The Elwha Science Education Project (ESEP): Increasing the Representation in the Geosciences by Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects

Elwha 科学教育项目 (ESEP)：通过参与环境恢复项目提高美国原住民青年在地球科学领域的代表性

• 批准号: 0703676
• 负责人: Robert Young
• 金额: $ 121.67万
• 依托单位: Western Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0703676&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Elwha; Science; Education; Project; ESEP

Native Americans are poorly represented in all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. This under representation results from numerous cultural, economic, and historical factors. The broad goal of the Elwha Science Education Project (ESEP) is to develop a network of partners delivering culturally-integrated, geoscience education to Native American young people in grades 6-12 in the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington while ultimately increasing the number of these students that pursue a geoscience career and/or geoscience degree by creating a pipeline of interested high school graduates into our higher education partners. The ESEP will develop unique approaches to informal geoscience education using environmental restoration as a consequence of dam removal as a centerpiece. Hands-on, geoscience education activities will be delivered in a culturally integrated manner. Tribal elders and educators will participate in all phases of the project. Local school districts will be involved during the academic year. All student participants will have access to year-round mentors and activities. Technical expertise will be provided by the PI; access to land and data related to the planned Elwha River Restoration Project will be provided by Olympic National Park; and educational activities will be carried out by the non-profit, Olympic Park Institute. Additional partners include the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Port Angeles (WA) School District and Crescent (WA) School District. It is estimated that the project will directly involve 80 Native American students, 10 local science teachers, and indirectly, 600-700 Olympic Peninsula young people. Broader impacts of the ESEP are realized by the development of a culture-based model for investing an entire Native American community in the geoscience education of their young people. This project is the continuation of a successful two-year pilot.

美洲原住民在所有科学、技术、工程和数学领域的代表性都很低。这种代表性不足是由许多文化、经济和历史因素造成的。 Elwha科学教育项目（ESEP）的广泛目标是开发一个合作伙伴网络，为华盛顿奥林匹克半岛北方6-12年级的美国土著年轻人提供文化整合的地球科学教育，同时最终增加这些学生的数量通过创建感兴趣的高中毕业生管道进入我们的高等教育合作伙伴，追求地球科学职业生涯和/或地球科学学位。 ESEP将开发独特的非正式地球科学教育方法，将大坝拆除后的环境恢复作为核心内容。 将以文化融合的方式开展地球科学实践教育活动。 部落长老和教育工作者将参与项目的所有阶段。 当地学区将在学年期间参与。 所有学生参与者将有机会获得全年导师和活动。 PI将提供技术专长;奥林匹克国家公园将提供与计划中的Elwha河恢复项目有关的土地和数据;非营利组织奥林匹克公园研究所将开展教育活动。 其他合作伙伴包括下Elwha Klallam部落，安吉利斯港（西澳）学区和新月（西澳）学区。 据估计，该项目将直接涉及80名美国原住民学生，10名当地科学教师，间接涉及600-700名奥林匹克半岛青年。 ESEP的更广泛的影响是通过开发一种基于文化的模式来实现的，这种模式用于投资整个美洲原住民社区对其年轻人的地球科学教育。 该项目是一个成功的两年试点项目的继续。