Collaborative Research: California Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence

该奖项为在加州建立COSEE中心提供支持，该中心有三个分布式互补合作伙伴： 此外，该研究所还与位于伯克利的加州大学劳伦斯科学馆（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）和蒙特雷的蒙特雷半岛学院（一所公立社区学院和正式教育合作伙伴）合作。 拟议的东南欧委员会的活动将围绕四项主要举措组织： 1)在斯克里普斯开展外联工作，让海洋科学家参与K-14教育和解释他们的研究，2）开发本科课程“传播海洋科学”，旨在增加本科生、研究生和科学家参与教育外联，3）海洋职业网站的发展和4）开发和测试海洋沉浸网站的K-12教育的基础上斯克里普斯为广大和文化多样的人口圣地亚哥地区。 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，加强加州的研究和教育一体化。 加州COSEE专注于与圣地亚哥地区的学校和学区合作，将提供额外的资源，以加强科学教育，增加代表性不足的人口获得知识和职业的机会。本提案中的若干举措将使东南欧经委会网络将实施的各种方法和活动更加多样和平衡。 特别是，推广模式是一个独特的“以用户为中心”的方法，让更多的科学家参与，显然需要开发和评估其有效性。 通信科学的本科课程有潜力作为大学教师，研究生和本科专业的专业发展工具;这一部分由NSF的本科教育部共同资助。DUE的先进技术教育计划还为蒙特雷半岛学院的职业网站提供共同资助。

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.