Partnerships for Polar Science Education and Outreach in Greenland (JSEP) and Antarctica (JASE)

格陵兰岛 (JSEP) 和南极洲 (JASE) 极地科学教育和推广伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1748137
• 负责人: Ross Virginia
• 金额: $ 99.41万
• 依托单位: Dartmouth College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-15 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1748137&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnerships; Polar; Science; Education; Outreach

Earth's polar regions are undergoing rapid changes that have relevance to the entire world. Scientists are working to understand the causes and consequences of this change and have a critical role in communicating their findings with diverse stakeholders. The pace of polar change demands continuous investment in training and educating the next generation of polar professionals who are prepared to be leaders in academia, government, industry, and policy. The Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) and the Joint Antarctic School Expedition (JASE) are two NSF-sponsored polar-focused programs that provide significant opportunities for training the next generation of STEM professionals and for polar-science outreach. JSEP, a project of the Joint Committee, was initiated in 2007 to educate students and teachers from Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. The program brings US students together with Danish and Greenlandic students in Greenland where the group spends three weeks studying the causes and consequences of Arctic environmental change. JASE, a project in collaboration with the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), takes U.S. students to Antarctica to work alongside Chilean students and examine Antarctica's rapidly changing ecosystems. This award provides funding for Dartmouth College to lead the U.S. contributions to JSEP and JASE for the next four years. Dartmouth will organize a nation-wide application process to select high school student participants each year and will work with the international program coordinators to design student activities and learning experiences. In addition to coordinating each field-based program for U.S. high school students, Dartmouth will work to broaden the impact of these programs by sending a team of graduate student and faculty researchers with polar field experience to lead scientific components of JSEP and JASE, work with Greenlandic and Chilean educators to disseminate JSEP and JASE polar science outcomes to local audiences during the field-based expeditions, adapt JSEP and JASE polar science field activities for use in U.S. and international classrooms, provide training in cross-cultural science communication for diverse audiences to Dartmouth graduate students and the campus community, and assess skill- and content-based outcomes for high school and graduate student participants in JSEP and JASE. Societal benefits include building international networks of students, educators, stakeholders, future leaders, and polar scientists; diversifying the US polar scientific workforce, and generating polar science educational tools and modules that are freely accessible to students and teachers in multiple languages. This program addresses national priorities by developing a U.S. scientific workforce that is knowledgeable about the Arctic and the Antarctic, regions that are of growing importance to U.S. economic development and national security.The Joint Committee, a high-level government forum between the U.S., Greenlandic, and Danish governments, initiated JSEP during the International Polar Year in 2007. Since its inception, high school students and teachers from Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. have traveled to Greenland to participate in two JSEP educational programs, Kangerlussuaq Science Field School and Science and Education Week. In 2013, the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), invited the United States to participate in their Expedición Antártica Escolar (EAE), a program to promote awareness and appreciation of Antarctica in young Chileans. Since then, U.S. teams have joined three JASE expeditions, which provide hands-on experience with Antarctic research to high school students and teachers from both nations. Both JSEP and JASE aim to 1) educate and inspire the next generation of polar scientists, 2) build strong networks of students, teachers and researchers among the participating countries, and 3) improve language and communication skills by taking teams of students to the polar regions to share in polar science activities. The program will strengthen international scientific ties between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland and improve the understanding of polar science for students and citizens of all three countries. Dartmouth will conduct assessments of outcomes for the current high school students and graduate student polar fellows as well as surveys of alumni from previous U.S., Danish, Greenlandic, and Chilean participants. The JSEP program will provide U.S. high school students and high school teachers with an immersion experience in polar science and international collaboration. It will also provide graduate students with experience and training in teaching, cross-cultural communications and outreach.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

地球的极地地区正在经历与整个世界有关的迅速变化。科学家们正在努力了解这种变化的原因和后果，并在与不同的利益相关者交流他们的发现方面发挥着关键作用。极地变化的速度要求在培训和教育下一代极地专业人士方面进行持续投资，他们准备成为学术界、政府、行业和政策的领导者。联合科学教育项目（JSEP）和联合南极学校考察（JASE）是两个由nsf赞助的以极地为重点的项目，为培养下一代STEM专业人员和极地科学推广提供了重要的机会。JSEP是联合委员会的一个项目，于2007年启动，旨在对来自格陵兰、丹麦和美国的学生和教师进行教育。该项目将美国学生与丹麦和格陵兰的学生聚集在格陵兰，在那里他们花三个星期的时间研究北极环境变化的原因和后果。JASE是与智利南极研究所（INACH）合作的一个项目，它将美国学生带到南极洲，与智利学生一起工作，研究南极洲迅速变化的生态系统。该奖项为达特茅斯学院在未来四年领导美国对JSEP和JASE的贡献提供资金。达特茅斯学院将每年组织一次全国范围的申请程序，选择高中生参与者，并将与国际项目协调员合作，设计学生活动和学习经历。除了为美国高中生协调每个基于实地的项目外，达特茅斯学院还将努力扩大这些项目的影响，派出一支具有极地实地经验的研究生和教师研究人员团队，领导JSEP和JASE的科学组成部分，与格陵兰和智利的教育工作者合作，在实地考察期间向当地观众传播JSEP和JASE的极地科学成果。将JSEP和JASE的极地科学领域活动用于美国和国际课堂，为达特茅斯研究生和校园社区的不同受众提供跨文化科学交流培训，并评估JSEP和JASE的高中和研究生参与者的技能和内容为基础的结果。社会效益包括建立由学生、教育工作者、利益相关者、未来领导者和极地科学家组成的国际网络；使美国极地科学工作人员多样化，并开发以多种语言向学生和教师免费提供的极地科学教育工具和模块。该计划通过培养对美国经济发展和国家安全日益重要的北极和南极地区知识渊博的美国科学队伍来解决国家优先事项。联合委员会是美国、格陵兰和丹麦政府之间的一个高层政府论坛，在2007年国际极地年期间发起了JSEP。自成立以来，来自格陵兰、丹麦和美国的高中学生和教师前往格陵兰参加了两个JSEP教育项目，康克鲁斯瓦格科学实地学校和科学与教育周。2013年，智利南极研究所（INACH）邀请美国参加他们的Expedición Antártica Escolar （EAE）项目，该项目旨在提高智利年轻人对南极的认识和欣赏。从那以后，美国的考察队已经参加了三次日本科学与技术研究所的考察队，为两国的高中学生和教师提供了南极研究的实际经验。JSEP和JASE的目标是1)教育和激励下一代极地科学家，2)在参与国之间建立强大的学生，教师和研究人员网络，3)通过将学生团队带到极地地区分享极地科学活动来提高语言和沟通技能。该项目将加强美国、丹麦和格陵兰之间的国际科学联系，提高这三个国家的学生和公民对极地科学的了解。达特茅斯学院将对目前的高中生和研究生极地研究员的成果进行评估，并对以前来自美国、丹麦、格陵兰和智利参与者的校友进行调查。JSEP项目将为美国高中生和高中教师提供极地科学和国际合作的沉浸式体验。它还将为研究生提供教学、跨文化交流和外展方面的经验和培训。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。