Polar Literacy: A model for youth engagement and learning

Polar Literacy：青年参与和学习的典范

• 批准号: 1906929
• 负责人: Jason Cervenec
• 金额: $ 54.76万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1906929&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Polar; Literacy; model; youth; engagement

Polar Literacy: A model for youth engagement and learning will foster public engagement with polar science. The project targets middle-school aged underserved youth and polar research scientists, with the goal to increase youth interest in and understanding of Polar Regions, and to hone researchers' science communication skills. The project will develop affordable and replicable ways of bringing polar education to informal learning environments, extend our understanding of how polar education initiatives can be delivered to youth with maximum effect, and design a professional development model to improve the capacity for Polar Region researchers to craft meaningful broader impact activities. Polar Literacy will create and test a model which combines direct participation by scientists in after-school settings, with the use of curated polar research data sets and data visualization tools to create participatory learning experiences for youth. Beyond the life of the project funding, many of the project deliverables (including kits, videos, and other resources) will continue to be used and disseminated online and in person through ongoing work of project collaborators.Polar Literacy: A model for youth engagement and learning will advance the understanding of informal learning environments while leveraging the rich interdisciplinary resources from polar investments made by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project's key audiences -- polar researchers, informal educators, and out-of-school time (OST) youth in grades 4-7 (ages 9-13) -- will connect through both place-based and internet-based experiences and work collaboratively to generate a flexible, scalable, and transferable education model. The project will 1) design OST kits and resource guides (focused on Polar Literacy Principles) and include "Concept in a Minute" videos designed to highlight enduring ideas, 2) provide professional development for informal educators, 3) synthesize a club model through adaptation of successful facets of existing informal learning programs, and 4) create Data Jam events for the OST Special Interest (SPIN) clubs and camp programs by modifying an existing formal education model. A research design, implemented at four nodes over three years, will answer three research questions to evaluate the impact of professional development on informal educators, as well as the impact of programs on youth, and the effectiveness of the model. In addition to the project team and collaborators who are informal education practitioners, an advisory board composed of experts in youth programming, informal education, and evaluation will guide the project to ensure that it advances the body of informal STEM learning research. Polar Literacy is an Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Innovations in Development project in response to the Dear Colleague Letter: Support for Engaging Students and the Public in Polar Research (NSF 18-103). Polar Literacy is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants. This project has co-funding support from the Antarctic section of the Office of Polar Programs.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.

极地素养：青年参与和学习的模型将促进与极地科学的公众参与。 该项目针对中学年龄不足的青年和极地研究科学家，目的是提高青年对极地地区的兴趣和理解，并磨练研究人员的科学沟通技巧。该项目将开发负担得起且可复制的方式，将极地教育带入非正式的学习环境，扩展我们对如何将极地教育计划传递给具有最大效果的年轻人的理解，并设计一种专业发展模型，以提高极地地区研究人员制定有意义的广泛影响活动的能力。极地素养将创建和测试一个模型，该模型将科学家在课后环境中的直接参与与使用精选的极性研究数据集和数据可视化工具的使用来创造为青年创造参与性学习经验。 除了项目资金的寿命外，许多项目可交付成果（包括套件，视频和其他资源）将继续在线使用和传播，并通过正在进行的项目合作者的持续工作。PolarLinacy：一种青年参与度和学习模型将促进对非正式学习环境的理解，同时利用国民科学基金会（NSSF）（NSF）（NSF）的富裕跨学科资源。该项目的主要受众 - 极性研究人员，非正式教育者和4 - 7年级的校外时间（OST）青年（9-13岁） - 将通过基于位置和基于Internet的经验以及共同努力，共同开发灵活，可扩展和可转移的教育模型。 The project will 1) design OST kits and resource guides (focused on Polar Literacy Principles) and include "Concept in a Minute" videos designed to highlight enduring ideas, 2) provide professional development for informal educators, 3) synthesize a club model through adaptation of successful facets of existing informal learning programs, and 4) create Data Jam events for the OST Special Interest (SPIN) clubs and camp programs by modifying an existing formal education model. 一项在三年内以四个节点实施的研究设计将回答三个研究问题，以评估专业发展对非正式教育者的影响，以及计划对青年的影响以及模型的有效性。 除了是非正式教育从业人员的项目团队和合作者外，由青年计划，非正式教育和评估专家组成的顾问委员会还将指导该项目，以确保它可以推进非正式的STEM学习研究。 《极地素养》是一项针对发展项目的非正式STEM学习（AISL）创新，以响应亲爱的同事信：支持学生和公众参与极地研究（NSF 18-103）。 极地素养是由前进的非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划资助的，该计划旨在推进对STEM（科学，技术，工程，数学）学习在非正式环境中的设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。这包括提供多种途径，以扩大对STEM学习经验的访问和参与度，推进对非正式环境中STEM学习的创新研究，并发展参与者对更深入学习的理解。该项目获得了极地计划办公室南极部分的共同资助支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。

项目成果

Connecting Youth Using Arctic Mystery-Themed Kits.

使用北极之谜主题套件连接青少年。

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of STEM outreach
• 作者: Peggau, Karina;Cervenec, Jason;Van Tassell, Evan;Fletcher, Angus;Hogan, Sue;Kridel, Emily;Iverson, Ellen
• 通讯作者: Iverson, Ellen