I-Corps L: Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER)

I-Corps L：新公民参与和责任的科学教育 (SENCER)

• 批准号: 1519089
• 负责人: William David Burns
• 金额: $ 5万
• 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: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-15 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1519089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Science; Education; New; Civic

Educators or administrators invested in improving student outcomes in STEM, are constantly looking for proven, evidence-based, trusted sources worthy of their time and investment. They are aware of pedagogical advancements and are willing to do the work necessary to implement innovative practices. However, at many institutions, the financial climate and lack of professional development funding evidences the need for lower cost, yet high quality experiences and materials. For those who have no support, or must attend a disciplinary meeting instead with their limited allowance, webinars and e-friendly publications specifically provide accessible options to support their own professional development. This includes full-time faculty and the growing number of adjuncts. This proposal extends the benefits of a proven strategy by utilizing new technological platforms to promote broader adoption, increase equitable access, and promote program availability. Widely available and interactive webinars provide people with limited time or funds the opportunity to connect with experts from around the country for a reasonable cost and on a specific topic of need. Expanded applications of the proposed approach (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) will lead to an exponentially larger number of students with strong scientific and quantitative literacy and more practitioners aware of an approach that responds to the challenges they face daily.Since 2001 the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) project and the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement has developed and disseminated a range of educational products and professional development programs that support the improvement of formal and informal science education, including over 50 course models, "backgrounder" essays, peer-reviewed articles, residential and non-residential institutes and workshops, and a signature assessment tool (the SENCER SALG-Student Assessment of Learning Gains). All publications are currently digitized, tagged and searchable, and included in a web-accessed "digital library." In the project's most recent iteration new products are in development, including a webinar series, a series of workshops for faculty and administrators, a SENCER handbook, and course modules called "pearls of practice." This team believes that several of these products have commercial potential, either as benefits of a paid membership, and/or for individual download and sale.

教育者或管理员投资用于改善STEM的学生成果，一直在寻找值得花时间和投资的经过验证的，基于证据的，可信赖的来源。他们意识到教学的进步，并愿意从事实施创新实践所需的工作。 但是，在许多机构中，财务环境和缺乏专业发展资金证明了对较低成本，高质量的体验和材料的需求。对于那些没有支持或必须参加纪律会议的人来说，他们的津贴有限，网络研讨会和电子友好出版物专门提供可访问的选择来支持自己的专业发展。这包括全职教师和辅助人员的越来越多。该提案通过利用新技术平台来促进更广泛的采用，增加公平访问并促进计划可用性，从而扩展了验证策略的好处。广泛可用的互动网络研讨会为人们提供有限的时间或为与来自全国各地的专家建立联系的机会，以合理的成本和特定的需要。拟议方法的扩大应用（新的公民参与和责任的科学教育）将导致大量具有强大的科学和定量素养的学生，以及更多的从业人员意识到一种应对他们每天面临的挑战的方法。SINCE2001 2001年度对新的公民和责任计划的科学和民族范围和公民互动（SENCER）和公民互动（SENCER）的发展范围以及公民互动（SENCER），以及公民参与的范围，支持改善正式和非正式科学教育，包括50多个课程模型，“背景”论文，经过同行评审的文章，住宅和非住宅机构和讲习班，以及签名评估工具（Sencer Salg Salg-Student-Student-Student Isseltment of Learne Chainsment the Messigment the Learning Incains）。目前，所有出版物均已数字化，标记和搜索，并包含在网络接收的“数字图书馆”中。在该项目的最新迭代中，新产品正在开发中，包括网络研讨会系列，一系列针对教职员工和管理员的研讨会，一本Sencer手册和课程模块，称为“实践珍珠”。该团队认为，其中几种产品具有商业潜力，要么是付费会员资格的好处和/或用于个人下载和销售。