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

该奖项支持美国-澳大利亚的一个研讨会，该研讨会旨在完善和评估创新的中学科学教育教学法，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霍巴特举行，来自阿拉斯加和塔斯马尼亚的科学家和教师将聚集在一起，此前教师完成了一个试点项目，他们的学生学习极地科学，并合作编写北极/南极神秘电子书。研讨会和试点项目将由阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯大学国际北极研究中心的埃琳娜·B·斯帕罗、阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇大学的G·安德鲁·佩奇、阿拉斯加全州导师计划的艾伦·米勒、塔斯马尼亚艺术画廊和博物馆的安迪·贝尔德以及国际南极研究所和塔斯马尼亚大学的桑德拉·齐库斯组织和领导。讲习班将作为一个论坛，探讨2008年秋/冬试点项目，并评估其进程和结果，以调查科学与扫盲教育相结合的可扩展、可持续模式的发展情况。试点项目和今后扩大规模的重点将是扩大服务不足的学生(阿拉斯加原住民和其他少数民族、经济上处于不利地位和/或地理上与世隔绝)和偏远学校教师的参与。这项活动与国家科学基金会资助的全球全球(全球学习和观察惠及环境)四季和生物群项目以及GK-12 TASK(分享知识的教学助理)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.