Collaborative Research: Advancing language research and outreach in a language museum

合作研究：推进语言博物馆的语言研究和推广

• 批准号: 2116959
• 负责人: Charlotte Vaughn
• 金额: $ 31.09万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 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: 2021-09-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2116959&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Advancing; language; research

This award is funded with support from NSF's program for Advancing Informal STEM Education.This project develops a partnership between language researchers and Planet Word, a new museum devoted to language in Washington D.C., to engage museum visitors in scientific research and outreach. Interested museum visitors from all ages and backgrounds are invited to participate in behavioral research studies on a range of language-related topics. This "living language laboratory" of interactive studies includes accompanying educational demonstrations. These activities will lead to the development of infrastructure and best practices that will allow future language researchers to engage with the public at Planet Word and other similar sites. The project enhances scientific understanding by engaging visitors in activities that expose them to active science about language as a part of their visit to the museum. For example, the research examines topics from understanding what makes certain American Sign Language signs more learnable, to why it is easier to understand people we know rather than strangers, to whether we think differently when we are reading a text message compared to reading more formal writing. In doing so, the project raises the profile of linguistics among the general public and promotes scientifically informed attitudes about language. The project also provides key opportunities to disseminate research findings of interest to the public and to promote greater interest in STEM topics among museum visitors, as well as student trainees and museum staff. The project creates educational and research opportunities for students, who will be trained in a hands-on course, and will gain first-hand experience with research and outreach in a museum setting. Through the collaborative partnership of researchers from University of Maryland, Howard University, and Gallaudet University, the project broadens participation of underrepresented minority students in the language sciences, seeking to diversify the pipeline of scholars continuing in careers in the language sciences and related STEM fields.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.

该奖项是在NSF计划推进非正式STEM教育计划的支持下资助的。该项目在语言研究人员和Planet Word之间建立了合作伙伴关系，这是一个新的博物馆，该博物馆致力于华盛顿特区的语言，以吸引博物馆访问者参与科学研究和外展。有兴趣的博物馆访问者和背景的访问者被邀请参与有关一系列与语言有关的主题的行为研究。互动研究的“活语实验室”包括伴随的教育示范。这些活动将导致基础设施和最佳实践的发展，这将使未来的语言研究人员能够在Planet Word和其他类似地点与公众互动。该项目通过吸引游客参加活动，以使他们了解语言科学的活动来增强科学理解，这是他们参观博物馆的一部分。例如，该研究从了解什么使某些美国手语标志更能学习的原因来研究主题，到为什么我们认识的人而不是陌生人更容易理解，而不是阅读更正式的文本消息时我们的思维方式有所不同写作。通过这样做，该项目提高了公众的语言学知识，并促进了科学知情的对语言的态度。该项目还提供了关键的机会，可以向公众传播感兴趣的研究结果，并在博物馆访问者以及学生学员和博物馆工作人员中提高对STEM主题的更大兴趣。该项目为将在动手课程中接受培训的学生创造教育和研究机会，并将在博物馆环境中获得研究和外展的第一手经验。通过马里兰州大学，霍华德大学和加洛德大学的研究人员的合作伙伴关系，该项目扩大了代表性不足的少数群体在语言科学中的参与，试图使在语言科学和相关STEM领域的职业生涯中持续的学者的渠道多样化。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。