Effectively Communicating Science Workshops (2021-2024); Saint Paul, Minnesota

有效传播科学研讨会（2021-2024）；

• 批准号: 2030043
• 负责人: John Sonsteng
• 金额: $ 44.77万
• 依托单位: Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2030043&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Effectively; Communicating; Science; Workshops; 2021

This project supports a series of workshops that bring together a diverse group of science professionals and experienced law school faculty to develop effective practices in communicating complex science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to non-scientists in a range of challenging communication settings. To communicate and teach effectively, scientists must understand how to explain their work to audiences who are not scientists and lack understanding of complex scientific principles. Scientists must not be an advocate for one side or the other, but they must be able to convey the substance, quality, and accuracy of their work. The main objective is to improve participants’ abilities to communicate and teach complex STEM concepts to non-scientists in a variety of formal settings. During the workshops, participants learn and practice the role of both scientists and non-scientists in order to: 1) develop and build upon skills necessary to effectively communicate their expertise; 2) understand the culture and perspectives of nonscientists; and 3) develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the different challenges in communicating and teaching complex STEM concepts to non-scientists. The workshops demonstrate the merit of experiential learning and provide hands-on practice opportunities with individualized feedback and coaching during the workshops. Participants also discuss ethical issues concerning communicating and teaching STEM concepts to non-scientists.The potential Broader Impacts (B.I.) involve providing an immersive hands-on learning and demonstration experience in communicating complex science in a novel communication venue for scientists and in collaboration with legal professionals. This collaboration helps bridge the gap in understanding the culture norms and ethical considerations of the two professional communities that increasingly interact over technical issues.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.

该项目支持举办一系列研讨会，汇集不同的科学专业人士和经验丰富的法学院教师，以开发有效的实践，在一系列具有挑战性的沟通中向非科学家传达复杂的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 概念为了进行交流和有效教学，科学家必须了解如何向非科学家且缺乏复杂科学原理理解的受众解释他们的工作，科学家不能成为某一方的拥护者，但他们必须能够传达信息。他们工作的内容、质量和准确性。主要目标是提高参与者在各种正式环境中向非科学家交流和教授复杂 STEM 概念的能力。在研讨会期间，参与者学习和练习科学家和非科学家的角色，以便：1）发展。并建立有效传达专业知识所需的技能；2）了解非科学家的文化和观点；3）更深入地理解和理解向非科学家传达和教授复杂的 STEM 概念的不同挑战。展示其优点体验式学习，并在研讨会期间提供具有个性化反馈和指导的实践机会，参与者还讨论了有关向非科学家传播和教授 STEM 概念的道德问题。潜在的更广泛影响 (B.I.) 包括提供沉浸式实践学习和指导。在为科学家提供的新颖交流场所以及与法律专业人士合作方面展示了交流复杂科学的经验，这种合作有助于弥合两个专业社区在理解文化规范和道德考虑方面的差距，这两个专业社区在技术问题上的互动日益频繁。该奖项反映了 NSF 的贡献。法定的使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。