Partnership for advanced marine and environmental science training for Pacific Islanders

为太平洋岛民提供高级海洋和环境科学培训的伙伴关系

• 批准号: 0502001
• 负责人: Robert Richmond
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0502001&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnership; advanced; marine; environmental; science

This program improves technological education at the undergraduate and secondary school levels through the community colleges of the Pacific Islands by supporting regionally relevant curriculum development, the professional development of community college faculty and secondary school teachers, internships and field experiences for faculty, teachers, and students, and by strengthening the scientific infrastructure of the participating institutions. The activities include workshops that provide both training and the necessary tools to perform relevant research, development of articulation agreements between marine and environmental sciences programs at regional two-year colleges and minority-serving universities, research experiences and collaborations, and secondary school teacher and student support. The project builds on existing programs (NSF-UMEB, DOI-MAREPAC, NOAA-Coral Reef Initiative) to address the scientific and technical needs of the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. The Pacific Islands contain highly diverse and unique coral reef and terrestrial ecosystems that are under elevated levels of stress and degradation due to development pressures, the effects of overfishing, and coastal pollution from sedimentation and the increased use of agrochemicals. The future of the Islands and their populations depends on the technical skills and knowledge available to local resource managers, policy makers and stakeholders. An effective means of providing critical access to accurate and adequate information, in a culturally appropriate manner, is to strengthen the capacity of the local institutions of higher education: American Samoa Community College, the College of Micronesia - FSM, the College of the Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas College, and Palau Community College.

该计划通过支持区域相关的课程发展，社区学院教师和中学教师的专业发展，教师，教师和学生的实习和实地经验，并通过增强参与Instict的科学基础结构来改善与区域相关的课程发展，社区学院教师和中学教师的专业发展，实习和实地经验，从而改善了本科和中学的技术教育。 这些活动包括提供培训和必要工具的研讨会，以进行相关研究，在两年学院和少数族裔服务大学，研究经验和合作的区域学院和环境科学计划之间建立发音协议以及中学教师和学生的支持。 该项目建立在现有计划的基础上（NSF-UMEB，DOI-MAREPAC，NOAA-CORAL REEF倡议），以满足美国隶属于美国的太平洋岛屿的科学和技术需求：美国萨摩亚，美国萨摩亚，北玛丽安娜群岛的联邦，密克罗尼亚岛的联邦，密克罗尼亚群岛，马尔沙尔群岛共和国岛和共和国岛和共和国岛和palau。 太平洋岛屿包含高度多样的珊瑚礁和陆地生态系统，由于发育压力，过度捕捞的影响以及沉积物的沿海污染以及农业化学物质的使用增加，压力和降解水平升高。 这些岛屿及其人口的未来取决于当地资源经理，政策制定者和利益相关者可用的技术技能和知识。以文化适当的方式为准确和充分信息提供准确和充分信息的一种有效手段是增强当地高等教育机构的能力：美国萨摩亚社区学院，密克罗尼西亚学院 - FSM -FSM，Marshall Islands，Marshall Islands，North Marianas College和Palau Community College。