HR: 10:45h
AN: ED12A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Geoscientist/Educator Partnerships at the University of Colorado: Strategies and Examples
AU: * Buhr, S M
EM: susan.buhr@colorado.edu
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado UCB 448, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Hare, J
EM: jeff.hare@noaa.gov
AF: CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory, 325 Broadway R/ETL, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 United States
AU: Healy, G
EM: genevieve.healy@colorado.edu
AF: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado UCB 448, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: According to a study about the factors that engage and hinder scientists' involvement in education and outreach (Andrews et.al., 2005), the presence of a dedicated outreach coordinator who can provide a point of contact and lessen the burden on scientists is one of the keys to success. For the past nine years, research scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) have worked in partnership with just such a coordinating team, the CIRES Education and Outreach group. As funding agency emphasis on education and social impacts has increased, so have the opportunities to develop educational projects intrinsically linked to current geoscience research. One such effort is Ocean Interactions, a project which began as a ship-shore student communication opportunity at the initiation of the researcher. The roles of each contributor to the partnership will be described, along with the framework through which CIRES supports scientist/educator partnerships of this sort. Andrews, Elisabeth, Alexandra Weaver, Daniel Hanley, Jeff Hovermill, Ginger Melton. 2005. "Scientists and Public Outreach: Participation, Motivations and Impediments." Journal of Geoscience Education in press May 2005.
UR: http://cires.colorado.edu/education/k12/
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly