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Collaborative Research: Water in the Four Corners Region: Libraries and Exhibits Connecting and Engaging Communities with Their Water Systems

合作研究：四个角落地区的水：图书馆和展览将社区与其水系统连接起来并吸引他们参与

基本信息

批准号：
1906951
负责人：
Claire Ratcliffe Adams
金额：
$ 38.49万
依托单位：
SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-01-01 至 2024-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1906951&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research Water Four Corners

项目摘要

As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program 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, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants. This project will engage community members and youth in 13 rural, tribal, and Hispanic communities in the Four Corners Region of the south western U.S. with the science and cultural assets of water. Water is a significant and scarce resource in this geographic area. The Four Corners Region experiences low annual precipitation and high year-to-year fluctuations in water availability. Thus, water is a topic of great interest to community members, whose lives are shaped by water-related events such as drought, flood, and wildfires. Rural tribal, and Hispanic communities are often underserved with respect to science programming; their public libraries often function as the local science center. The project's inter-disciplinary team will develop, deploy, research, and evaluate an interactive traveling exhibit for small libraries, designed around regional water topics and complemented by interactive programming and community engagement events. Additionally, the team will build local capacity by fostering a community of practice among the host librarians, including participation through a support system--the STAR Library Network--to increase their science programming. This project creates a traveling exhibit and complementary programming around water topics. Through an exhibit co-design model, communities will provide input in the exhibit development, identify water topics that are critical to them, and engage the multi-generational audiences. The exhibit merges the captivating attraction of water with the underlying science content and community context, giving patrons the opportunity to explore these topics through active learning stations, informational panels, citizen science-based activities, and an interactive regional watershed model. Artistic representations of water will be developed by community groups and incorporated into the exhibit as a dynamic display element. Project goals are to:(1) Spark interest in and increase understanding of water as a critical resource and cultural asset across rural, tribal, and Hispanic communities in the Four Corners Region.(2) Increase availability of and access to engaging programming for underserved rural, tribal, and Hispanic communities focusing on the science and cultural aspects of water in the Four Corners Region.(3) Build capacity for libraries to implement water-focused science programs, and increase available science learning and science communication resources tailored to these informal learning settings.(4 ) Foster a Community of Practice (CoP) for participating librarians to support the development of their programming and content knowledge.(5) Advance the body of research on informal learning environments and their role in developing community members' science ecosystems and science identities, particularly in library settings.The project team will rigorously assess the extent to which program approaches and components stimulate patrons' interest in science, increase science knowledge, and support building a personal science identity. The model is based on the STEM Learning Ecosystems Framework. Robust evaluation will guide the program development through a front-end needs assessment and iterative revision cycles of implementation strategies.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.

作为加强非正式环境中学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式 STEM 学习 (AISL) 计划旨在推进非正式环境中 STEM 学习设计和开发的新方法以及基于证据的理解。这包括提供多种途径来扩大 STEM 学习体验的获取和参与，推进非正式环境中 STEM 学习的创新研究和评估，以及加深参与者对更深层次学习的理解。该项目将让美国西南部四角地区 13 个农村、部落和西班牙裔社区的社区成员和青年参与到水的科学和文化资产中。水是该地理区域的重要且稀缺资源。四角地区的年降水量较低，水资源供应量的年际波动较大。因此，水是社区成员非常感兴趣的话题，他们的生活受到干旱、洪水和野火等与水相关的事件的影响。农村部落和西班牙裔社区在科学规划方面往往得不到充分的服务；他们的公共图书馆通常充当当地的科学中心。该项目的跨学科团队将为小型图书馆开发、部署、研究和评估互动旅游展览，该展览围绕地区水主题进行设计，并辅以互动节目和社区参与活动。此外，该团队将通过在主办图书馆员之间培养实践社区来建设当地能力，包括通过支持系统（STAR 图书馆网络）参与，以增加他们的科学规划。该项目围绕水主题创建了一个巡回展览和补充节目。通过展览协同设计模型，社区将为展览开发提供投入，确定对他们至关重要的水主题，并吸引多代观众。该展览将水的迷人吸引力与潜在的科学内容和社区背景融为一体，让观众有机会通过主动学习站、信息面板、基于公民科学的活动和交互式区域分水岭模型来探索这些主题。水的艺术表现形式将由社区团体开发，并作为动态展示元素纳入展览中。项目目标是：(1) 激发四角地区农村、部落和西班牙裔社区对水作为重要资源和文化资产的兴趣并增进对水的理解。(2) 为四角地区服务不足的农村、部落和西班牙裔社区提供更多参与性项目，重点关注水的科学和文化方面。(3) 建设图书馆能力，实施以水为中心的科学项目，并增加可用的科学项目针对这些非正式学习环境量身定制的学习和科学传播资源。(4) 为参与的图书馆员培育实践社区 (CoP)，以支持他们的规划和内容知识的发展。(5) 推进对非正式学习环境及其在发展社区成员的科学生态系统和科学身份方面的作用的研究，特别是在图书馆环境中。项目团队将严格评估计划方法和组成部分在多大程度上激发读者对科学的兴趣、增加科学知识和支持建立个人科学身份。该模型基于 STEM 学习生态系统框架。稳健的评估将通过前端需求评估和实施策略的迭代修订周期来指导项目开发。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。