CAREER - Transforming Science Teaching and Learning through Empowering Teachers and Students as Climate Justice Action Researchers and Change Agents

职业 - 通过赋予教师和学生作为气候正义行动研究人员和变革推动者的能力来改变科学教学和学习

• 批准号: 2148014
• 负责人: Tammie Visintainer
• 金额: $ 78.63万
• 依托单位: San Jose State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-15 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148014&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Transforming; Science; Teaching; Learning

This project supports school-based science teachers and students in conducting community-based science research on the causes and effects of extreme heat/urban islands in racially and ethnically diverse communities. Doing research of this nature in schools is important, as students’ opportunities to engage in community-based science research usually occur in out-of-school contexts. Teachers will participate in professional learning experiences that support their development of content knowledge, scientific research practices, and critical pedagogies needed to design and implement research projects in their classroom. Students will identify locally-relevant issues related to this phenomenon, conduct investigations to explore the issue, share their findings through arts-based community narratives, and advocate for change. This project will broaden access to empowering youth-centered approaches that support learning and identity construction in science. Educational activities culminating from this research include the development a graduate-level course focused on climate justice action research as well as curricular materials for K-12 classroom use by teachers and students. This CAREER award is funded by the Discovery Research preK-12 program (DRK-12) which seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools. Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. This project is also supported by the Racial Equity in STEM Education program (EHR Racial Equity). The program supports projects that advance racial equity in STEM education and workforce development through research and practice. Qualitative and quantitative measures will be employed to study how 40 teachers across 4 cohorts develop their capacity to lead students in studying urban heat islands, an issue germane to their community. The research will explore how student participation in this action research shapes learning and identity construction in science. This project presents a novel approach to school-based science teaching and learning by empowering teachers and students as climate action researchers and change agents. The research will aid in the development of a hub for justice-centered science education and will also yield school-based materials and professional development activities that examine the interwoven nature of climate justice and racial justice. Further, project findings will support a transformative science teacher education model that empowers teachers as designers, equity advocates, and leaders in community-engaged science research. This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).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.

该项目支持基于学校的科学教师和学生进行基于社区的科学研究，以了解大致和种族多元化社区中极端热/城市岛屿的原因和影响。在学校中对这种性质进行研究很重要，因为学生通常在校外情况下进行基于社区的科学研究的机会。教师将参加专业的学习经验，以支持他们在课堂上设计和实施研究项目所需的内容知识的发展，科学研究实践以及关键的教学法。学生将确定与这种现象有关的本地问题，进行调查以探索问题，通过基于艺术的社区叙事分享他们的发现，并倡导变革。该项目将扩大授权以青年为中心的方法来支持科学领域学习和身份构建的机会。从这项研究中提出的教育活动包括开发研究生水平的课程，该课程着重于气候司法行动研究以及老师和学生的K-12课堂使用的现代材料。该职业奖是由Discovery Research PreK-12计划（DRK-12）资助的，该计划旨在通过创新资源，模型和工具的研究和开发，以显着增强PreK-12学生和教师的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的学习和教学。 DRK-12计划中的项目基于STEM教育和先前的研发工作的基础研究，这些研究为拟议项目提供了理论和经验的理由。该项目还得到了STEM教育计划中的种族资产（EHR种族资产）的支持。该计划支持通过研究和实践来推动STEM教育和劳动力发展中种族平等的项目。将采取定性和定量措施来研究40名跨4个队列的教师如何发展他们的能力，使学生研究城市热岛，这是他们社区的问题。该研究将探讨学生参与这项行动研究的参与如何塑造科学中的学习和身份构建。该项目通过将教师和学生作为气候行动研究人员和变革代理人赋予教师和学生的能力，为学校的科学教学和学习提供了一种新颖的方法。这项研究将有助于开发以司法为中心的科学教育的枢纽，还将产生基于学校的材料和专业发展活动，以研究气候正义和种族正义的交织性质。此外，项目的发现将支持一种变革性的科学教师教育模型，该模型使教师成为设计师，股票倡导者和社区参与科学研究的领导者的能力。该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》的全部或部分资助的（公共法117-2）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为通过评估来获得珍贵的支持。