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: 2116811
• 负责人: Deanna Gagne
• 金额: $ 7.32万
• 依托单位: Gallaudet University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard 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=2116811&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Advancing; Language; Outreach

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.

该奖项的资助得到了 NSF 促进非正式 STEM 教育计划的支持。该项目在语言研究人员和 Planet Word（位于华盛顿特区的一家专门研究语言的新博物馆）之间建立了合作伙伴关系，以吸引博物馆参观者参与科学研究和推广。来自各个年龄段和背景的感兴趣的博物馆参观者都被邀请参加一系列与语言相关的主题的行为研究。这个互动研究的“活语言实验室”包括附带的教育演示。这些活动将促进基础设施和最佳实践的发展，使未来的语言研究人员能够在 Planet Word 和其他类似网站上与公众互动。作为参观博物馆的一部分，该项目通过让游客参与一些活动，让他们接触到有关语言的活跃科学，从而增强科学理解。例如，该研究探讨的主题包括：理解是什么让某些美国手语符号更容易学习；为什么我们更容易理解我们认识的人而不是陌生人；以及与阅读更正式的内容相比，我们在阅读短信时的想法是否有所不同。写作。通过这样做，该项目提高了公众对语言学的认识，并促进了对语言的科学态度。该项目还提供了重要的机会来传播公众感兴趣的研究成果，并提高博物馆参观者、学生学员和博物馆工作人员对 STEM 主题的兴趣。该项目为学生创造了教育和研究机会，他们将接受实践课程的培训，并将获得在博物馆环境中进行研究和推广的第一手经验。通过来自马里兰大学、霍华德大学和加劳德特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族裔学生对语言科学的参与，寻求使继续从事语言科学和相关 STEM 领域职业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。