Informal science learning at biological field stations

生物现场站的非正式科学学习

基本信息

批准号：
1713351
负责人：
Jill Zarestky
金额：
$ 11.77万
依托单位：
Colorado State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-08-01 至 2020-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1713351&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Informal science learning biological field

项目摘要

As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the Advancing Informal Science Learning program funds innovative research, approaches and resources for use in a variety of settings. This Exploratory Pathways project brings together scientists and science curriculum experts with field station leaders to study informal science learning at biological field stations. The objective is to understand and evaluate the unique qualities of field stations as centers of informal and enduring science learning for the non-science community. There are over 400 field stations and represent a science communication mechanism that if available to most US citizens. This project is a collaboration between Texas A&M University and Colorado State University. Field stations typically engage in informal science learning. While there are great examples of informal learning through outreach activities at field stations, little is known about what is happening in the aggregate at these establishments. This project documents the outreach work of field stations and explores the connections between how the outreach activities engage learners, incorporate science topics, and address science learning. By creating an Outreach Ontology, a multidimensional framework around the outreach activities, this work provides a valuable resource and reference to informal science researchers who seek to understand what informal learning projects are undertaken at field stations, and how these activities fit into the broader context of informal science learning. This project will help field stations collaborate on improving informal STEM learning activities by bringing them together to discuss their efforts and by developing a publicly available, searchable database detailing their activities. A particular benefit to advancing informal STEM learning by investigating field stations is the broad range of people and communities that are involved with and affected by field station outreach activities.

作为加强非正式环境中学习的总体战略的一部分，推进非正式科学学习计划资助创新研究、方法和资源，以供在各种环境中使用。该探索性途径项目将科学家、科学课程专家与实地站领导聚集在一起，研究生物实地站的非正式科学学习。目的是了解和评估作为非科学界非正式和持久科学学习中心的实地站的独特品质。有 400 多个野外站，代表了大多数美国公民都可以使用的科学传播机制。该项目是德克萨斯农工大学和科罗拉多州立大学之间的合作项目。实地站通常从事非正式的科学学习。虽然有很多通过实地站的外展活动进行非正式学习的很好的例子，但人们对这些机构总体上发生的情况知之甚少。该项目记录了实地站的外展工作，并探讨了外展活动如何吸引学习者、纳入科学主题和解决科学学习之间的联系。通过创建外展本体（围绕外展活动的多维框架），这项工作为非正式科学研究人员提供了宝贵的资源和参考，他们试图了解实地站开展了哪些非正式学习项目，以及这些活动如何适应更广泛的背景。非正式的科学学习。该项目将帮助现场站合作改进非正式的 STEM 学习活动，方法是将他们聚集在一起讨论他们的努力，并开发一个公开的、可搜索的数据库来详细说明他们的活动。通过调查实地站推进非正式 STEM 学习的一个特别好处是参与实地站外展活动并受其影响的广泛人民和社区。