EnvironMentors: Mentoring At-Risk High School Students through University Partnerships.
EnvironMentors: Mentoring At-Risk High School Students through University Partnerships.
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EnvironMentors：通过大学合作伙伴指导高危高中生。
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2014
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P. Francis
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M. Monk;M. Baustian;Courtney R. Saari;Susan Welsh;C. D’Elia;Joseph E. Powers;Suzan Gaston;P. Francis
基于场所的非正式环境教育是提高城市学生环境意识的行之有效的方法。本文描述并定性评估了路易斯安那州立大学 (LSU-EM) 的 EnvironMentors 项目的前两个学年，该项目是全国 EnvironMentors 项目网络的一部分。尽管历史较短，LSU-EM 已被证明是成功的课外科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 辅导和大学入学项目，以附近的校园和社区合作伙伴关系为基础。 LSU-EM 与教育学院本科项目的早期意识和准备 (Gear Up) 以及路易斯安那州海洋资助项目合作，提供支持并促进科学家、教育工作者和高中生之间的关系。每个高中生都配有两名来自大学的科学导师。学生和他们的导师用整个学年的时间开展一个基于环境科学的研究项目，并将在 LSU-EM 科学博览会上展示。项目评估表明，参加 LSU-EM 后，学生们很高兴与导师建立了联系，提高了他们的环保意识，并对科学方法有了更好的理解。导师提高了他们的科学沟通技巧，通过回馈社区使个人受益，并为学生的工作感到自豪。项目成功程度还根据完成 EnvironMentors 项目、高中毕业和进入高等教育机构的学生人数来衡量。
Informal place-based environmental education is a proven approach for increasing environmental awareness for students in urban cities. This article describes and qualitatively evaluates the first two academic years of the EnvironMentors program at Louisiana State University (LSU-EM), which is part of a national network of EnvironMentors programs. Despite its short history, LSU-EM has already proven successful as an after-school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) mentoring and college-access program predicated on a nearby campus and community partnerships. LSU-EM partners with the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (Gear Up) in the College of Education and the Louisiana Sea Grant program for support and to foster the relationships among scientists, educators, and high school students. Each high school student is paired with two science mentors from the university. Students and their mentors spend the school year conducting an environmental science-based research project to be presented at the LSU-EM Science Fair. Program evaluations indicated students enjoyed forming a bond with their mentors, increased their environmental awareness, and had a better understanding of the scientific method after participating in LSU-EM. Mentors improved their science communication skills, benefited personally by giving back to the community, and took pride in their student’s work. Program success was also measured based on the number of students completing their EnvironMentors projects, graduating high school and enrolling in postsecondary educational institutions.