PPD/DP: An Ocean of Potentiality: Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

潜力海洋项目将与科学、多个非营利组织和州立教育组织合作，建立并支持夏威夷范围内的体验式且易于使用的指导网络，以促进残疾人在科学、数学、工程和技术 (SMET) 方面获得兴趣、接受教育和从事职业。 该项目将由夏威夷大学与多个科学、非营利和州立教育组织合作组织和实施。 该项目呼吁采用三层方法来改变态度，并在学生、教育者/家庭和国家政策层面提供教育机会。 我们建议创建一个以学生、家庭、科学家、教育工作者和大学级科学教师培训师为核心的计划，他们将通过影响本州的科学教育课程、教育实践和政策来影响更多的学生。 该项目旨在识别、开展、评估和传播基于实践的、基于实地的科学。 重点将放在适合残疾和健康学生的活动上，以促进异构团队的协作工作，积极体验科学，同时了解夏威夷的人类生态。 榜样和导师（其中许多人本身就是残疾人）将与学生团队互动，以促进所有学生进入和融入 SMET 领域。 辅助技术将与互联网展示场配合使用，以确保学生充分参与 SMET 活动并获得授权。 电子技术（包括互联网）将用于鼓励学生团队、教育组织、管理人员和社区成员之间的联网和信息传播。该项目将被仔细记录在公共电视和互联网场所。 该项目制作的所有出版物都将通过完全可访问的电子媒体提供。

The Ocean of Potentiality Project, in cooperation with scientific, multiple nonprofit and state education organizations, will build and support a Hawaii-wide experiential and accessible guidance-instruction network to facilitate individuals who are disabled to attain interest, education and careers in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET). The project will be organized and conducted by the University of Hawaii in cooperation with multiple scientific and nonprofit and state education organizations. The project calls for use of a three-tiered approach for the change of attitudes and for provision of educational opportunities on a student, educator/family, and state policy level. We propose to create a program that involves a core of students, families, scientists, educators, and university-level science teacher trainers who will affect the larger population of students by affecting science education curriculum, and educational practices and policy in the state. The project proposes to identify, conduct, evaluate, and disseminate hands-on, field-based science. Emphasis will be placed on activities appropriate for students with and without disabilities to promote collaborative work in heterogeneous teams to actively experience science while learning about the human ecology of Hawaii. Role models and mentors, many with disabilities themselves, will interact with the student teams to advance access and inclusion of all students in the SMET fields. Assistive technology will be used in concert with Internet display arenas to insure that students will be fully included and empowered in SMET activities. Electronic technology (including the Internet) will be used to encourage networking and information dissemination among student teams, educational organizations, administrators, and members of the community. The project will be carefully documented for public television and Internet venues. All publications produced by the project wil l be available through fully accessible electronic media.