ATE Centers -- Environmental Resource Center

通过该项目，先进技术环境教育中心（ATEEC）正在显著扩大和增强其国家环境资源中心的能力。本计划旨在甄别对教育工作者、工人及公众有价值的环境教育资讯、资料、研究、专业知识及支援服务；组织和呈现这一知识和服务体系，使之对广泛的用户群体具有刺激性和可访问性。该项目建立在ATEEC作为国家科学基金会卓越中心的八年经验和成功的基础上。环境资源中心对各种各样的用户群体产生了广泛的影响。这些包括：高中和社区大学的环境课程学生；各种学术和技术项目的社区大学学生；从事再培训或技能提升的工人；军事和安全人员；社区和市政领导，包括部落学院；环境研究机构；公众；以及国际环境教育家。环境资源中心通过以下方式支持和促进高质量的教与学：(a)加强中心的许多沟通工具；(b)将NSF-ATE环境项目与中心紧密联系起来；(c)开始努力将环境教育扩展到整个课程；(d)注重方便获取和以电子方式提供信息；(e)掌握新出现的环境研究成果，并使之可供学生和全社会使用；(f)制订分段销售办法，以吸引代表性不足的学生进入该领域；(g)为全国大学的环境项目提供全面的指导计划；(h)提供刺激的专业发展机会；(i)扩大获得在线环境课程和材料的机会。ATEEC继续注重包容性，通过组成咨询委员会和选择在营销材料中突出的人员，为代表性不足的群体开展特别外展活动，并确保参加专业发展活动和代表性不足群体特别活动的人员的多样性。该项目还将继续致力于促进新兴研究和教育的整合。环境资源中心的优势很大程度上来自于ATEEC将其能力和专业知识与众多合作者和合作伙伴的能力和专业知识相结合的方式。环境资源中心正在促进高中、社区大学、劳动力和整个社会的环境知识和理解。

Through this project the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center(ATEEC) is significantly expanding and enhancing its national Environmental Resource Center capabilities.Intellectual MeritThe project is identifying environmental education information, materials, research, expertise and support services of value to educators, workers, and the general public; and to organizing and presenting this body of knowledge and services in formats that are stimulating and accessible to a broad array of user groups. The project builds upon ATEEC's eight years of experience and success in serving as a national NSF Center of Excellence.Broad Impact The Environmental Resource Center is having broad impact on a wide diversity of user groups. These include: high school and community college students in environmental courses; community college students across the spectrum of academic and technical programs; workers engaged in retraining or skill upgrade; military and security personnel; community and municipal leaders including Tribal colleges; the environmental research establishment; the general public; and international environmental educators. The Environmental Resource Center supports and promotes quality teaching and learning by: (a) strengthening the Center's many communication vehicles; (b) closely linking NSF-ATE environmental projects to the Center;(c) initiating efforts to extend environmental education across the curriculum; (d) focusing upon ease of access and providing information electronically; (e) capturing emerging environmental research and making it available to students and all of society, (f) developing a segmented marketing approach to attract underrepresented students to the field; (g) providing a comprehensive mentoring program to environmental programs at colleges across the nation; (h) providing stimulating professional development opportunities; and, (i) expanding access to on-line environmental courses and materials. ATEEC continues its focus on inclusiveness with special outreach activities tounderrepresented groups through the composition of advisory committees and the selection of people to highlight in marketing materials as well as by ensuring a diversity of attendees at professional development events and special activities with underrepresented groups. This project also continues to focus upon fostering the integration of emerging research and education. Much of the strength of the Environmental Resource Center derive from the manner in which ATEEC leverages its capabilities and expertise with the capabilities and expertise of its many collaborators and partners. The Environmental Resource Center is advancing environmental knowledge and understanding in high schools, community colleges, the workforce, and society at-large.