Collaborative Research - California Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence

该奖项支持与三个分散的互补合作伙伴在加利福尼亚州建立COSEE中心：加州大学伯克利分校校园内的劳伦斯科学馆(非正式科学合作伙伴)、斯克里普斯研究所-加州大学圣地亚哥分校(研究合作伙伴)和蒙特利的蒙特利半岛学院(公共社区学院和正式教育合作伙伴)。拟议的COSEE的活动将围绕四项主要活动安排：1)在斯克里普斯开展外联工作，使海洋科学家参与K-14教育并解释他们的研究成果；2)开发一门旨在加强本科生、研究生和科学家参与教育宣传的海洋科学本科课程；3)开发一个海洋就业网站；以及4)在斯克里普斯为K-12教育开发和测试一个海洋沉浸式网站，以服务于圣地亚哥地区数量众多、文化多样的人口。该COSEE的工作将通过将世界上一些最优秀的海洋科学研究人员与正式和非正式环境中的科学教育联系起来，加强加州研究和教育的一体化。加州COSEE的重点是与圣地亚哥多样化地区的学校和学区合作，这将提供额外的资源，以加强科学教育，并增加代表不足的人口获得知识和职业的机会。这项提案中的几项举措将增加东南欧共同市场网络将要实施的各种办法和活动的多样性和平衡性。特别是，扩展模型是一种独特的“以用户为中心”的方法，可以让更多的科学家参与进来，显然需要开发这种方法并评估其有效性。传播学本科课程有潜力成为大学教师、研究生和本科专业的职业发展工具；这一部分由美国国家科学基金会本科教育部门共同资助。DUE的高级技术教育项目也为蒙特利半岛学院的就业网站提供联合资金。

This award provides support to establish a COSEE Center in California with three distributed complementary partners: the Lawrence Hall of Science on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley (informal science partner), Scripps Institution-University of California San Diego (research partner) and Monterey Peninsula College (a public community college and formal education partner) in Monterey. The activities of the proposed COSEE will be organized around four primary initiatives: 1) an outreach effort based at Scripps to engage ocean scientists in K-14 education and the interpretation of their research, 2) the development of an undergraduate course Communicating Ocean Science designed to increase the involvement of undergraduates, graduate students and scientists in educational outreach, 3) the development of an Ocean Careers web site and 4) developing and testing an Ocean Immersion Site for K-12 education based at Scripps to serve the large and culturally diverse population of the San Diego area. The work of this COSEE will enhance the integration of research and education in California by linking some of the best ocean science researchers in the world to science education in both formal and informal settings. The California COSEE's focus on working with schools and school districts in the diverse San Diego area will provide additional resources to strengthen science education and increase access to knowledge and careers among underrepresented populations. Several of the initiatives in this proposal will add diversity and balance to the mosaic of approaches and activities to be implemented by the COSEE network. In particular, the extension model is a unique 'user-centered' approach to getting more scientists involved that clearly needs to be developed and its effectiveness assessed. The undergraduate course in communicating science has potential as a professional development vehicle for college faculty, graduate students and undergraduate majors; this component is being co-funded by NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education. The DUE's Advanced Technology Education program is also providing co-funding for the Careers website at Monterey Peninsula College.