US -Thailand, Czech Republic, Norway, South Africa Workshop: Catalyzing GLOBE Alumni International Near-peer Mentoring (CGAIN)

美国-泰国、捷克共和国、挪威、南非研讨会：催化 GLOBE 校友国际近同侪辅导 (CGAIN)

• 批准号: 1447113
• 负责人: Elena Sparrow
• 金额: $ 4.73万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1447113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Thailand; Czech; Republic; Norway

In collaboration with NASA, NOAA, and the US State Department, NSF supports the activities of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program. GLOBE is an international hands-on environmental/earth science research and education program for a global community of elementary and secondary schools participating in 112 countries. GLOBE's vision promotes and supports students, teachers and scientists to collaborate on inquiry-based investigations of the environment and the Earth system. Now in its 19th year, GLOBE has provided professional development and training in the content and skills of environmental science for over 65,000 teachers from 24,000 schools and engaged more than 10 million students in: learning about the scientific process; discovering the science of their environment; and, contributing more than 90 million protocol-based observations in support of scientific research. A significant number of students who have been introduced to science through GLOBE have continued on to obtain degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and pursue careers in STEM. As noted in several recent reports, the health and vitality of the STEM workforce is critical to the Nation's prosperity. It is also observed that STEM research is increasingly conducted as a global enterprise built on multiple international collaborations. As such, programs like GLOBE, which engage students in STEM pathways within a culturally diverse and rich context, are extremely important. A growing community of former GLOBE participants is seeking to find meaningful and cost-effective ways to give back to the GLOBE program and contribute to its efforts to support a vibrant and diverse community of students engaged in scientific endeavors worldwide. Defining strategies for leveraging the ongoing enthusiasm and support of a global network of GLOBE alumni is an important and cost-effective opportunity for sustaining and expanding the impact of the program.This proposal seeks funds to convene a strategic planning workshop to develop a coherent framework for activating and employing a new alumni network comprised of previous participants in the GLOBE science and education program. This workshop will be held in parallel with the annual GLOBE partner meeting and quadrennial Global Learning Expedition (GLE) in New Delhi, India (August 3-8, 2014), in order to leverage the availability of a larger community of GLOBE scientists, educators, trainers, students, partners, and sponsors attending the GLE. The workshop agenda is focused on sharing of current activities being undertaken by specific alumni communities, collecting input from the GLE participants regarding priority areas where alumni involvement can be most useful, developing a strategic plan that considers operational factors, laying a foundation for creation of a GLOBE alumni near-peer mentoring network, and recruitment of international participants in research on the effectiveness of the GLOBE alumni near-peer mentoring activities. The team of GLOBE participants convening this workshop has been involved as leaders or trainers within the program for several years and they have the necessary skills and connections to make this workshop succeed in achieving its goals. NASA and NSF have supported a recent modernization of the GLOBE technical infrastructure used for communication, data sharing, and analysis; these upgrades have dramatically improved the ability of GLOBE participants to use social media and more sophisticated collaboration software. These upgrades have been accompanied by a shift in the governance model for GLOBE operations, from being centrally managed in the United States to a more community-driven management process. These reforms make the proposed effort to meaningfully engage the GLOBE alumni especially timely. The GLOBE program is well-positioned for new growth; having additional support from alumni as both near-peer mentors and role models will both help GLOBE realize this potential and provide new mechanisms for supporting the STEM ambitions of its students.

NSF 与 NASA、NOAA 和美国国务院合作，支持全球学习和观测以造福环境 (GLOBE) 计划的活动。 GLOBE 是一个国际实践环境/地球科学研究和教育项目，面向全球 112 个国家的中小学社区。 GLOBE 的愿景是促进和支持学生、教师和科学家合作对环境和地球系统进行基于探究的调查。 GLOBE 现已进入第 19 个年头，为来自 24,000 所学校的 65,000 多名教师提供了环境科学内容和技能方面的专业发展和培训，并吸引了超过 1000 万学生：了解科学过程；发现其环境的科学性；并贡献超过 9000 万个基于协议的观察结果以支持科学研究。通过 GLOBE 了解科学的大量学生继续获得科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学位，并在 STEM 领域从事职业生涯。正如最近的几份报告所指出的，STEM 劳动力的健康和活力对于国家的繁荣至关重要。人们还注意到，STEM 研究越来越多地作为建立在多个国际合作基础上的全球企业进行。因此，像 GLOBE 这样的项目非常重要，它可以让学生在多元文化和丰富的背景下学习 STEM 途径。 越来越多的前 GLOBE 参与者社区正在寻求有意义且具有成本效益的方式来回馈 GLOBE 计划，并为其努力支持全球从事科学事业的充满活力和多元化的学生社区做出贡献。 制定战略，利用全球 GLOBE 校友网络持续的热情和支持，是维持和扩大该计划影响力的一个重要且具有成本效益的机会。该提案寻求资金来召开战略规划研讨会，以制定一个连贯的框架激活和雇用一个由 GLOBE 科学和教育项目的先前参与者组​​成的新校友网络。 该研讨会将与印度新德里（2014 年 8 月 3 日至 8 日）举行的年度 GLOBE 合作伙伴会议和四年一度的全球学习远征 (GLE) 同期举行，以便利用更大的 GLOBE 科学家、教育工作者社区的资源、参加 GLE 的培训师、学生、合作伙伴和赞助商。研讨会议程的重点是分享特定校友社区当前正在开展的活动，收集 GLE 参与者关于校友参与最有用的优先领域的意见，制定考虑运营因素的战略计划，为创建GLOBE 校友近同伴指导网络，并招募国际参与者参与 GLOBE 校友近同伴指导活动有效性的研究。召集本次研讨会的 GLOBE 参与者团队多年来一直作为领导者或培训师参与该计划，他们拥有必要的技能和人脉关系，使本次研讨会成功实现其目标。 NASA 和 NSF 最近支持了用于通信、数据共享和分析的 GLOBE 技术基础设施的现代化；这些升级极大地提高了 GLOBE 参与者使用社交媒体和更复杂的协作软件的能力。这些升级伴随着 GLOBE 运营治理模式的转变，从美国的集中管理转向更加社区驱动的管理流程。 这些改革使得旨在有意义地吸引 GLOBE 校友参与的努力显得尤为及时。 GLOBE 计划已做好了迎接新增长的准备；获得校友作为近等导师和榜样的额外支持，将有助于 GLOBE 实现这一潜力，并提供新的机制来支持学生的 STEM 抱负。