NNA Planning: Co-Designing Civic Education for the Circumpolar North

航行新北极(NNA)是NSF的十大想法之一。NNA项目解决了快速变化的北极地区汇聚的科学挑战。这项北极研究需要为国家、更大区域和全球的经济、安全和韧性提供信息。NNA增强了从地方到国际的新的研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正式和非正式教育的努力，并在适当的情况下整合共同创造知识。该奖项通过支持具有明显潜力的规划活动来实现这一目标的一部分，以开发新的、前沿的研究想法和方法来解决NNA的目标。它整合了 自然环境、建筑环境和社会制度的各个方面，创造了大量的教育机会， 在国际上与当地和土著社区接触。该项目发起合作研究，为环北极地区的公民教育教学提供一个模式。北极正在成为一个独特的世界区域，面临着独特的问题，包括前所未有的环境和社会变化。教育是支持以北极为中心应对新挑战和新机遇的重要工具。尽管北极大学等教育机构最初做出了努力，但还需要更多的工作来创建支持环北极地区不同人民、组织和国家之间合作的教育方法。公民教育可以提供这样的途径。作为美国民主的长期基石，公民教育为学生提供了有效参与应对当今最紧迫挑战所需的政治决策过程的知识和技能。该项目与许多北极伙伴合作，共同为北方独特的背景设计公民教育。通过这样做，该项目改变了北极内外教授北极研究的方式。鉴于国际社会对该地区的兴趣与日俱增，北极研究项目可能会在未来几年大幅扩张。该项目为公民教育的设计和实施提供了一种新的模式，从而塑造了无数未来学生与环北极地区以及朝鲜与世界的关系。该项目提出以下问题：(1)北极公民教育应该包含哪些关键要素，以帮助北极和非北极学生共同应对定义该地区的复杂挑战？(2)如何以北极为中心设计和实施这些教育项目？(3)利用旅行和远程学习将北极和非北极学生聚集在一起存在哪些机会和挑战？该项目通过举办一系列研讨会回答了这些问题，这些研讨会吸引了广泛的北极研究人员和实践者。讲习班让与会者讨论如何将北极公民教育概念化；如何通过土著镜头重新思考公民教育的核心概念；以及如何更好地利用在线学习和出国留学的机会。主要成果包括对北极公民教育和以土著为中心的教学的全面调查；建立和巩固研究伙伴关系；确定教授北极公民教育的核心要素和方法；确定与在线学习和海外学习相关的主要机会和挑战；以及完善关于北极公民教育的长期研究议程。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. This Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the natural environment, built environment, and social systems, builds significant educational opportunities, and engages internationally and with local and Indigenous communities.This project launches collaborative research to produce a model for teaching civic education for the circumpolar North. The Arctic is emerging as a distinct world region facing unique issues, including unprecedented environmental and social change. Education is an important tool in supporting Arctic-centered responses to new challenges and opportunities. Despite initial efforts by educational institutions like the University of the Arctic, more work is needed to create educational approaches that support cooperation between the diverse peoples, organizations, and countries of the circumpolar North. Civic education can provide such an approach. As a longstanding cornerstone of American democracy, civic education provides students with knowledge and skills to effectively participate in the political decision-making processes necessary to respond to today’s most pressing challenges. In collaboration with numerous Arctic partners, this project co-designs civic education for the unique context of the North. In doing so, the project transforms how Arctic Studies is taught within and beyond the Arctic. Given increasing international interest in the region, Arctic Studies programs are likely to expand dramatically in coming years. This project provides new programs with a model upon which to base design and delivery of civic education, thereby shaping the relationship that countless future students have to the circumpolar North and that the North has to the world. The project asks the following questions: (1) What key elements should define Arctic civic education, to prepare Arctic and non-Arctic students to collectively address the complex challenges that define the region? (2) How can these educational programs be designed and implemented in Arctic-centered ways? (3) What opportunities and challenges exist for leveraging travel and distance learning to bring Arctic and non-Arctic students together? The project answers these questions by carrying out a series of workshops that engage a broad range of Arctic researchers and practitioners. Workshops engage participants in discussions of how to conceptualize civic education for the Arctic; how to rethink core concepts of civic education through Indigenous lenses; and how to better leverage online learning and study abroad opportunities. Major outcomes include comprehensive surveys of civic education and Indigenous-centered teaching in the Arctic; creation and consolidation of research partnerships; identification of core elements and approaches for teaching Arctic civic education; identification of key opportunities and challenges associated with online learning and study abroad; and refinement of a long-term research agenda on Arctic civic education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.