T110 Celebrating the Role of Heather Macdonald in Geoscience Education in Two-Year Colleges (Posters)

Monday, 23 September 2019
9:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Hall AB, North Building

BUILDING THE GEOSCIENCES IN A FLORIDA 2YC VIA FACULTY AS CHANGE AGENTS

Paper number: T110-5
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

The SAGE Florida Change-Agent Team is working to increase recruitment and retention of students in the Geoscience programs in Florida 2YCs. This effort involved increasing the use of effective classroom pedagogy; offering opportunities for undergraduate student research; providing professional development opportunities for current high school teachers to learn about geoscience content and careers; engaging in community outreach and education programs; and developing support systems for geoscience majors to successfully make the transition to further study and/or the geoscience workforce. Being a part of the SAGE 2-YC team of Change Agents has helped us to create a sustainable geoscience program at Daytona State College.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5

doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-339237

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