Initial Publication Date: October 13, 2014

Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2015

July 13-17, 2015 | University of Colorado, Boulder

Thank you for attending the highly successful first annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous! View pictures from 2015 (MP4 Video 24.7MB Aug4 15) and save the date for the July 18-22, 2016 Rendezvous in Madison, Wisconsin.

Design your own professional development opportunity at the first annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous. Capitalize on the experience of your colleagues in a wide range of fields at a variety of workshops, present and discuss your own findings, and network with others engaged in improving undergraduate Earth education. Events will include workshops, oral and poster sessions, plenary talks, and working groups. The meeting will bring together activities that support faculty in improving their courses, departments or programs; in increasing their overall impact of Earth education; and in building a collective capacity to use and conduct education research.

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The Rendezvous will help us individually and collectively address the suite of interrelated challenges faced by undergraduate Earth Education today:

developing students' higher order geoscientific skills, from data analysis to critical thinking to effective communication
increasing the number and diversity of students who learn about Earth
collaborating with colleagues across the disciplines to situate learning about Earth in a societal context
supporting current and future teachers in successfully implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
preparing competitive graduates who move easily into and within the broad and changing geoscience and environmental science workforce
pursuing education research that supports our ability to address these challenges