IPY: PolarTREC -- Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating

“教师与研究人员探索与合作”是一个为期三年的教师专业提升计划，将通过将K-12教育工作者和极地研究人员聚集在一起，在北极和南极进行实地实践经验，推进极地科学教育。PolarTREC的活动和产品将促进研究和教育的整合，以产生长期的教师与研究人员合作的遗产，改进教师的内容知识和教学实践，基于现实世界科学的可共享在线学习资源，提高学生对北极和南极的知识和兴趣，以及广泛的公众参与极地科学。ARCUS将适应和扩展现有的教师研究经验（TREC）模型及其自身提供TREC的经验——由美国国家科学基金会支持的北极地区TREC项目——开发PolarTREC，这是一个面向K-12教师的全面、可持续的实地研究体验项目，专注于极地地区的IPY科学主题。36名教师将在北极或南极度过两到六周的时间，研究与国际极地年重点领域之一相关的主题，包括“来自极地年的现场”电话、网络演示和现场播客、每日教师期刊、互动公告板、图片库、在线多媒体学习资源和活动，以及参与CARE（连接北极/南极研究人员和教育者）网络会议，以支持将经验转化为课堂和其他领域。PolarTREC与国际极地年的教育目标相关：1)提供可在极地实际实施的实地研究经验；2)向学生和其他专业人士广泛传播教师经验；3)建立可持续的学习社区；4)通过形成性和总结性评估，提供清晰和适当的项目成功衡量标准。此外，polpoltrec评估将为复制和扩展项目结构和最佳实践提供基础。PolarTREC将受益于与物流供应商和国际项目的密切协调，以确保运营可行性和国际影响力。

"PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating)" is a three-yearteacher professional enhancement program that will advance polar science educationby bringing K-12 educators and polar researchers together in hands-on fieldexperiences in the Arctic and Antarctic. PolarTREC activities and products will foster theintegration of research and education to produce a legacy of long-termteacher-researcher collaborations, improvement of teacher content knowledge andteaching practices, shareable online learning resources based on real-world science,improved student knowledge of and interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, and broad publicengagement in polar science. ARCUS will adapt and extend existing Teacher ResearchExperience (TRE) models and its own experience delivering TREC -- a TRE programsupported by NSF for the Arctic -- to develop PolarTREC, a comprehensive, sustainedfield research experience program for K-12 teachers focusing on IPY science themes atboth polar regions. Thirty-six teachers will spend two to six weeks in the Arctic orAntarctic studying a topic relevant to one of the IPY emphasis areas, with "Live fromIPY" calls, Internet presentations, and podcasts from the field, daily teacher journals,interactive bulletin boards, photo galleries, online multimedia learning resources andactivities, and participation in CARE (Connecting Arctic/Antarctic Researchers andEducators) web-meetings to support translation of experiences into the classroom andbeyond. PolarTREC is relevant to the education goals of the IPY by 1) providing ahands-on field research experience that can be realistically implemented in the polarregions; 2) broadly disseminating teacher experiences to students and otherprofessionals; 3) developing a sustainable learning community; and 4) providing clearand appropriate measures of project success through a formative and summativeevaluation. Additionally, the PolarTREC evaluation will provide a basis for replicating orexpanding the program structure and best practices. PolarTREC will benefit from closecoordination with logistics providers and international programs to ensure operationalfeasibility and an international reach.