Community Science Project

社区科学项目是一项旨在改善科学教育的努力 通过扩大社区成员对教育的参与， 过程 家长，工商业，商会，博物馆（和 相关机构）、专业和行业协会， 大学、社区学院、贸易和技术学校需要 扩大他们对整个教育过程的参与， 制定了分享科学教育义务和利益的战略。 由于资源已经到位，该项目希望 展示如何在不需要 教育成本大幅增加。 以逐步的方式， 项目将实施并记录一个自我维持的模式， 扩大教育代表性和参与; 未充分利用的社区资源;鼓励双向，非利他 提高社区的认识、知识和能力 和科学/社会/技术领域的态度。 该计划涉及确定霍华德县内的部门/组织 可以或应该参与科学教育的领域。 这些群体 他们对科学的潜在贡献 教育，以及他们在学校或其他社区的任何需求， 部门可以满足的，将被确定和记录。 需要和 捐款将匹配，主要研究者将 安排相关团体之间的会议，促进互动， 必要时提供技术援助。 后续会议 将安排所有部门/组织确定其拥有的 在科学教育中完成，需求和资源清单将再次 生成的. 制定需求清单的整个过程， 资源，匹配列表，并促进产生的社区 互动将继续。 该计划将在一个 逐步的方式，并将涉及基层的努力。工作人员， 在霍华德县商会工作， 负责在社区中识别和招募专家， 以最具成本效益的方式利用他们的专业知识， 精心建立的互动，并协助县， 制定自己的战略，在没有外部支持的情况下维护项目。 经费

The Community Science Project is an effort to improve science education by broadening the participation of community elements in the educational process. Parents, business-industry, Chambers of Commerce, museum (and related institutions), professional and trade associations, universities, community colleges, and trade and technical schools need to expand their involvement in the total educational process, and work out strategies for sharing science education obligations and benefits. Because the resources are already in place, the project hopes to demonstrate how major changes can be effected without necessitating significant increases in educational costs. In a stepwise fashion, the project will implement and document a self-sustaining model for broadening educational representation and participation; exploiting underutilized community resources; encouraging two-way, non-altruistic interactions; and upgrading community awareness, knowledge, capabilities and attitudes in science/society/ technology areas. The plan involves identifying sectors/organizations within Howard County that could or should be involved with science education. These groups will be contacted and their potential contributions to science education, and any needs they have that schools or other community sectors could satisfy, will be identified and documented. Needs and contributions will be matched and the Principal Investigator will arrange meetings between relevant groups, facilitate interactions, and provide technical assistance where necessary. Follow-up meetings with all sectors/organiza-tions will be arranged to determine what they have done in science education, and needs and resources lists will again be generated. The overall process of developing lists of needs and resources, matching lists, and facilitating the resulting community interactions will be continued. The program will be expanded in a stepwise fashion and will involve a grassroots effort. The staff, working out of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, will be responsible for identifying and recruiting experts in the community, utilizing their expertise in the most cost-effective manner, documenting meticulously the interactions established, and assisting the county to develop its own strategies for maintaining the program without external funding.