Fusion Science Theater National Training and Dissemination Program

融合科学剧院国家培训和传播计划建立在融合科学剧院（FST）计划拨款（DRL 07-32142）的成功基础上。麦迪逊地区技术学院与威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校化学教育研究所、美国化学学会（ACS）以及地区科学中心和博物馆合作，将创建一个全国性的项目来传播FST模式，该模式直接吸引儿童参与到有趣的、参与式的、基于探究的化学和物理主题的科学学习中。主要目标受众是4-11岁的儿童，而本科化学学生、教师、正式和非正式的教育工作者则是次要的专业受众。该项目将促成一个强有力的、有创意的、高度可见的国家传播计划的发展。国家培训和传播方案包括三项成果。首先，将制定一个远程表演训练计划，教授本科生、教师和教育工作者如何进行FST科学调查（SI）表演。培训计划包括绩效培训包和为期3天的绩效培训工作坊。表演培训包将由培训视频、表演视频、剧本、排练时间表和训练练习组成。这些材料将在2012年夏天在麦迪逊地区技术学院的表演培训研讨会上进行试点测试，同时培训来自全国各地的五个小组的代表进行SI表演。参加者将从ACS的本科生团体、外联专家和博物馆专业人员中选出。然后，工作坊参与者回到他们的家庭机构，在FST团队成员和社交网络工具的支持下，通过Moodle提供改进的绩效培训包，带领他们的团队。第二个可交付成果是FST方法研讨会。方法研讨会旨在教正式和非正式教育工作者在他们的推广工作和课堂教学中使用选定的方法（调查问题、嵌入式评估和行动化）。将在全国会议上以及应学院、大学和科学中心的邀请举办四个讲习班。将通过在线论坛协调与讲习班参与者的后续工作，以鼓励第二代FST活动的试验、修改和传播。最终的项目成果是制定和实施一个推广和招聘计划，将专业观众与FST联系起来。远程表演训练计划和研讨会将采用混合方法进行评估，而嵌入式评估将用于衡量对参加SI表演的青少年参与者的影响，以确定远程表演训练的整体有效性。该项目旨在对STEM教育和社会产生重要影响。拟议的传播项目将创新的模型和方法带到非正式的科学教育实践者手中，他们可以利用这些模型和方法吸引当地的受众，并加强他们自己的教学和传播实践。最后，该项目通过创造和传播创新实践来消除科学文盲、科学家和工程师数量的减少、对科学本质缺乏理解以及加剧这些问题的成就差距，可能为社会带来好处。这个项目可能会改变非正式的科学教育，因为科学探究秀利用戏剧让观众参与科学学习的多个方面。预计该项目将吸引多达2500名公众和专业观众。

The Fusion Science Theater National Training and Dissemination Program builds on the success of the Fusion Science Theater (FST) planning grant (DRL 07-32142). Madison Area Technical College, in collaboration with the Institute for Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and area science centers and museums will create a national program to disseminate the FST model which directly engages children in playful, participatory, and inquiry-based science learning of chemistry and physics topics. The primary target audience is children aged 4-11, while undergraduate chemistry students, faculty, and formal and informal educators comprise the secondary professional audience. The project will result in the development of a robust, creative, and highly visible national dissemination program.The National Training and Dissemination Program includes three deliverables. First, a Distance Performance Training Program will be developed to teach groups of undergraduate students, faculty, and educators how to perform FST Science Investigation (SI) Shows. The Training Program includes a Performance Training Package and a 3-day Performance Training Workshop. The Performance Training Package will be comprised of training videos, performances videos, scripts, rehearsal schedules, and training exercises. These materials will be pilot tested while training representatives of five groups from around the country to perform SI Shows during the Performance Training Workshop at Madison Area Technical College in summer 2012. Participants will be selected from ACS undergraduate groups, outreach specialists, and museum professionals. Workshop participants then return to their home institutions and lead their groups through the improved Performance Training Package delivered via Moodle, with support from FST team members and social networking tools. The second deliverable is the FST Methods Workshop. The Methods Workshop is designed to teach formal and informal educators to use selected methods (Investigation Question, Embedded Assessment, and Act-It-Out) in their outreach efforts and classroom teaching. Four workshops will be presented at national meetings and at the invitation of colleges, universities, and science centers. Follow-up with workshop participants will be mediated through an online forum to encourage experimentation, modification, and dissemination of a second generation of FST activities. The final project deliverable is the development and implementation of a Promotion and Recruitment Plan to connect professional audiences with FST. The Distance Performance Training Program and workshops will be evaluated using mixed methods, while embedded assessment will be utilized to measure the impact on youth participants attending SI shows to determine the overall effectiveness the Distance Performance Training.This project is designed to have important impacts on STEM education and society. The proposed dissemination program brings innovative models and methods into the hands of informal science education practitioners who can use them to engage local audiences and enhance their own teaching and communication practices. Finally the project offers likely benefits for society through the creation and dissemination of innovative practices to combat science illiteracy, diminishing pools of scientists and engineers, lack of understanding about the nature of science, and the achievement gap that exacerbates these problems. This project could be transformative in informal science education as SI Shows use theater to engage audiences in multiple aspects of science learning. It is anticipated that this project will reach up to 2,500 individuals in public and professional audiences.