Hi Ecolog colleagues - Just reposting the request below - we will be sitting down soon to organize our presentation for the Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education meeting coming up - so now would be a great time to add your experiences to the survey.
At AORE will can communicate STEM instructor efforts, needs, wishes, challenges etc to the Outdoor Professional community in hopes of building toward more partnerships, where that would be valuable. We've had 58 responses so far - love to have even more. Again - please share with anyone interested. Thanks for considering! Cheers James Dear Colleagues - > > *"Can outdoor recreation & experiential education approaches enhance the >> design of STEM field courses? Can STEM expertise be leveraged to enhance >> outdoor experiential education?"* > > > If you are a university STEM instructor interested in field education OR > if you are involved in outdoor experiential education (academic, > co-curricular, private sector) and these questions keep you up at night... > > Please consider completing this survey. It should take 15 mins or less. > <https://forms.gle/4pwLFGhgfFoGLJVRA> > > This survey study is being conducted to: > > - Better understand the landscape of STEM (e.g., biology, ecology, > geology, environmental studies, etc) and Outdoor Experiential Education and > Recreation Program (academic and co-curricular) field activities > - Identify the current extent to which university STEM and Outdoor > Experiential Education and/or Recreation programs are already collaborating > across the higher education landscape in the United States, > - Identify potential opportunities and barriers to developing such > collaborators, and > - Identify potential stakeholders (like you?) who would be interested > in working further to develop such collaborations at their local > institution(s). > > For further background, you can see "Leveraging Partnerships between > University Outdoor Recreation and STEM Departments to Build a Sense of > Belonging and Teamwork Skills in the Field" > <https://youtu.be/OMRcwEZYX_c?si=iGlROVs81d6pm36W> presented at the > recent Ecological Society of American Meeting as part of the Belonging in > Field Education organized oral session. > > Read more about and complete the survey here > <https://forms.gle/yf9x2Mbzs3fbsfUp6>. > > Please share with anyone or group lists that you feel might be interested! > > Thank you for considering and hope to see you again! > > James > > -- Dr. James R. Vonesh Pronouns: He|Him|His Assistant Director & Director of Undergraduate Studies Center for Environmental Studies <https://ces.vcu.edu/> Life Sciences Program Virginia Commonwealth University PI: River Field Studies Network <https://riverfieldstudies.com/> 1000 West Cary Street, Suite 105 Richmond, Virginia 23284 Office: 804-828-6643 Cell: 804-426-8553 Web: http://wp.vcu.edu/voneshlab/ To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
