NNA Planning: Co-Designing Civic Education for the Circumpolar North

新北极航行（NNA）是NSF的十大创意之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的趋同科学挑战。这项北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和地球仪的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA授权从地方到国际规模的新的研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正规教育的努力，并在适当的情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持具有明确潜力的规划活动来实现这一目标的一部分，以开发新颖，前沿的研究思路和方法来实现NNA目标。它整合了自然环境，建筑环境和社会系统的各个方面，创造了重要的教育机会，并在国际上与当地和土著社区合作。该项目启动了合作研究，为北极圈的公民教育提供了一个教学模式。北极正在成为一个独特的世界区域，面临着独特的问题，包括前所未有的环境和社会变化。教育是支持以北极为中心应对新挑战和机遇的重要工具。尽管像北极大学这样的教育机构做出了初步努力，但还需要做更多的工作来创建支持北极圈不同民族、组织和国家之间合作的教育方法。公民教育可以提供这样一种方法。作为美国民主的长期基石，公民教育为学生提供知识和技能，以有效地参与应对当今最紧迫挑战所必需的政治决策过程。该项目与众多北极合作伙伴合作，共同设计了针对北方独特背景的公民教育。通过这样做，该项目改变了北极研究在北极内外的教学方式。鉴于国际社会对该地区的兴趣日益浓厚，北极研究项目可能会在未来几年大幅扩大。该项目为新的方案提供了一个模式，以此为基础设计和提供公民教育，从而塑造无数未来学生与北极圈以及北方与世界的关系。该项目提出了以下问题：（1）北极公民教育的关键要素应该是什么，以使北极和非北极学生能够共同应对该地区面临的复杂挑战？(2)如何以北极为中心设计和实施这些教育项目？(3)在利用旅行和远程学习将北极和非北极学生聚集在一起方面存在哪些机遇和挑战？该项目通过举办一系列研讨会来回答这些问题，这些研讨会吸引了广泛的北极研究人员和从业人员。研讨会让参与者讨论如何将北极公民教育概念化;如何通过土著镜头重新思考公民教育的核心概念;以及如何更好地利用在线学习和出国留学的机会。主要成果包括对北极地区公民教育和以土著人为中心的教学进行全面调查;建立和巩固研究伙伴关系;确定北极公民教育教学的核心要素和方法;确定与在线学习和出国留学有关的主要机遇和挑战;一种长久以来北极公民教育的长期研究议程。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. This Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the natural environment, built environment, and social systems, builds significant educational opportunities, and engages internationally and with local and Indigenous communities.This project launches collaborative research to produce a model for teaching civic education for the circumpolar North. The Arctic is emerging as a distinct world region facing unique issues, including unprecedented environmental and social change. Education is an important tool in supporting Arctic-centered responses to new challenges and opportunities. Despite initial efforts by educational institutions like the University of the Arctic, more work is needed to create educational approaches that support cooperation between the diverse peoples, organizations, and countries of the circumpolar North. Civic education can provide such an approach. As a longstanding cornerstone of American democracy, civic education provides students with knowledge and skills to effectively participate in the political decision-making processes necessary to respond to today’s most pressing challenges. In collaboration with numerous Arctic partners, this project co-designs civic education for the unique context of the North. In doing so, the project transforms how Arctic Studies is taught within and beyond the Arctic. Given increasing international interest in the region, Arctic Studies programs are likely to expand dramatically in coming years. This project provides new programs with a model upon which to base design and delivery of civic education, thereby shaping the relationship that countless future students have to the circumpolar North and that the North has to the world. The project asks the following questions: (1) What key elements should define Arctic civic education, to prepare Arctic and non-Arctic students to collectively address the complex challenges that define the region? (2) How can these educational programs be designed and implemented in Arctic-centered ways? (3) What opportunities and challenges exist for leveraging travel and distance learning to bring Arctic and non-Arctic students together? The project answers these questions by carrying out a series of workshops that engage a broad range of Arctic researchers and practitioners. Workshops engage participants in discussions of how to conceptualize civic education for the Arctic; how to rethink core concepts of civic education through Indigenous lenses; and how to better leverage online learning and study abroad opportunities. Major outcomes include comprehensive surveys of civic education and Indigenous-centered teaching in the Arctic; creation and consolidation of research partnerships; identification of core elements and approaches for teaching Arctic civic education; identification of key opportunities and challenges associated with online learning and study abroad; and refinement of a long-term research agenda on Arctic civic 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.