New, GK-12: Initiating New Science Partnerships in Rural Education (INSPIRE)

密西西比州立大学与密西西比州中北部三个农村学区之间发起的农村教育新科学合作伙伴关系 (INSPIRE) 项目重点关注 7 至 12 年级课堂的地球和空间科学技术支持的探究性学习。 该跨学科项目将招募来自三个 STEM 学科（地球科学、物理和工程学）的 50 名研究员，他们将与一名教师以 2:1 的方式合作。 该项目的创新之处包括在研究生研究的课堂实施过程中使用空间分析平台（例如谷歌地球）。 该项目旨在实现五个基本目标：1）增强研究员？沟通、教学和团队建设技能； 2) 开发和实施以技术为支持、以探究为基础的教学材料，为研究员注入活力？ STEM 研究； 3）增加K-12科学教师？内容知识和技术技能； 4) 在 K-12 学区和大学 STEM 学科之间建立合作伙伴关系，以支持 K-12 学生？追求高等教育和 STEM 相关职业； 5) 为研究员和教师提供国际研究经验，让他们接受跨国界的培训。 该项目的智力优点是研究员的加入？通过技术的使用将科学研究带入课堂，并通过国际培训经验将这项研究扩展到我们国家之外。 该项目更广泛的影响包括培养未来的 STEM 领导者，他们能够进行尖端科学、具有扎实的沟通能力并热衷于支持科学教育；在密西西比州建立一支熟练的 STEM 劳动力队伍；在项目生命周期结束后，为 MSU 的 GK-12 类型活动制定可持续性和制度变革。

The Initiating New Science Partnerships in Rural Education (INSPIRE) project between Mississippi State University and three rural school districts in North-Central Mississippi focuses on technology-supported, inquiry learning in the Earth and Space sciences for 7th-12th grade classrooms. The interdisciplinary project will recruit 50 Fellows from three STEM disciplines (Geosciences, Physics, and Engineering) where they will be partnered 2:1 with a teacher. The innovative aspect of this project includes the use of spatial analysis platforms (e.g., Google Earth) during the classroom implementation of graduate student research. The project aims to achieve five essential goals: 1) enhance Fellows? communication, teaching, and team-building skills; 2) develop and implement technology-supported, inquiry-based instructional materials that infuse Fellows? STEM research; 3) increase K-12 science teachers? content knowledge and technological skills; 4) build partnerships between K-12 school districts and University STEM disciplines that serve to support K-12 students? pursuit of higher education and STEM-related careers; 5) provide international research experiences for Fellows and teachers where they receive training across geographic borders. The intellectual merit of the project is the incorporation of Fellows? scientific research into the classroom through the use of technology and the extension of this research beyond our nation through international training experiences. The broader impacts of the project include creating future STEM leaders that conduct cutting-edge science, have solid communication skills, and possess a passion for supporting science education; building a skilled STEM workforce in Mississippi; and developing sustainability and institutional change for GK-12 type activities at MSU beyond the lifetime of the project.