CAREER - Transforming Science Teaching and Learning through Empowering Teachers and Students as Climate Justice Action Researchers and Change Agents

职业 - 通过赋予教师和学生作为气候正义行动研究人员和变革推动者的能力来改变科学教学和学习

• 批准号: 2148014
• 负责人: Tammie Visintainer
• 金额: $ 78.63万
• 依托单位: San Jose State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-15 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148014&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Transforming; Science; Teaching; Learning

This project supports school-based science teachers and students in conducting community-based science research on the causes and effects of extreme heat/urban islands in racially and ethnically diverse communities. Doing research of this nature in schools is important, as students’ opportunities to engage in community-based science research usually occur in out-of-school contexts. Teachers will participate in professional learning experiences that support their development of content knowledge, scientific research practices, and critical pedagogies needed to design and implement research projects in their classroom. Students will identify locally-relevant issues related to this phenomenon, conduct investigations to explore the issue, share their findings through arts-based community narratives, and advocate for change. This project will broaden access to empowering youth-centered approaches that support learning and identity construction in science. Educational activities culminating from this research include the development a graduate-level course focused on climate justice action research as well as curricular materials for K-12 classroom use by teachers and students. This CAREER award is funded by the Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12) which seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. This project is also supported by the Racial Equity in STEM Education program (EHR Racial Equity). The program supports projects that advance racial equity in STEM education and workforce development through research and practice. Qualitative and quantitative measures will be employed to study how 40 teachers across 4 cohorts develop their capacity to lead students in studying urban heat islands, an issue germane to their community. The research will explore how student participation in this action research shapes learning and identity construction in science. This project presents a novel approach to school-based science teaching and learning by empowering teachers and students as climate action researchers and change agents. The research will aid in the development of a hub for justice-centered science education and will also yield school-based materials and professional development activities that examine the interwoven nature of climate justice and racial justice. Further, project findings will support a transformative science teacher education model that empowers teachers as designers, equity advocates, and leaders in community-engaged science research. This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).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.

该项目支持以学校为基础的科学教师和学生开展以社区为基础的科学研究，研究种族和族裔多元化社区中极端高温/城市岛屿的原因和影响。在学校进行这种性质的研究很重要，因为学生参与社区科学研究的机会通常发生在校外环境中。教师将参加专业学习体验，以支持他们在课堂上设计和实施研究项目所需的教学知识、科学研究实践和批判性教学方法的发展。学生将找出与这一现象有关的与当地相关的问题，进行调查以探索这一问题，通过以艺术为基础的社区叙事分享他们的发现，并倡导变革。该项目将扩大以青年为中心的赋权途径，支持在科学方面的学习和认同建设。这项研究的最终教育活动包括编写一门研究生课程，侧重于气候正义行动研究，以及为教师和学生编写供K-12课堂使用的教材。这一职业奖项由发现研究预科-12项目(DRK-12)资助，该项目旨在通过研究和开发创新资源、模型和工具，显著提高预科-12学生和教师在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的学习和教学。DRK-12计划中的项目建立在STEM教育的基础研究和先前的研究和开发努力的基础上，这些研究和开发工作为拟议的项目提供了理论和经验证明。该项目还得到了STEM教育中的种族平等项目(EHR种族平等)的支持。该计划支持通过研究和实践促进STEM教育和劳动力发展中的种族平等的项目。将采用定性和定量相结合的方法，研究4组40名教师如何发展自己的能力，带领学生研究与他们所在社区息息相关的城市热岛问题。这项研究将探索学生参与这项行动研究如何塑造科学中的学习和身份建构。该项目通过赋予教师和学生作为气候行动研究人员和气候变化推动者的能力，提出了一种以学校为基础的科学教学和学习的新方法。这项研究将有助于建立一个以正义为中心的科学教育中心，还将产生以学校为基础的材料和专业发展活动，以审查气候正义和种族正义的交织性质。此外，项目成果将支持一种变革性的科学教师教育模式，使教师能够成为社区参与科学研究的设计师、公平倡导者和领导者。该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。