U.S.-Australia Workshop: Ice e-Mysteries Polar e-Book - An Innovative Approach to Science and Literacy Education

该奖项支持一个美国-澳大利亚研讨会，以改进和评估一种创新的中学科学教育教学法，这种教学法将科学、艺术活动和创造性写作联系起来，并利用国际合作。研讨会将在塔斯马尼亚州的霍巴特举行，汇集了来自阿拉斯加和塔斯马尼亚州的科学家和教师，此前教师们完成了一个试点项目，他们的学生学习极地科学，并合作撰写北极/南极神秘电子书。研讨会和试点项目将由阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学国际北极研究中心的Elena B. Sparrow、阿拉斯加安克雷奇大学的G. Andrew Page、阿拉斯加州导师计划的Allan Miller、塔斯马尼亚美术馆和博物馆的Andy Baird以及国际南极研究所和塔斯马尼亚大学的Sandra Zicus组织和领导。研讨会将作为一个论坛，探讨2008年秋冬试点项目，并评估过程和结果，以调查将科学和扫盲教育联系起来的可扩展、可持续模式的发展。试点项目和今后扩大规模的特别重点将是扩大服务不足的学生（阿拉斯加土著和其他少数民族、经济上处于不利地位和/或地理上孤立的）和偏远学校教师的参与。这项活动与美国国家科学基金会资助的IPY GLOBE（全球学习和观察有利于环境）季节和生物群落项目和GK-12 TASK（助教分享知识）项目相结合。

This award supports a U.S.-Australia workshop for the refinement and assessment of an innovative middle school science education pedagogy that links science, art activities and creative writing, and uses international collaboration. The workshop will be held in Hobart, Tasmania bringing together scientists and teachers from Alaska and Tasmania following the teachers completion of a pilot project with their students studying polar science and collaboratively writing Arctic/Antarctic mystery e-books. The workshop and pilot project will be organized and led by Elena B. Sparrow from the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, G. Andrew Page from the University of Alaska Anchorage, Allan Miller from the Alaska Statewide Mentor Program, Andy Baird from the Tasmania Art Gallery and Museum, and Sandra Zicus from the International Antarctic Institute and the University of Tasmania. The workshop will serve as a forum to explore the 2008 Fall/Winter pilot project and to evaluate the processes and outcomes in order to investigate the development of a scaleable, sustainable model linking science and literacy education. Particular emphasis of the pilot project and future scale-up will be to broaden the participation of underserved students (Native Alaskans and other ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged and/or geographically isolated) and teachers from remote schools. This activity integrates with the NSF funded IPY GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Seasons and Biomes Project and GK-12 TASK (Teaching Assistants Sharing Knowledge) project.