GSE/DIS SciGirls - A DragonflyTV Dissemination Project

公共广播公司在圣保罗/明尼阿波利斯的附属电视台TPT/Twin Cities公共电视台正在进行一个新的传播项目--DragonflyTV SciGirls。Dragon flyTV SciGirls将利用视频和印刷资源的组合，并辅之以实践培训，为选定的公共广播电台及其当地合作伙伴提供所需的技能、材料和财政资源，以实施公共广播系统中尚不存在的倡议：专门为女孩设计的科学鼓励计划。Dragon flyTV SciGirls传播项目的三个主要目标是：1.在9至12岁的女孩中培养对科学和科学研究进程的更大兴趣，特别注意接触有色人种女孩；2.向全国社区的教育工作者提供电子和印刷媒体，模拟所有女孩都能进行的真实的科学探索，并接受有效使用这些材料的培训；以及3.提高女孩科学鼓励方案的数量和质量，方法是利用公共广播公司外联系统的既定力量，吸引广泛的社区合作伙伴。该项目将由女童非正式和正规科学教育杰出领导人咨询委员会指导。这一传播计划的核心是Dragon FlyyTV，这是一个每周半小时的节目，在PBS电视台播出，覆盖全国约90%的地区，每周吸引近100万观众。自成立以来，Dragon FlyyTV一直是9-12岁女孩的独特展示窗口。超过一半的Dragon flyTV“儿童科学家”是女孩，在我们的前三季中有近200个女孩。为补充及扩展每周的定期广播，港龙电视亦提供以探究式为基础的外展资源，包括《教育者指南》、儿童科学期刊、趣味包、录影带，以及内容丰富的互动网站(www.dragonflytw.org)。SciGirls将充分利用Dragon FlyyTV的资源，通过一个行之有效的模式--PBS电视台强大的全国外展专业人员网络--传播这些资源。港龙电视台的工作人员将挑选和培训这些专业人员中的一员，这些专业人员将与他们的社区合作伙伴举办类似的培训课程。当地的合作伙伴可能包括学校、课外团体、图书馆或社区青年组织，如基督教女青年会、女童军或男孩和女孩俱乐部。最后，这些合作伙伴将利用独特的Dragon FlyyTV资源来激励他们的节目，给他们服务的女孩们自己探索科学的动力和技能。智力上的功绩。该项目利用一个大型的国家计划，制定了一个专门为女孩设计的较小的科学鼓励计划。服务结构将包括8-12个当地社区节目提供商作为合作伙伴。该节目将接触到与DragronflyTV同样庞大的受众，此外，该节目还将吸引人们的注意，并展示一个针对女孩的节目，可能会在其他社区激发类似的倡议。

TPT/Twin Cities Public Television, the PBS affiliate station in St. Paul/Minneapolis, is conducting a novel dissemination project, DragonflyTV SciGirls. Using a combination of video and print resources, supported with hands-on training, DragonflyTV SciGirls will provide selected PBS stations and their local partners the skills, materials, and financial resources needed to implement an initiative that does not yet exist in the PBS system: a science encouragement program designed specifically for girls. The three primary goals of the DragonflyTV SciGirls dissemination project are: 1. to foster a greater interest in science and the process of scientific inquiry among girls ages 9 to 12, paying special attention to reaching girls of color; 2. to provide educators in communities across the nation with electronic and print media that model authentic explorations of science that all girls can do, with training to use these materials effectively, and 3. to increase both the quantity and quality of girls' science encouragement programs, by leveraging the established power of the PBS outreach system to engage a wide range of community partners. The project will be guided by an Advisory Board of distinguished leaders in informal and formal science education for girls. At the heart of this dissemination initiative is DragonflyTV, a half-hour weekly program broadcast on PBS stations covering approximately 90% of the nation, attracting nearly a million viewers per week. Since its inception, DragonflyTV has been a unique showcase for girls, ages 9-12. Over half of the DragonflyTV "kid scientists" are girls, with nearly 200 girls featured in our first three seasons. To complement and extend the regular weekly broadcasts, DragonflyTV also offers inquiry-based outreach resources including Educator's Guides, children's science journals, Fun Kits, videotapes, and a rich, interactive Web site (www.dragonflytv.org). SciGirls will capitalize on the full complement of DragonflyTV resources, disseminating them through a proven model -- the strong, national network of outreach professionals at PBS stations. DragonflyTV staff will select and train a cadre of these professionals who, in turn, will facilitate similar training sessions with their community partners. Local partners might include schools, after-school groups, libraries, or community youth organizations like the YWCA, Girl Scouts, or Boys and Girls Clubs. Finally, these partners will use the unique DragonflyTV resources to energize their programs, giving the girls they serve the motivation and skills to explore science on their own. Intellectual Merit. The project leverages a large national program to produce a smaller science encouragement program designed specifically for girls. The service structure will include 8-12 local community program providers as partners.Broader Impact. The program will reach the same huge audiences as DragronflyTV, and in addition draw attention to and demonstrate a program for girls that could inspire similar initiatives in other communities.