Partnerships for Polar Science Education and Outreach in Greenland (JSEP) and Antarctica (JASE)

格陵兰岛 (JSEP) 和南极洲 (JASE) 极地科学教育和推广伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1748137
• 负责人: Ross Virginia
• 金额: $ 99.41万
• 依托单位: Dartmouth College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-15 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1748137&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnerships; Polar; Science; Education; Outreach

Earth's polar regions are undergoing rapid changes that have relevance to the entire world. Scientists are working to understand the causes and consequences of this change and have a critical role in communicating their findings with diverse stakeholders. The pace of polar change demands continuous investment in training and educating the next generation of polar professionals who are prepared to be leaders in academia, government, industry, and policy. The Joint Science Education Project (JSEP) and the Joint Antarctic School Expedition (JASE) are two NSF-sponsored polar-focused programs that provide significant opportunities for training the next generation of STEM professionals and for polar-science outreach. JSEP, a project of the Joint Committee, was initiated in 2007 to educate students and teachers from Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. The program brings US students together with Danish and Greenlandic students in Greenland where the group spends three weeks studying the causes and consequences of Arctic environmental change. JASE, a project in collaboration with the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), takes U.S. students to Antarctica to work alongside Chilean students and examine Antarctica's rapidly changing ecosystems. This award provides funding for Dartmouth College to lead the U.S. contributions to JSEP and JASE for the next four years. Dartmouth will organize a nation-wide application process to select high school student participants each year and will work with the international program coordinators to design student activities and learning experiences. In addition to coordinating each field-based program for U.S. high school students, Dartmouth will work to broaden the impact of these programs by sending a team of graduate student and faculty researchers with polar field experience to lead scientific components of JSEP and JASE, work with Greenlandic and Chilean educators to disseminate JSEP and JASE polar science outcomes to local audiences during the field-based expeditions, adapt JSEP and JASE polar science field activities for use in U.S. and international classrooms, provide training in cross-cultural science communication for diverse audiences to Dartmouth graduate students and the campus community, and assess skill- and content-based outcomes for high school and graduate student participants in JSEP and JASE. Societal benefits include building international networks of students, educators, stakeholders, future leaders, and polar scientists; diversifying the US polar scientific workforce, and generating polar science educational tools and modules that are freely accessible to students and teachers in multiple languages. This program addresses national priorities by developing a U.S. scientific workforce that is knowledgeable about the Arctic and the Antarctic, regions that are of growing importance to U.S. economic development and national security.The Joint Committee, a high-level government forum between the U.S., Greenlandic, and Danish governments, initiated JSEP during the International Polar Year in 2007. Since its inception, high school students and teachers from Greenland, Denmark, and the U.S. have traveled to Greenland to participate in two JSEP educational programs, Kangerlussuaq Science Field School and Science and Education Week. In 2013, the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), invited the United States to participate in their Expedición Antártica Escolar (EAE), a program to promote awareness and appreciation of Antarctica in young Chileans. Since then, U.S. teams have joined three JASE expeditions, which provide hands-on experience with Antarctic research to high school students and teachers from both nations. Both JSEP and JASE aim to 1) educate and inspire the next generation of polar scientists, 2) build strong networks of students, teachers and researchers among the participating countries, and 3) improve language and communication skills by taking teams of students to the polar regions to share in polar science activities. The program will strengthen international scientific ties between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland and improve the understanding of polar science for students and citizens of all three countries. Dartmouth will conduct assessments of outcomes for the current high school students and graduate student polar fellows as well as surveys of alumni from previous U.S., Danish, Greenlandic, and Chilean participants. The JSEP program will provide U.S. high school students and high school teachers with an immersion experience in polar science and international collaboration. It will also provide graduate students with experience and training in teaching, cross-cultural communications and outreach.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

地球的极地地区正在经历与全世界相关的快速变化。科学家正在努力了解这种变化的原因和后果，并在与潜水员利益相关者传达发现方面发挥着关键作用。极地变化的需求的速度继续投资于培训和教育下一代的极地专业人员，他们准备成为学术界，政府，工业和政策。联合科学教育项目（JSEP）和南极联合学校探险队（JASE）是两个由NSF赞助的极性的计划，为培训下一代STEM专业人员和极性科学外展提供了重要机会。联合委员会项目JSEP于2007年成立，旨在教育来自格陵兰，丹麦和美国的学生和老师，该计划将我们的学生与格陵兰的丹麦和格陵兰学生一起，在那里该小组花费三周的时间研究北极环境变化的原因和后果。 Jase是与智利南极研究所（INACH）合作的项目，将美国的学生带到南极与智利学生一起工作，并检查南极洲迅速变化的生态系统。该奖项为达特茅斯学院（Dartmouth College）提供了资金，以领导美国对JSEP和JASE的贡献。达特茅斯（Dartmouth）将每年组织一个全国性的申请流程，以选择高中生参与者，并将与国际计划协调员合作，设计学生的活动和学习经验。除了协调为美国高中生的每个基于现场的计划外，达特茅斯还将通过向具有极地现场经验的研究生和教职员工研究人员组成的团队来拓宽这些计划的影响和国际教室，为Dartmouth研究生和校园社区提供跨文化科学传播培训，并为高中和JSEP和Jase的研究生参与者评估技能和基于内容的成果。社会福利包括建立学生，教育者，利益相关者，未来领导者和极地科学家的国际网络；使美国极地科学劳动力多样化，并产生极地科学教育工具和模块，这些工具和模块可以自由使用多种语言与学生和老师访问。该计划通过建立美国科学劳动力来解决国家优先事项，该劳动力对北极和南极，对美国经济发展和国家安全的重要性越来越重要。联合委员会是美国，格陵兰式和丹麦政府之间的高级政府论坛，在2007年以来，在美国国际上的JESEP中，丹麦政府在2007年的国际校园中开始了高中生和高中生的教师。参加两个JSEP教育计划，即Kangerlussuaq科学野外学校和科学与教育周。 2013年，智利南极研究所（INACH）邀请美国参加他们的ExpediciónantárticaEscolar（EAE），该计划是一项旨在提高智利年轻南极的意识和欣赏的计划。从那以后，美国团队加入了三项Jase Expeditions，这些探险队为来自两国的高中生和老师提供了动手经验。 JSEP和JASE的目标是1）教育和启发下一代的极地科​​学家，2）在参与国家之间建立强大的学生，教师和研究人员的网络，以及3）通过将学生团队带到极地地区来共享极地科学活动，以提高语言和沟通能力。该计划将加强美国，丹麦和格陵兰之间的国际科学关系，并提高三个国家的学生和公民对极地科学的理解。达特茅斯（Dartmouth）将对现任高中学生和研究生Polar Fellows的成果进行评估，以及对以前的美国，丹麦，格陵兰和智利参与者的校友调查。 JSEP计划将为美国的高中学生和高中教师提供极地科学和国际合作方面的沉浸式经验。它还将提供毕业生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，具有教学，跨文化交流和宣传方面的经验和培训的学生，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估NSF的法定任务。