PolarTREC - Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating

PolarTREC - 教师和研究人员探索与合作

• 批准号: 1525880
• 负责人: Janet Warburton
• 金额: $ 44.97万
• 依托单位: Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1525880&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PolarTREC; Teachers; Researchers; Exploring; Collaborating

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) will administer and implement "PolarTREC - Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating", a program that brings together U.S. teachers to participate in cutting-edge field research with polar scientists in various, and often remote, locations in the Arctic and Antarctica. Through hands-on field experiences in the Arctic and Antarctica, participating teachers (pre-service and in-service) will improve teaching strategies, develop resources for their careers, and change how they teach STEM in the classroom. The program goal is to invigorate polar science education and understanding by bringing educators and polar researchers together in professional collaboration. By integrating research and education, PolarTREC will help sustain and grow the considerable academic and public enthusiasm for polar research and education. The award provides funding for ARCUS to support 12 teacher-researcher teams during 2016. ARCUS will recruit, select, and match teachers and researchers, maintain a website for dissemination of information about the expeditions, provide orientation training for the teachers that includes field safety and communication training, provide travel support for the teachers to meet with scientists prior to deployments and for them to join the scientific expeditions in the field, and evaluate results of the program. Teachers will participate in a variety of outreach events following their deployments to ensure dissemination of information about the polar science and educational activities related to their scientific expeditions.

美国北极研究联盟（ARCUS）将管理和实施“PolarTREC -教师和研究人员探索和合作”计划，该计划将美国教师聚集在一起，与北极和南极洲各个偏远地区的极地科学家一起参与尖端实地研究。通过在北极和南极的实地实践经验，参与教师（职前和在职）将改进教学策略，开发职业资源，并改变他们在课堂上教授STEM的方式。该计划的目标是通过将教育工作者和极地研究人员聚集在一起进行专业合作来振兴极地科学教育和理解。通过整合研究和教育，PolarTREC将有助于维持和发展学术界和公众对极地研究和教育的热情。该奖项为ARCUS提供资金，以支持2016年期间的12个教师研究团队。ARCUS将招募，选择和匹配教师和研究人员，维护一个网站，用于传播有关探险的信息，为教师提供包括野外安全和通信培训在内的定向培训，为教师提供旅行支持，以便在部署之前与科学家会面，并为他们加入实地科学考察，并评估该计划的结果。教师将在部署后参加各种外联活动，以确保传播有关极地科学的信息和与其科学考察有关的教育活动。