Collaborative Research: Cosmic Serpent - Bridging Native and Western Science Learning in Informal Settings

合作研究：宇宙蛇 - 在非正式环境中架起本土和西方科学学习的桥梁

• 批准号: 0714631
• 负责人: Laura Peticolas
• 金额: $ 164.39万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0714631&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Cosmic; Serpent; Bridging

Cosmic Serpent - Bridging Native and Western Science Learning in Informal Settings is a four-year collaboration between the Indigenous Education Institute and the University of California-Berkeley targeting informal science education professionals. This project is designed to explore the commonalities between western science and native science in the context of informal science education. The intended impacts are to provide informal science education professionals with the skills and tools to gain an understanding of the commonalities between native and western worldviews; create regional networks that bridge native and museum communities; develop science education programs in which learners cross cultural borders between western science and indigenous peoples; and meet the needs of diverse audiences using culturally-responsive approaches to science learning. Participants are introduced to topics in physical, earth, space, and life science, using an interdisciplinary approach. Deliverables include professional development workshops, peer mentoring, museum programs for public audiences, a project website, and media products for use in programs and exhibits. Additionally, regional partnerships between museums and native communities, a legacy document, and a culminating conference jointly hosted by the National Museum of the American Indian and the Association of Science and Technology Centers will promote future sustainability. Strategic impact is realized through participants'' increased understanding of native and western science paradigms, museum programs that reflect commonalities in the two approaches, partnerships between museums and native communities, and increased institutional capacity to engage native audiences in science. This project directly impacts 270 informal educators at 96 science centers and tribal/cultural museums nationally while the resulting programs will reach an estimated 200,000 museum visitors.

宇宙蛇 - 在非正式环境中架起本土和西方科学学习的桥梁是本土教育研究所和加州大学伯克利分校针对非正式科学教育专业人员之间为期四年的合作项目。该项目旨在探索非正式科学教育背景下西方科学与本土科学的共性。预期的影响是为非正式科学教育专业人员提供技能和工具，以了解本土和西方世界观之间的共性；创建连接当地人和博物馆社区的区域网络；制定科学教育计划，让学习者跨越西方科学与土著人民之间的文化界限；并使用文化响应式的科学学习方法来满足不同受众的需求。通过跨学科的方法，向参与者介绍物理、地球、空间和生命科学的主题。可交付成果包括专业发展研讨会、同行指导、面向公众观众的博物馆项目、项目网站以及用于项目和展览的媒体产品。此外，博物馆和原住民社区之间的区域合作伙伴关系、一份遗产文件以及由美洲印第安人国家博物馆和科学技术中心协会联合主办的最终会议将促进未来的可持续发展。战略影响是通过参与者加深对本土和西方科学范式的理解、反映两种方法共性的博物馆项目、博物馆和本土社区之间的伙伴关系以及提高吸引本土观众参与科学的机构能力来实现的。该项目直接影响全国 96 个科学中心和部落/文化博物馆的 270 名非正式教育工作者，而由此产生的项目将影响估计 200,000 名博物馆参观者。