Workshop to Revise the Liberal Art of Science

科学文科修订研讨会

• 批准号: 1817808
• 负责人: James Collins
• 金额: $ 0.55万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-15 至 2023-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1817808&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Revise; Liberal; Art; Science

In 1990, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) published the groundbreaking document, "The Liberal Art of Science," which recommended that all college students should take more science courses. This book and associated program argued that science pervades all aspects of contemporary human existence and that our nation?s future economy and security and the quality of individual lives depend on the public?s understanding of scientific developments. The importance of science for all remains true today. Since 1990, however, the science and science education communities have made significant discoveries about how students learn, how to engage a broader spectrum of students in science, what are effective pedagogical methods to teach science, and what scientifically literate citizens and future scientists should know and be able to do. In 1990, many Americans were noted to have little understanding of science or how it affected their lives, and many students, especially from underrepresented groups, had limited access to or incentives to pursue science as a degree or career. These major issues still hold true in 2018. Thus, the revision of ?The Liberal Art of Science? is an important and timely endeavor, capitalizing on recent breakthroughs while addressing continuing problems. The workshop will bring together scientists and science educators to outline and begin writing an updated ?Liberal Art of Science? and to plan for the widespread implementation of contemporary recommendations for teaching and learning science by improving existing science courses and not simply trying to add more courses to a student?s already crowded curriculum. Workshop participants will have diverse research interests in science, science education, faculty professional development, and science literacy. They will also represent major scientific and science education organizations and institutional associations actively engaged in professional development of their members. Participants at the workshop will have significant obligations before attending the meeting at the headquarters of the AAAS in Washington, D.C. Each person will be asked either to draft an outline of a chapter in the new book or prepare a presentation for the workshop itself based on their interests and expertise. In addition, each person will identify one or two exemplary individuals or programs that use active learning methods, increase scientific literacy of students, or focus on learning outcomes that prepare students for a world that is increasingly influenced by science and technology. The workshop, which will extend over parts of three days, will be a series of presentations, discussions, and small working groups and will result in an outline of the entire new document and a plan to disseminate and implement new recommendations for change. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education.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.

1990年，美国科学进步协会（AAAS）发表了开创性的文件“科学的自由主义艺术”，该文件建议所有大学生都应该参加更多的科学课程。 这本书和相关计划认为，科学遍及当代人类生存的各个方面，而我们的国家的未来经济和安全以及个人生活的质量取决于公众对科学发展的理解。 今天，科学对所有人的重要性仍然是真实的。 然而，自1990年以来，科学和科学教育社区就学生的学习方式，如何吸引了更多的学生参与科学，有效的教学方法来教授科学，以及科学识字的公民和未来科学家应该知道并能够做什么。 在1990年，许多美国人对科学或如何影响他们的生活有很少的了解，许多学生，尤其是来自代表性不足的群体的学生，获得或激励科学作为学位或职业的机会有限。 这些主要问题在2018年仍然存在。因此，修订了科学的自由艺术？是一项重要且及时的努力，在解决持续问题的同时，利用了最近的突破。 研讨会将召集科学家和科学教育者概述并开始撰写更新的科学自由主义艺术？并计划通过改进现有科学课程，而不仅仅是试图为学生已经拥挤的课程添加更多课程，以扩大当代教学和学习科学的建议。 研讨会参与者将在科学，科学教育，教师专业发展和科学素养方面具有多种研究兴趣。 它们还将代表主要参与其成员专业发展的主要科学和科学教育组织和机构协会。 在参加华盛顿特区AAAS总部的会议之前，研讨会的参与者将承担重大义务。将要求每个人在新书中起草一章的概述，或者根据他们的利益和专业知识为研讨会本身准备演示文稿。 此外，每个人都将确定使用积极学习方法，提高学生的科学素养或专注于为学生提供越来越受科学和技术影响的世界做好准备的学习成果的一个典范的个人或计划。 该研讨会将延长三天的时间，将是一系列演讲，讨论和小型工作组，并将概述整个新文档，并计划传播和实施新的变更建议。 该项目由生物科学局，生物基础设施部和教育和人力资源局，本科教育部共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来获得支持的。