Preparing Students for Citizenship: Fostering Critical Thinking and Problem-solving Skills through Quantitative Reasoning and Scientific Literacy

跨学科(99)通过整合自然科学和利用全球背景建立社会科学联系，一门新的科学课程《全球可持续发展：管理地球资源》及其网站正在为STEM和非STEM学生培养积极的公民意识。这些培训侧重于改进批判性思维和解决问题的能力，同时提供掌握科学内容所需的识字培训。随着数量推理和科学理解的改进，学生们正在更好地理解全球可持续发展。正在通过一个项目门户网站作为学习对象分发课程材料。通过建立不同范围的学习对象(从动画到案例研究)，该项目正在促进教师采用和适应，从不同的角度向不同的受众教授可持续发展。对课程教学法和学生学习材料的评估和评价是正在进行的项目组成部分。项目材料和成果正通过教师发展研讨会和全国科学与教育学会会议上的短期课程进行宣传。通过在背景中介绍科学，该项目展示了科学素养和定量推理的重要性，吸引学生进入STEM领域，并鼓励学生从不同的全球视角看待可持续发展。它还展示了必须如何通过将科学、技术和工程与社会、政治和文化规范相结合来解决社会问题。通过在学生的学术生涯早期捕获他们，该项目正在改善人们对STEM领域和全球可持续发展的态度。相关的教师发展努力正在为学科专家提供必要的教学知识和理解，以培养他们的学生有意义和持久的学习经验。传播学习对象正在帮助教师从全球的角度创建创新和有效的入门科学课程。同时，该项目正在促进致力于通过调查全球可持续性来提高定量推理和科学素养的教育工作者之间的全国对话。

Interdisciplinary (99)By integrating natural sciences and using global context to create social science connections, a new science course, Global Sustainability: Managing Earth's Resources, and its Web site are preparing STEM and non-STEM students for active citizenship. These focus on improving critical thinking and problem-solving while providing training in literacies necessary to master scientific content. With improved quantitative reasoning and scientific understanding, students are better understanding global sustainability. Course materials are being disseminated as learning objects via a project Web portal. By building learning objects of variable scope (animations to case studies), the project is promoting adoption and adaptation by instructors teaching sustainability to different audiences from a variety of perspectives. Assessment and evaluation of course pedagogy and material on student learning are on-going project components. Project materials and results are being publicized through faculty development workshops and short courses at national meetings of scientific and educational societies.By presenting science in context, the project is demonstrating the importance of scientific literacy and quantitative reasoning, enticing students into STEM fields and encouraging students to view sustainability from different global perspectives. It is also showing how societal problems must be addressed by tempering science, technology and engineering with social, political and cultural norms.By catching students early in their academic careers, the project is improving attitudes toward STEM fields and global sustainability. Associated faculty development efforts are providing disciplinary experts with the pedagogical knowledge and understanding necessary to develop meaningful and lasting learning experiences for their students. Dissemination of learning objects is assisting instructors in creating innovative and effective introductory science courses anchored on a global perspective. Simultaneously, the project is facilitating a national dialog between educators devoted to improving quantitative reasoning and scientific literacy via the investigation of global sustainability.