KDI: Science Controversies On-Line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE)

在线科学争议：教育伙伴关系(SCOPE)项目将促进自然科学家和探索当前科学争议的科学学习者之间的知识联网。这项研究结合了来自加州大学伯克利分校、华盛顿大学和美国科学促进会《科学杂志》以及来自国家和国际学校合作伙伴的自然科学、教育学、技术和课堂教学方面的专业知识(见来自旧金山学校的信件，项目2061圣安东尼奥学校，英国伦敦学校；坎贝尔·麦克罗比，澳大利亚布里斯班学校；Scope项目将发展科学家和科学学习者之间的争议社区，重点关注与顶尖研究科学家有关的争议，也与公民的利益有关，例如地震的预测、火星上生命的证据或全球疟疾的控制。该项目将根据需要创建新的工具，并利用强大的可用工具来支持这些学习社区。SCOPE项目将专注于四个具体问题，这些问题将通过一个由设计研究和学习研究组成的研究计划来解决。首先，我们如何设计资源，为包括科学家和科学学习者在内的所有用户带来生活中的争议？范围研究论坛将主要为对争议感兴趣的科学家提供材料，而范围争议论坛将主要为调查争议的科学教师和学生提供材料。第二，我们如何创造激励和技术环境，吸引全球、多学科和不同的社区在中心科学争议问题上进行合作？我们之前的研究为在线学习社区设计环境并研究其影响，说明了富有成效的社区互动的好处，同时表明需要进行研究以克服缺点。第三，网络和电子技术如何才能真正代表和鼓励关于科学争议的丰富、互动的工作？该项目将探索像范围论据图和论据分析器这样的工具如何改进争议研究，使新的证据和问题可见，帮助诊断误解，并建立互动。最后，我们如何建立新的、更全球化的工作实践，使争议社区得以发展和繁荣？

The Science Controversies On-line: Partnerships in Education (SCOPE) project will promote knowledge networking among natural scientists and among science learners exploring current scientific controversies. The research combines expertise in natural science, pedagogy, technology, and classroom instruction from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Washington, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science's SCIENCE Magazine, as well as from national and international school partners (see letters from San Francisco School, Project 2061 San Antonio Schools, London, England Schools; Campbell McRobbie, Brisbane, Australia Schools; BatSheva Eylon, Israeli Schools).The SCOPE Project will develop controversy communities of scientists and science learners, focusing on controversies that concern leading research scientists and also connect to interests of citizens, such as the prediction of earthquakes, the evidence for life on Mars, or the control of Malaria worldwide. The Project will create new tools as needed and also draw on powerful, available tools to support these learning communities.SCOPE project will focus on four specific questions, which will be addressed through a research program consisting of design studies as well as learning studies. First, how can we design resources that bring controversies to life for the full range of users including scientists and science learners? SCOPE Research Forums will feature materials primarily for scientists interested in the controversy, while SCOPE Controversy Forums will feature materials primarily for science instructors and students investigating the controversy. Second, how can we create incentives and technological environments that attract global, multidisciplinary, and diverse communities to collaborate on central scientific controversies? Our prior research designing environments for on-line learning communities and studying their impact illustrates the benefits of productive community interactions while at the same time demonstrating the need for research to overcome drawbacks. Third, how can networking and electronic technologies authentically represent and encourage rich, interactive work on scientific controversies? The Project will explore how tools like the SCOPE Argument Map and Argument Analyst improve controversy research, make novel evidence and issues visible, help diagnose misunderstandings, and scaffold interactions. Finally, how can we establish new, more global work practices that enable controversy communities to grow and flourish?