Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER)

新公民参与和责任的科学教育 (SENCER)

• 批准号: 0717407
• 负责人: William David Burns
• 金额: $ 199.92万
• 依托单位: HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-15 至 2012-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0717407&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Science; Education; New; Civic; Engagements

This project, Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) is building on an identically-named CCLI National Dissemination project that began in 2001. Informed by an independent evaluation of the first five years of SENCER, this second stage version of SENCER is undertaking a comprehensive set of activities to help teams of STEM faculty bring nationally-validated undergraduate STEM materials and educational practices to new campus applications. As before, SENCER is engaged in recruiting and empowering numerous new faculty and academic leaders to improve undergraduate STEM education, strengthening alumni faculty expertise, and expanding a growing community of practice that links STEM learning to the exploration of civic issues. In addition, SENCER is building new systems to deepen and sustain the impact of the SENCER approach and to complete and publish the results of a set of robust evaluation, assessment, and research projects. Goals: SENCER improves science education by linking the discovery of scientific principles and the development of scientific thinking to engagement with complex social problems. By developing faculty expertise in teaching "to" basic science and mathematics "through" civic concerns, SENCER is extending the impact of learning across the curriculum and into the community. Using materials, assessment instruments, and research developed in the SENCER project, SENCER faculty are designing curricular projects that (1) get more students interested and engaged in learning in STEM courses, (2) help students connect STEM learning to their other studies, and (3) strengthen students' understanding of science and their capacity for responsible work and citizenship. Activities: SENCER is pursuing these goals by focusing on strengthening faculty expertise, STEM community-building, and making contributions to the STEM knowledge base. Specifically, SENCER goals are: (1) to provide comprehensive training for, and follow-up with, teams from 75 new institutions, (2) to bring increased attention to increasing early enrollment in SENCER courses (because our research shows this increases advanced study in STEM courses), (3) to create additional national venues for disseminating the results of mature campus projects, and (4) to develop new resources and create broader access to, and dissemination of, existing resources. To expand the scale and sustain the impact of SENCER reforms, this project is: (1) designating 100 SENCER Leadership Fellows and (2) creating five regional SENCER Centers for Innovation. To contribute to the STEM education knowledge base, the project is (1) conducting a meta-analysis of the SENCER evaluation and assessment results, (2) increasing the frequency and incidence of the use of the SENCER-SALG (an online assessment tool), (3) establishing a consortium of SENCER faculty committed to expanding in-class assessments for learning, (4) applying the Carnegie Foundation's "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" model to a suite of mature summative evaluation research projects, and (5) planning to publish an annual compendium of assessment and evaluation results and resources. Intellectual Merit: Evaluation evidence establishes that the SENCER approach is an effective strategy for improving STEM education and, in particular, achieving gains in science literacy among women and non-majors. A small but significant cohort of students show greatly increased interest in pursuing advanced science study following their enrollment in SENCER courses. The SENCER approach offers a strategy to increase enrollment in STEM courses and attract students to careers that require STEM expertise. SENCER supports an alumni community that is extending the SENCER approach to new applications, and refining and renewing reforms. The work of this community is making contributions to the STEM-education research and knowledge base in the form of validated assessment instruments, field-tested learning materials, and peer-mentoring activities. Broader Impacts: SENCER benefits will be extended to a more diverse set of institutions, especially community colleges. Campus impacts include strengthening interdisciplinary connections, encouraging pre-service teacher education in the sciences, and stimulating student engagement. Community-based research and outreach activities extend the impacts to people and communities in need. Because SENCER courses focus on critical civic questions, the intended long-range impact for students and faculty reaches the core questions we face in our democracy.

这个项目，新的公民参与和责任的科学教育（SENCER）是建立在一个相同命名的CCLI国家传播项目的基础上，该项目始于2001年。通过对Sencer的前五年的独立评估，Sencer的第二阶段版本的Sencer的第二阶段评估是为了促进了一系列全面的活动，以帮助新的教职员工训练有素地训练有素的STEMS STEMS PROFED STEMS PROVENITACTIAND STEM材料。 与以前一样，Sencer从事招募和授权众多新的教职员工和学术领导者，以改善本科STEM教育，增强校友教师专业知识，并扩大不断增长的实践社区，将STEM学习与探索公民问题联系起来。 此外，Sencer正在建立新的系统，以加深和维持Sencer方法的影响，并完成并发布一系列可靠的评估，评估和研究项目的结果。目标：Sencer通过将科学原则的发现和科学思维的发展与参与复杂的社会问题联系起来，从而改善了科学教育。通过通过“公民关注”来发展“基础科学与数学”教学方面的教师专业知识，Sencer正在扩大整个课程和社区的学习影响。 Sencer教师使用Sencer项目中开发的材料，评估工具和研究，正在设计课程项目，（1）（1）使更多的学生感兴趣并从事STEM课程学习，（2）帮助学生将STEM学习与其他学习联系起来，以及（3）增强学生对科学的理解以及他们对负责任的工作和公民的能力。活动：Sencer通过专注于加强教师专业知识，STEM社区建设以及为STEM知识基础做出贡献来追求这些目标。具体而言，SENCER目标是：（1）为来自75个新机构的团队提供全面的培训和跟进，（2）提高人们对Sencer课程的早期入学率的增加（因为我们的研究表明，这是在STEM课程中增加的高级研究），（3）创造了范围，以创造出范围的范围，以开发新的资源，并创建新的资源，并（4），并（4）访问了新的资源和（4），以及（4），以及（4），以及（4），以及（4），以及（4），并创建了（4），以及（4），以及（4），并创建了（4），以及（4），并（4）为4个校园和4个国家的访问而（4） 资源。为了扩大规模并维持Sencer改革的影响，该项目是：（1）指定100名Sencer领导人研究员，以及（2）创建五个区域Sencer创新中心。为了促进STEM教育知识基础，该项目是（1）对SENCER评估和评估结果进行荟萃分析，（2）增加Sencer-Salg使用的频率和发生率（一种在线评估工具）（一种在线评估工具）（3），（3）建立赛车的奖学金，以扩大阶段的培训，以扩大阶级的学习，以进行阶级学习，（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）成熟的总结评估研究项目的套件，以及（5）计划发布年度评估和评估结果和资源的汇编。智力优点：评估证据表明，SENCER方法是改善STEM教育，尤其是在妇女和非律师中获得科学素养的提高的有效策略。一小部分但重要的学生在入学Sencer课程后，对追求高级科学研究的兴趣大大增加。 Sencer方法提供了一种策略，以增加STEM课程的入学率，并吸引学生从事需要STEM专业知识的职业。 Sencer支持一个校友社区，该社区正在将Sencer方法扩展到新的应用程序，并炼焦和更新改革。该社区的工作是以经过验证的评估工具，经过现场测试的学习材料和同伴招募活动的形式为茎教育研究和知识基础做出的贡献。更广泛的影响：Sencer福利将扩展到更多样化的机构，尤其是社区大学。校园影响包括加强跨学科的联系，鼓励科学的职前教师教育以及刺激学生的参与。基于社区的研究和外展活动将影响对有需要的人和社区扩展。由于Sencer课程专注于关键的公民问题，因此对学生和教师的预期远程影响达到了我们在民主中面临的核心问题。