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America's Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America's Natural Legacy Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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5 Education And Research
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... K-12 The expertise of the members of the K-12 focus group reflected the full dimension of activities needed to support geoheritage education, including resource design, teacher preparation, in-service professional development, classroom teaching strategies, advocacy, and interactions with allied professional communities, said Ed Robeck, AGI. Aida Awad, American InterContinental University/To The Cloud Education identified a role for geoheritage in seven learning outcomes: it (1)
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... built a mobile app for Yellowstone National Park working with a team of university scholars and students, NPS staff, and a mobile app developer; an audio tour, website, and historical GIS maps for Grand Canyon National Park; 2 and 3D models of Native American cultural artifacts in museum collections for Grand Teton National Park 3(with Donna Delparte, Idaho State University)
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... Mogk suggested several ways to share knowledge and information to take better advantage of geoheritage sites, including mobilizing GSA and National Association of Geoscience Teachers section members to identify and develop these sites across the country; developing scaffolded teaching activities; encouraging multiple schools to share these sites; and continuing to grow web-based systems where learners can post and share what they have learned. Mogk and Carol Pride, Savannah State University, noted that students can be engaged in the process of identifying and planning for the development of geoheritage sites as part of service learning projects.
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... In working with Native American geoscience students at Purdue University, Ken Ridgway matches students with advisors who are open to learning about other cultures. He urges the evaluation of admissions applications based on students' potential rather than solely on academic pedigree, establishing cultural centers on campus to provide a safe space, and supporting summer research programs as an important bridge.
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... RESEARCH As reported by Laura Crossey, University of New Mexico, and other members of the Research focus group, geoheritage sites provide natural laboratories to test theories and models, observe past and present natural processes, reveal important events and places in Earth's history, and study current active processes such as climate change and land use changes. Potential research opportunities at geoheritage sites extend beyond the traditional fields of geology and paleontology, to research in sister disciplines such as evolutionary biology, learning sciences, cultural and human history, and indigenous knowledge, as well as to ecology and other sciences, she said.
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... GEOPAths provides participants opportunities to engage in geoscience research and learning activities with an emphasis on service learning and workplace skill building. The Directorate for Geosciences also participates in the INTERN program, which is a supplemental funding opportunity for nonacademic graduate internships.
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... Geoheritage also offers the general public informal education opportunities that demonstrate the importance and relevance of geoscience to their communities, such as informing planning and policy and citizen science programs. Geoheritage can also engage indigenous community members to demonstrate indigenous ways of knowing and inspire people from minoritized communities and diverse economic statuses to engage in the geosciences.
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