EAGER:Maker: Making Inspired by Nature: Digital Tools and Activities for Supporting Pre-service Elementary Teachers in Applying Biomimicry in a Maker-centered Classroom

EAGER：创客：受自然启发的制作：支持职前小学教师在以创客为中心的课堂中应用仿生学的数字工具和活动

• 批准号: 1723677
• 负责人: Douglas Williams
• 金额: $ 25.78万
• 依托单位: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 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: 2017-07-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1723677&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Maker; Making; Inspired; Nature

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette seeks to improve the effectiveness of preparing elementary pre-service teachers to engage children in maker-centered learning and design thinking through the lens of biomimicry. To achieve this, the project will (a) build and evaluate digital resources and engaging experiential lessons in innovation through the application of biomimicry and design thinking in a maker-centered context for underrepresented and underserved elementary children, and (b) develop and evaluate models for deepening pre-service teachers' pedagogical knowledge for supporting student learning in maker-centered classrooms. Pre-service teachers participating in these model programs will gain valuable experience in modeling and developing maker-centered learning dispositions for community children participating in after-school programs as well as for the future students they will serve in their own classrooms.The intellectual merit is in the development and evaluation of the project model which consists of two primary components: (a) a two semester scaffolded sequence of Making and biomimicry experiences for elementary pre-service teachers and (b) an elementary grades maker-centered learning curriculum, Making Inspired by Nature. The project will introduce pre-service teachers to innovative pedagogies such as systems thinking, inquiry, biomimicry, innovation, and sharing work in a showcase. These activities will follow a progression from Making as playful and experimental to using the engineering design process of think, make, improve to take maker projects through multiple iterations. Supported by examples of how nature functions, each unit will culminate with an opportunity to apply biomimicry and the maker ideals to solve a real world issue. These experiences will be extended into practice as pre-service teachers mentor small groups of children during weekend and summer programs for approximately 80 community children as they engage in the Making Inspired by Nature curriculum to solve their own identified Making challenge. This project is a part of NSF's Maker Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) portfolio (NSF 15-086), a collaborative investment of Directorates for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), Education and Human Resources (EHR) and Engineering (ENG).

路易斯安那大学拉斐特大学旨在提高准备基础前职前教师的有效性，使儿童通过仿生的镜头与以制造商为中心的学习和设计思维。为了实现这一目标，该项目将（a）通过在以制造商为中心的环境中应用生物象征和设计思维来建立和评估数字资源和引人入胜的体验课程，以使代理和服务不足的基本儿童以及（b）开发和评估模型，以深化和评估模型，以加深服务教师的教育学知识，以支持培养精美的学生学习室内的学生。 参加这些模型课程的服务前教师将获得在建模和开发以制造商为中心的以创造者为中心的学习处置的经验（b）小学成绩以制造商为中心的学习课程，受到自然的启发。 该项目将向职业前教师介绍创新的教学法，例如系统思考，探究，仿生，创新和分享作品。这些活动将遵循从制作嬉戏和实验性的发展，再到使用工程设计的思维设计过程，改进，通过多次迭代进行制造商项目。在大自然功能如何功能的例子的支持下，每个单元都将有机会应用仿生物和制造商理想来解决现实世界问题。这些经历将在周末和夏季计划中为大约80个社区儿童的少数儿童指导小组的少数儿童，从而将这些经历扩展到实践中，因为他们从事大自然课程启发的制作以解决自己确定的挑战。 该项目是NSF制造商亲爱的同事信（DCL）投资组合（NSF 15-086）的一部分，这是计算机与信息科学与工程局（CISE），教育与人力资源（EHR）和工程（ENG）的合作投​​资。

项目成果

Making Inspired by Nature: Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers and Children in Maker-centered learning and Biomimicry

受自然启发的制作：让职前小学教师和儿童参与以创客为中心的学习和仿生学

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: ASEE annual conference & exposition proceedings
• 作者: Williams, D. C.

Making Inspired by Nature: Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers and Children in Maker-centered Learning and Biomimicry.

受自然启发的制作：让职前小学教师和儿童参与以创客为中心的学习和仿生学。

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE
• 作者: Williams, D.