Geosciences Education Research (GER) Resources

Education Research

• See http://nagt.org/nagt/geoedresearch/index.html including the GER Toolbox
• NAGT Geoscience Education Research Division: http://nagt.org/nagt/divisions/geoed/index.html

Conferences

• Earth Educators' Rendevous: http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2017/index.html
• Geological Society of America (GSA): http://www.geosociety.org
• American Geophysical Union (AGU): http://www.agu.org
• American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Journal

• Journal of Geoscience Education has been the primary vehicle for faculty to communicate GER and results of their course and curriculum development work. http://nagt-jge.org/
• These Journals also publish DBER articles occasionally: EOS; Geosphere; GSA Today; In the Trenches; and Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications
• Society Books Publication on Geoscience Education Research
• GSA Special Papers
• Earth and Mind I
• Earth and Mind II
• AAPG
• Earth Mind and Machine ( This site may be offline. )
• See annotated list of GER publications: http://nagt.org/nagt/geoedresearch/toolbox/basics/ger_resources.html

Frameworks/Guiding Documents

• http://nagt.org/nagt/geoedresearch/index.html

• GER Grand Challenges and Strategies: http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2017/program/morning_workshops/w3/index.html

• Earth Systems Literacy Principles series -
• Earth Science: http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/
• Atmospheric Science: https://scied.ucar.edu/atmospheric-science-literacy-framework
• Climate Science: http://cleanet.org/cln/index.html
• Ocean Science: http://oceanliteracy.wp2.coexploration.org/

Resources

• On the Cutting Edge - Strong Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching. The On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty brings together workshops, websites, and research activities to support highest quality undergraduate geoscience education.
• Teach the Earth: http://serc.carleton.edu/teachearth/index.html
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT): http://nagt.org/index.html
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
• Earth Educators' Rendezvous
• UNAVCO
• Graduate programs in geosciences education research
• Spatial Thinking - This is a collection of print and online references about spatial thinking and learning.
• InTeGrate: http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html
• GeoNeeds (resources for broadening geosciences to two year and minority-serving institutions): http://serc.carleton.edu/geoneeds/index.html
• Graduate Training Programs: https://geocognitionresearchlaboratory.wordpress.com/graduate-study/geocognition-geoscience-education-research-programs/