Integrating Science Into Afterschool: A Three-Dimensional Approach To Engaging Underserved Populations In Science

将科学融入课外活动：让服务不足的人群参与科学的三维方法

• 批准号: 1138911
• 负责人: Dale McCreedy
• 金额: $ 99.37万
• 依托单位: Franklin Institute Science Museum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1138911&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Science; Into; Afterschool; Three

Integrating Science into Afterschool, an ITEST Strategies project, builds upon prior NSF-funded work to develop a three-dimensional (3-D) strategy for engaging underserved youth, families, and afterschool facilitators in year-round science learning and exposure to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The project leverages community partnerships in urban Philadelphia, including The Franklin Institute, public sector entities and community organizations, to deliver the STEM education experience in the multiple access points of afterschool, home, and community. Integrating Science targets elementary aged students (grades 3-5) and their families, and aims to strategically network a diverse set of stakeholders to develop, implement, and study: 1) science project-based learning (PBL) units in community-based afterschool programs for elementary-age children, 2) thematically-linked home-based activities designed to engage family members in science explorations in the comfort of their home, and 3) family science events focused on building career linkages that will be hosted by both the community-based organizations hosting afterschool programs as well as the museum. Integrating Science into Afterschool will serve a total of 60 staff, 450 students in grades 3-5 and 450 families in urban Philadelphia. Additionally, Integrating Science will build the capacity of science educators in nontraditional learning environments, cultivate parent support for STEM, and provide a better understanding of the ways in which communities can increase awareness of and access to science learning and STEM careers. Integrating Science has the potential to sustain and expand this proof-of-concept model through existing partners regionally, statewide, and nationwide. Long-term outcomes include using this 3-D model to address important questions within the field including how afterschool programs impact children's sense of identity in science, how parents can be encouraged and supported to become advocates of science and of science career pathways for their children, and identifying ways in which underrepresented groups come to understand, value, and promote STEM content and careers. Evaluation of the project will include the use of comparison groups and valid, normed surveys to understand the impact on students, families and afterschool facilitators.

将科学融入课外活动，一个ITEST战略项目，建立在之前NSF资助的工作基础上，制定了一个三维（3-D）战略，让服务不足的青年，家庭和课外辅导员参与全年的科学学习和接触科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的职业生涯。该项目利用费城城市的社区合作伙伴关系，包括富兰克林研究所、公共部门实体和社区组织，在课后、家庭和社区的多个接入点提供STEM教育体验。整合科学针对小学年龄段的学生（3-5年级）和他们的家庭，并旨在战略网络的利益相关者制定，实施和研究：1）以社区为基础的小学学龄儿童课后计划中的科学项目为基础的学习（PBL）单元，2）与主题相关的家庭活动，旨在让家庭成员在舒适的家中进行科学探索，和3）家庭科学活动，重点是建立职业联系，将由社区组织主办的课后计划以及博物馆主办。将科学融入课外活动将为费城市区的60名工作人员、450名3-5年级学生和450个家庭提供服务。此外，整合科学将建立科学教育工作者在非传统学习环境中的能力，培养家长对STEM的支持，并更好地了解社区如何提高对科学学习和STEM职业的认识和获得。整合科学有可能通过现有的合作伙伴在区域，全州和全国范围内维持和扩大这一概念验证模型。长期成果包括使用这种三维模型来解决该领域的重要问题，包括课后课程如何影响儿童对科学的认同感，如何鼓励和支持父母成为科学和科学职业道路的倡导者，以及确定代表性不足的群体如何理解，重视和促进STEM内容和职业。该项目的评估将包括使用比较组和有效的，规范的调查，以了解对学生，家庭和课后辅导员的影响。