International Travel Grant: Connected Audiences

国际旅行补助金：互联受众

• 批准号: 1746089
• 负责人: Sasha Palmquist
• 金额: $ 2.99万
• 依托单位: Institute for Learning Innovation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-15 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1746089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Travel; Grant; Connected; Audiences

Informal science educators, researchers, and evaluators are interested in directly engaging with the challenges and opportunities of increasing diversity and meaningful intersectionality. The annual meetings of organizations like the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC), and the Visitors Studies Association (VSA) have consistently featured sessions relevant to these topics. NSF's goal of broadening participation means there are also project specific efforts currently underway to directly address methods and strategies for increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM. The Connected Audience Conference will provide an opportunity to engage in an international conversation that directly leverages this momentum and has the potential to motivate focused collective action among participants producing a greater impact on the field. This travel award supports an enhanced U.S. presence at the Connected Audience International Conference to be held in Vienna, Austria September 14-16, 2017. The premise of the meeting is that the role of museums and other cultural institutions in society is rapidly changing as these institutions strive to become more vital resources and partners in initiatives designed to support science learning, social development and growth in an increasingly science and technology-driven world. The goal for U.S. participation is to support established researchers in this area as well as mid-career professionals. The meeting is comprised of: thought leaders, case study presenters, poster presenters and general participants. Thought leaders will highlight theoretical and practical approaches to broadening participation designed to be provocative and stimulate discussion in the breakout sessions. Case study presenters will be paired to illustrate similarities and/or differences in project design, implementation, or outcomes. Structuring the case studies in this way supports conversations focused on cross-country and cross-institution synergies. The poster session presenters were selected and grouped to encourage productive and comparisons specifically exploring the potential for cross-cutting methods to more effectively engage with audiences. U.S. attendees supported under this travel grant represent those who are engaged in this work actively and positioned to continue making important contributions to the field. International participants represent a range of cultural institutions with the largest proportion attending from science centers and children's museums; however, all participants come because of their interest, concerns and expertise in issues related to equity and greater participation. The structure of the meeting will provide participants with significant time for iterative reflection and active discussion to make each session personally relevant and meaningful. This intentionally allows lots of room for pushback and even outright disagreement with any of the ideas proposed by the thought leaders, case study presenters, and poster session presenters. This award is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences. The Connected Audience conference is designed to significantly contribute to an international conversation about the future of informal science education institutions in the learning ecologies of 21st century citizens. Through exploration of new findings and international cross-pollination of best practices, conference participants will be able to develop improved strategies for increasing and diversifying who participates in informal science education experiences as well as how they participate. A white paper written by the U.S. participants will be used to share findings and insights with the broader informal education field.

非正式的科学教育工作者、研究人员和评估人员有兴趣直接参与日益增加的多样性和有意义的交叉性带来的挑战和机遇。美国博物馆联盟（AAM）、科学技术中心协会（ASTC）和游客研究协会（VSA）等组织的年会一直以与这些主题相关的会议为特色。NSF扩大参与的目标意味着目前正在进行的项目具体努力，直接解决增加STEM多样性和包容性的方法和战略。互联观众会议将提供一个参与国际对话的机会，直接利用这一势头，并有可能激励参与者采取集中的集体行动，对该领域产生更大的影响。该旅行奖支持美国在2017年9月14日至16日在奥地利维也纳举行的Connected Audience国际会议上的更大影响力。会议的前提是，博物馆和其他文化机构在社会中的作用正在迅速发生变化，因为这些机构正在努力成为旨在支持科学学习，社会发展和增长的倡议中的更重要的资源和合作伙伴。美国参与的目标是支持这一领域的知名研究人员以及职业中期的专业人士。会议由以下人员组成：思想领袖、案例研究介绍人、海报介绍人和一般与会者。思想领袖将强调扩大参与的理论和实践方法，旨在激发和激发分组会议的讨论。案例研究报告将配对，以说明项目设计，实施或成果的相似性和/或差异。以这种方式组织案例研究有助于重点讨论跨国和跨机构协同作用。对海报会议的发言人进行了挑选和分组，以鼓励进行富有成效的比较，特别是探讨跨领域方法的潜力，以更有效地与受众接触。美国与会者在此旅费资助下支持代表那些谁是积极从事这项工作，并定位为继续作出重要贡献的领域。国际参与者代表了一系列文化机构，其中科学中心和儿童博物馆的参与比例最大;然而，所有参与者都是因为他们对公平和更多参与相关问题的兴趣、关切和专业知识而来。会议的结构将为与会者提供大量时间进行反复思考和积极讨论，使每一次会议都与个人相关并有意义。这有意地为思想领袖、案例研究演讲者和海报会议演讲者提出的任何想法留出了很大的空间，甚至完全不同意。 该奖项由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划资助，该计划旨在推进非正式环境中STEM学习的设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。这包括提供多种途径，以扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验。 Connected Audience会议旨在为关于21世纪世纪公民学习生态中非正式科学教育机构的未来的国际对话做出重大贡献。通过对新发现的探索和国际间最佳做法的相互借鉴，与会者将能够制定更好的战略，以增加参与非正式科学教育的人员及其参与方式，并使其多样化。由美国参与者撰写的一份白色文件将用于与更广泛的非正规教育领域分享调查结果和见解。