Track 1, GK-12: Inquiry-based Approaches to Earth System Science

第 1 轨，GK-12：基于探究的地球系统科学方法

• 批准号: 0440532
• 负责人: Mandy Munro-Stasiuk
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Kent State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-03-15 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0440532&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Track; GK; 12; Inquiry; based

This Track 1 project enhances middle and high school Earth Science education, specifically, the understanding of terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric interactions, by introducing educators and students to geospatial technology.Intellectual Merits- The partnership between Earth Science faculty, K-12 teachers and a county level educational services center enhances the science education of Fellows and K-12 students. The Fellows enhance K-12 student learning by using the local environment as a natural laboratory to explore relationships between geology and climate in Northeast Ohio. Fellows train using inquiry-based methods, and they develop the communication and leadership skills needed to excel in a variety of academic or business settings. The synergistic activities of the project include: (i) STEM education of graduate and undergraduate Fellows using inquiry approaches, (ii) placement in K-12 classrooms as content providers, (iii) professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers, and (iv) research opportunities for K-12 teachers and their students. These activities foster understanding of Earth Science concepts and to promote the use of geospatial technology in the classroom as a tool for inquiry-based K-12 learning. The educational materials employed in the program are aligned with Ohio Academic Content Standards for Earth and Space Science, Science and Technology, Scientific Inquiry, and Scientific Ways of Knowing. Fellows develop curriculum modules based on analysis of the local environment using field methods and on-line geospatial databases.Broader Impacts- Through the enhancement of existing educational partnerships between Kent State University and the Stark County Educational Services Center, the project seeks to improve the quality of middle and high school Earth Science education in high-risk schools from the seventeen school districts of Stark County, OH. The 270 middle and high school teachers in Stark County educate more than 35,000 student in a mix of urban, rural, and suburban districts. This method partners overlapping pairs of nine graduate (GK-12) and five undergraduate (UK-12) Fellows with teams of teachers comprising entire science departments of targeted Stark County schools. In this way, the project directly impacts 36 middle and high school science teachers per year and their almost 5,000 students. Partnering pairs of Fellows with teams of teachers is a powerful approach that allows rapid institutionalization through dissemination of learned techniques, peer support, and administrative "buy-in". Teacher participants are empowered to disseminate their knowledge to peers at other departments in their districts.This project is receiving partial support from the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

本项目通过向教育工作者和学生介绍地理空间技术，加强初中和高中地球科学教育，特别是对陆地、水生和大气相互作用的理解。智力优势-地球科学教师，K-12教师和县级教育服务中心之间的伙伴关系加强了研究员和K-12学生的科学教育。研究员们利用当地环境作为自然实验室来探索俄亥俄州东北部地质和气候之间的关系，从而加强了K-12学生的学习。学员们采用探究式的方法进行培训，并培养在各种学术或商业环境中脱颖而出所需的沟通和领导技能。该项目的协同活动包括：(i)使用探究方法对研究生和本科生进行STEM教育，（ii）作为内容提供者在K-12教室中安置，（iii）为K-12教师提供专业发展机会，以及（iv）为K-12教师及其学生提供研究机会。这些活动促进对地球科学概念的理解，并促进在课堂上使用地理空间技术作为基于探究的K-12学习工具。该计划使用的教育材料与俄亥俄州地球与空间科学、科学与技术、科学探究和科学认知方式的学术内容标准保持一致。研究员利用实地方法和在线地理空间数据库，根据对当地环境的分析，开发课程模块。更广泛的影响-通过加强肯特州立大学和斯塔克县教育服务中心之间现有的教育合作伙伴关系，该项目旨在提高来自俄亥俄州斯塔克县17个学区的高危学校的初中和高中地球科学教育质量。斯塔克县的270名初中和高中教师教育着来自城市、农村和郊区的35000多名学生。这种方法将9名研究生（GK-12）和5名本科生（UK-12）的研究员与由斯塔克县目标学校的整个科学部门组成的教师团队重叠在一起。通过这种方式，该项目每年直接影响到36名初高中科学教师和他们的近5000名学生。研究员与教师团队结成伙伴关系是一种强有力的方法，可以通过传播所学技术、同伴支持和行政“支持”，使之迅速制度化。教师参加者有权将他们的知识传播给所属地区其他部门的同侪。该项目得到社会、行为和经济科学理事会的部分支持。