants to colleges and universities with special emphasis on including minority institutions to engage faculty and scientists in the development of Earth system science courses, curricula, degree programs and shared learning resources. The annual ESSE 21 meeting in Fairbanks in August, 2005 provided an opportunity for 70 undergraduate educators and scientists to share their best classroom learning resources through a series of short presentations, posters and skills workshops. This poster will highlight meeting results, advances in the development of ESS learning modules, and describe a community-led proposal to develop in the coming year a Design Guide for Undergraduate Earth system Science Education to be based upon the experience of the 63 NASA-supported ESSE teams over the past 15 years. As a living document on the Web, the Design Guide would utilize and share ESSE experiences that: - Advance understanding of the Earth as a system - Apply ESS to the Vision for Space Exploration - Create environments appropriate for teaching and learning ESS - Improve STEM literacy and broaden career paths - Transform institutional priorities and approaches to ESS - Embrace ESS within Minority Serving Institutions - Build collaborative interdisciplinary partnerships - Develop ESS learning resources and modules The Design Guide aims to be a synthesis of just how ESS has been and is being implemented in the college and university environment, listing items essential for undergraduate Earth system education that reflect the collective wisdom of the ESS education community. The Design Guide will focus the vision for ESS in the coming decades, define the challenges, and explore collaborative processes that utilize the next generation of information and communication technology.
UR: http://esse21.usra.edu
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005