Collaborative Research - California Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence

该奖项为在加州建立COSEE中心提供了支持，该中心有三个分布互补的合作伙伴：加州大学伯克利分校的劳伦斯科学馆（非正式科学合作伙伴）、加州大学圣地亚哥分校斯克里普斯研究所（研究合作伙伴）和蒙特利半岛学院（蒙特利的公立社区学院和正式教育合作伙伴）。拟议中的COSEE的活动将围绕以下四个主要倡议组织：1)在斯克里普斯大学开展外展活动，让海洋科学家参与K-14教育，并对他们的研究进行解释；2)开发本科课程“交流海洋科学”，旨在增加本科生、研究生和科学家在教育外展中的参与度；3)开发一个海洋职业网站；4)开发和测试一个基于斯克里普斯的K-12教育海洋沉浸网站，为圣地亚哥地区庞大且文化多样的人口提供服务。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的重点是与多样化的圣地亚哥地区的学校和学区合作，这将为加强科学教育和增加代表性不足的人口获得知识和职业的机会提供额外的资源。本提案中的若干倡议将增加COSEE网络将实施的各种方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，这显然需要开发并评估其有效性。传播学本科课程有潜力成为大学教师、研究生和本科生的专业发展工具；这个部分是由美国国家科学基金会本科教育部门共同资助的。DUE的先进技术教育项目也为蒙特利半岛学院的职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.