Development of Sense of Belonging for Students with Disabilities in Field Courses

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Four geology students sit and look over a signed lookout. The landscape they are looking at is a hill with nearly horizontal bedding and many trees on top.

Provenance: GeoSpace Team
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May 7, 2025

9 AM HST | 11 AM AKDT | 12 PM PDT | 1 PM MDT | 2 PM CDT | 3 PM EDT (1 hour)

Registration

Complete the registration form before May 07, 2025.

Will this webinar be recorded?

Yes. The captioned recording will be posted to this webinar page and sent to the NAGT Webinar Series Interest email list.

Presenters

Belonging in Field Education Research Team:

Alison Jolley (AJ); Senior Lecturer, Academic Development & Acting Team Lead, Teaching Design; Te Puna Ako - Centre for Tertiary Teaching & Learning, University of Waikato
Holly White; Graduate Student, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine
Holly Cho; Researcher, STEM Research Center, Oregon State University
Kari O'Connell; Associate Director, STEM Research Center, Oregon State University

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A group of seven students and instructors sit at tables in a classroom and look at a projected image of a PowerPoint slide shared in a Zoom meeting with other students and instructors present. The slide says "Results - Photogrammetry - Lower Outcrop".

Provenance: GeoSpace Team
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Description

Field experiences offer unique, transformative learning for students, but may also present barriers to participation, particularly for marginalized students. Using in-person and virtual interviews (n=10), we investigated students' sense of belonging in GeoSPACE, a hybrid field course designed to be accessible for students with disabilities. We'll explore the factors that students perceived as influential to their sense of belonging and how these may be applied in other field contexts. Participants will leave with evidence-based suggestions for how to support student belonging in the field.

Webinar Goals

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define sense of belonging for the undergraduate field experience context.
• Describe the factors that students with disabilities in an accessible field experience perceived as influential to their sense of belonging.
• Explain recommendations for belonging-supportive practices that may be applied to their own field context.

Resources

• Belonging in Field Education
• GeoSPACE Geoscience Field Program

Logistics

Duration: 1 hour
Format: Presentations will take place through a Zoom Meeting screen-sharing session. The webinar will be recorded.
Accessing the Webinar: Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to participants the day before the event. Learn more about accessing the webinar.
Questions? Please contact Ashley (they/them) at acarlson2@carleton.edu if you have any questions about this event.