IPY: PolarTREC -- Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating

PolarTREC(教师和研究人员探索和合作)是一个为期三年的教师专业增强计划，将通过将K-12教育工作者和极地研究人员聚集在一起在北极和南极的实践经验来促进极地科学教育。Polar TREC的活动和产品将促进研究与教育的结合，以产生教师与研究人员长期合作的遗产，改进教师内容知识和教学实践，基于现实世界科学的可共享在线学习资源，提高学生对北极和南极的知识和兴趣，以及广泛的公众参与极地科学。Arcus将调整和扩展现有的教师研究体验(Tre)模式和提供TREC的自身经验--这是一个由NSF支持的北极Tre计划--以开发PolarTREC，这是一个为K-12教师提供的全面、可持续的实地研究体验计划，专注于两个极地地区的IPY科学主题。36名教师将在北极或南极花两至六周的时间学习与国际地球年重点领域之一有关的主题，包括“从国际地球年现场直播”电话、互联网演示和来自实地的播客、每日教师期刊、互动公告栏、图片库、在线多媒体学习资源和活动，以及参加CARE(连接北极/南极研究人员和教育工作者)网络会议，以支持将经验转化为课堂和Beyond。PolarTREC通过1)提供可在极地地区实际实施的实践实地研究经验；2)向学生和其他专业人员广泛传播教师经验；3)发展可持续的学习社区；4)通过形成性和总结性评估提供明确和适当的项目成功衡量标准，从而与国际和平年的教育目标相关。此外，PolarTREC的评估将为推广或扩大方案结构和最佳做法提供基础。PolarTREC将受益于与物流提供商和国际项目的密切协调，以确保运营的可行性和国际影响力。

"PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating)" is a three-yearteacher professional enhancement program that will advance polar science educationby bringing K-12 educators and polar researchers together in hands-on fieldexperiences in the Arctic and Antarctic. PolarTREC activities and products will foster theintegration of research and education to produce a legacy of long-termteacher-researcher collaborations, improvement of teacher content knowledge andteaching practices, shareable online learning resources based on real-world science,improved student knowledge of and interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, and broad publicengagement in polar science. ARCUS will adapt and extend existing Teacher ResearchExperience (TRE) models and its own experience delivering TREC -- a TRE programsupported by NSF for the Arctic -- to develop PolarTREC, a comprehensive, sustainedfield research experience program for K-12 teachers focusing on IPY science themes atboth polar regions. Thirty-six teachers will spend two to six weeks in the Arctic orAntarctic studying a topic relevant to one of the IPY emphasis areas, with "Live fromIPY" calls, Internet presentations, and podcasts from the field, daily teacher journals,interactive bulletin boards, photo galleries, online multimedia learning resources andactivities, and participation in CARE (Connecting Arctic/Antarctic Researchers andEducators) web-meetings to support translation of experiences into the classroom andbeyond. PolarTREC is relevant to the education goals of the IPY by 1) providing ahands-on field research experience that can be realistically implemented in the polarregions; 2) broadly disseminating teacher experiences to students and otherprofessionals; 3) developing a sustainable learning community; and 4) providing clearand appropriate measures of project success through a formative and summativeevaluation. Additionally, the PolarTREC evaluation will provide a basis for replicating orexpanding the program structure and best practices. PolarTREC will benefit from closecoordination with logistics providers and international programs to ensure operationalfeasibility and an international reach.