{"id":9,"date":"2023-04-28T21:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T21:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belonginginthefield.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:20:24","slug":"belonging-in-field-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/belonginginthefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Belonging in field education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our project envisions STEM field courses as spaces where undergraduate students feel welcomed into equitable environments that sustain and celebrate their identities and backgrounds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are conducting research with students and faculty to understand the factors that build and shape a student&#8217;s sense of belonging and will use our findings to support a Community of Practice that builds the capacity of faculty in the field sciences to share and implement classroom interventions that increase inclusion and equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/2016-02-11-10.26.06-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Far away shot of people hiking\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/2016-02-11-10.26.06-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/2016-02-11-10.26.06-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/2016-02-11-10.26.06-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/2016-02-11-10.26.06-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/2016-02-11-10.26.06-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/Glens-of-Tekoa-091-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape photo of Glens of Tekoa\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/Glens-of-Tekoa-091-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/Glens-of-Tekoa-091-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/Glens-of-Tekoa-091-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/Glens-of-Tekoa-091-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/6664\/files\/2023\/05\/Glens-of-Tekoa-091-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-color-5-color has-text-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/belonginginthefield\/project-design\/\"><strong>Our Project Design<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-color-5-color has-text-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/belonginginthefield\/discussion-series\/\"><strong>Discussion Series<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Funding<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This project is funded by the National Science Foundation award #2110824: 2111621.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our project envisions STEM field courses as spaces where undergraduate students feel welcomed into equitable environments that sustain and celebrate their identities and backgrounds.&nbsp; 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