Earth Partnership: Indigenous Arts and Sciences

地球伙伴关系：土著艺术和科学(EP)将制定和完善一种模式，将土著和非正式及正规的K-20教育工作者纳入生态恢复、以项目为基础的学习和专业发展。EP将让参与者参与社区空间、学校场地和附近自然区域的原生生境恢复，作为跨年龄、生态系统、学科、学习方式、文化和地点的代际STEM学习的背景。EP将本土知识和核心价值观(包括关系、互惠、尊重和责任)与西方STEM的概念和程序相结合。该项目将整合大学社会、物理、生活和学习科学家以及社区和部落从业人员的专业知识，以设计、开发和测试包含生态恢复、公民科学和文化多样性的非正式STEM学习。EP由NSF资助的教师专业发展模式发展而来，现在是一个包括来自许多州的参与个人和组织的网络。该网络将加强传播，并为在该项目成果的基础上发展一个更大的项目奠定基础。EP将建设土著和非土著非正规教育者和公民的能力，共同努力，让年轻人和成年人参与到生态STEM学习和管理中来。该方法将在多个学习环境中整合具有文化真实性的资源、调查和公民科学过程技能(例如，数据收集、分析、生态恢复、水资源管理)。将通过基于社区的管理项目和服务学习，支持更强有力的多文化、代际和社区伙伴关系，以恢复水生和陆地生境。通过EP，将鼓励土著青年探索STEM职业，以满足未来管理部落资源的劳动力需求，并成为能够在其社区使用批判性思维和分析与STEM有关的问题的有知识的公民。该项目将使用发展评估方法来评估教育方案的项目规划过程和结果。

Earth Partnership: Indigenous Arts and Sciences (EP) will develop and refine a model for integrating Indigenous and informal and formal K-20 educators in ecological restoration, project-based learning and professional development. EP will involve participants in Native habitat restoration on community spaces, school grounds and nearby natural areas as a context for intergenerational STEM learning across age, ecosystem, discipline, learning style, culture and place. EP integrates Native knowledge and core values including relationship, reciprocity, respect and responsibility with Western STEM concepts and processes. The project will integrate the expertise of university social, physical, life and learning scientists and community and tribal practitioners to design, develop and test informal STEM learning incorporating ecological restoration, citizen science and cultural diversity. EP grows out of a teacher professional development model funded by NSF and is a network that now includes participating individuals and organizations from many states. This network will enhance dissemination and provide a foundation for a larger project growing out of the results of this project. EP will build capacity of Native and non-Native informal educators and citizens to work together to generate engagement among young people and adults with ecological STEM learning and stewardship. The approach will integrate culturally authentic resources, inquiry and citizen science process skills (e.g., data collection, analysis, ecological restoration, water stewardship) in multiple learning settings. Stronger multicultural, intergenerational and community partnerships will be supported to restore aquatic and terrestrial habitats through community-based stewardship projects and Service Learning. Through EP, Native youth will be encouraged to explore STEM careers that will meet future workforce needs for managing tribal resources and become knowledgeable citizens able to use critical thinking and analysis of STEM-related issues in their communities. The project will use a developmental evaluation approach to assess project planning processes and outcomes of educational programs.