Collaborative Research: Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence-National Network Partnerships

该提案将使用2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）提供的资金进行奖励。该奖项提供资金支持海洋科学卓越教育中心（COSEE）中央协调办公室（CCO）的一系列项目，这些项目将侧重于确定海洋科学教育的最佳实践，并发展内部和外部网络伙伴关系。COSEE项目已进入第七个年头，其使命是弥合正规和非正规部门海洋科学研究事业与科学教育之间的差距。这是通过各个COSEE中心的活动来完成的，每个中心都是由多达30个不同的海洋科学机构和教育合作伙伴组成的联盟。中心的活动包括在这些不同的机构之间发展催化伙伴关系，将海洋科学研究整合到高质量的教育材料中，并建立使海洋科学家能够与教育工作者互动的途径。国家COSEE网络（NCN）由12个中心和一个中央协调办公室（CCO）组成。PI建议资助一个项目，在目前不是COSEE合作伙伴的机构和组织之间建立新的COSEE合作伙伴关系。此外，他们还建议通过举办一系列针对大多数中心共同问题的研讨会（如教师研讨会）来协调识别COSEE社区的最佳实践，开发一个演讲系列，并开发一个在线COSEE社区中心。提高海洋科学素养的需要与提高整体科学素养的需要有关。海洋科学教育不仅本身很重要，而且还可以为学习科学、技术、工程和数学的许多方面提供一个激励的环境。通过COSEE的倡议，以探究为基础的海洋科学活动可以与当前的科学研究相结合，满足国家关键的教育需求。

This proposal will be awarded using funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award provides funds to support the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Central Coordinating Office (CCO) in a set of projects that will focus on identifying best practices in ocean science education and developing internal and external Network partnerships.The COSEE program, now in its seventh year, has a mission to bridge the gap between the ocean science research enterprise and science education, both in the formal and informal sectors. This is accomplished through activities at individual COSEE Centers, each a consortium of up to 30 several diverse ocean science institutions and education partners. Center activities include the development of catalytic partnerships among these diverse institutions, the integration of ocean science research into high-quality educational materials, and the establishment of pathways that enable ocean scientists to interact with educators. The National COSEE Network (NCN) is comprised of 12 Centers and a Central Coordinating Office (CCO). The PI's propose funding to develop a program for creating new COSEE partnerships among institutions and organizations that are not currently partners in COSEE. In addition, they propose to coordinate the identification of best practices within the COSEE community by holding a series of workshops focused on issues common to most Centers (e.g. teacher workshops), to develop a speakers series, and to develop an online COSEE Community Center. The need for improved ocean science literacy is related to the need for improved overall science literacy. Ocean science education is not only important in itself, but it can also provide a motivating context for learning about many aspects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Through COSEE initiatives, inquiry-based ocean science activities can integrate with current scientific research and meet a critical educational need for the nation.