KDI: Science Controversies On-Line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE)

在线科学争议：教育伙伴关系（SCOPE）项目将促进自然科学家和科学学习者之间的知识网络，探索当前的科学争议。这项研究结合了加州大学伯克利分校、华盛顿大学、美国科学促进会的《科学》杂志以及国内和国际学校合作伙伴在自然科学、教育学、技术和课堂教学方面的专业知识（参见来自旧金山学校、2061计划圣安东尼奥学校、伦敦、英国学校、坎贝尔麦克罗比学校、澳大利亚布里斯班学校、BatSheva Eylon学校、以色列学校的来信）。SCOPE项目将建立由科学家和科学学习者组成的争议社区，重点关注与领先研究科学家有关的争议，同时也与公民的利益有关，例如地震预测、火星上生命的证据或全球疟疾的控制。该项目将根据需要创建新的工具，并利用强大的、可用的工具来支持这些学习社区。SCOPE项目将重点关注四个具体问题，这些问题将通过一个由设计研究和学习研究组成的研究计划来解决。首先，我们如何为包括科学家和科学学习者在内的所有用户设计将争议带入生活的资源？SCOPE研究论坛将主要为对争议感兴趣的科学家提供材料，而SCOPE争议论坛将主要为调查争议的科学教师和学生提供材料。其次，我们如何创造激励机制和技术环境，吸引全球、多学科和多样化的社区就核心科学争议进行合作？我们之前的研究为在线学习社区设计环境并研究其影响，说明了富有成效的社区互动的好处，同时也证明了研究克服缺点的必要性。第三，网络和电子技术如何真正代表和鼓励丰富的、互动的科学争议工作？该项目将探索SCOPE论证地图和论证分析等工具如何改进争议研究，使新证据和问题可见，帮助诊断误解，并支持互动。最后，我们如何建立新的、更全球化的工作实践，使争议社区得以发展和繁荣？

The Science Controversies On-line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE) project will promote knowledge networking among natural scientists and among science learners exploring current scientific controversies. The research combines expertise in natural science, pedagogy, technology, and classroom instruction from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Washington, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science's SCIENCE Magazine, as well as from national and international school partners (see letters from San Francisco School, Project 2061 San Antonio Schools, London, England Schools; Campbell McRobbie, Brisbane, Australia Schools; BatSheva Eylon, Israeli Schools).The SCOPE Project will develop controversy communities of scientists and science learners, focusing on controversies that concern leading research scientists and also connect to interests of citizens, such as the prediction of earthquakes, the evidence for life on Mars, or the control of Malaria worldwide. The Project will create new tools as needed and also draw on powerful, available tools to support these learning communities.SCOPE project will focus on four specific questions, which will be addressed through a research program consisting of design studies as well as learning studies. First, how can we design resources that bring controversies to life for the full range of users including scientists and science learners? SCOPE Research Forums will feature materials primarily for scientists interested in the controversy, while SCOPE Controversy Forums will feature materials primarily for science instructors and students investigating the controversy. Second, how can we create incentives and technological environments that attract global, multidisciplinary, and diverse communities to collaborate on central scientific controversies? Our prior research designing environments for on-line learning communities and studying their impact illustrates the benefits of productive community interactions while at the same time demonstrating the need for research to overcome drawbacks. Third, how can networking and electronic technologies authentically represent and encourage rich, interactive work on scientific controversies? The Project will explore how tools like the SCOPE Argument Map and Argument Analyst improve controversy research, make novel evidence and issues visible, help diagnose misunderstandings, and scaffold interactions. Finally, how can we establish new, more global work practices that enable controversy communities to grow and flourish?