Facilitating Education in Environmental Research

促进环境研究方面的教育2000年，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）宣布了一项特别竞赛：环境中的生物复杂性：环境系统中的综合研究与教育。这项为期五年的计划集中体现了美国国家科学基金会提出的加强研究和教育工作整合的优先事项。它要求所有的研究建议都伴随着相关的教育或推广活动。然而，美国国家科学基金会意识到，许多科学家在将他们的研究方法和发现转化或应用于教育环境方面缺乏经验。提出和设计有用的、有意义的、可实现的、其结果可以评估其短期和长期效力的教育项目是一项具有挑战性的任务。为了促进研究和教育的整合，NRC召开了为期两天的研讨会，重点关注从事环境研究和相关学科的科学家的教育工作。参与者将包括成功地将教育与研究结合起来的研究人员，刚刚开始教育项目的研究人员，以及具有生命、化学和地球科学等领域专业知识的教育专业人员；教与学评估；学生研究项目；跨学科的科学教学方法；以及国家和国家科学标准。在研讨会上，工作堪称典范的科学家/教育工作者将展示他们的方法、方法和观点。分享他们的“故事”将作为讨论如何发展、实施、整合和评估研究项目的教育组成部分的基础。研讨会的讨论将被总结并作为一份报告与与会者提交的论文一起出版。该研讨会总结报告将提供一个资源，帮助那些正在努力将教育成分整合到他们的研究中的科学家。

FACILITATING EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHIn 2000, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a special competition, Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE): Integrated Research and Education in Environmental Systems. This five-year initiative epitomizes NSF's stated priorities of enhancing the integration of work done in research and education. It requires that all research proposals be accompanied by a related educational or outreach activity. However NSF is aware that many scientists have little experience with translating or applying their research methods and findings to educational settings. Proposing and designing education projects that are useful, meaningful, achievable, and whose outcomes can be assessed for their short- and long-term efficacy is a challenging task. The NRC aims to facilitate the integration of research and education by convening a 2-day workshop focused on the educational efforts of scientists working in environmental research and related disciplines. Participants will include researchers who have successfully integrated education with their research, researchers just beginning educational projects, and education professionals with expertise in areas such as the life, chemical, and earth sciences; assessment of teaching and learning; student research programs; interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning science; and state and national standards for science. At the workshop Scientist/Educators whose work is exemplary will present their approaches, methods, and perspectives. The sharing of their "stories" will be used as the basis for a discussion on how to develop, implement, integrate and assess educational components of research projects. The workshop discussions will be summarized and published as a report together with papers submitted by participants. The workshop summary report will provide a resource to assist scientists who are struggling to integrate education components into their research.