Education and engagement: Exploring how faculty members can support education outside of college Susan Buhr Sullivan Director, CIRES Education and Outreach NAGT President Raj Pandya Program Director, Thriving Earth Exchange, AGU July 10, 2013 University of Colorado, Boulder
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Education and engagement: Exploring how faculty members can support education
outside of college
Susan Buhr SullivanDirector, CIRES Education and Outreach
How outreach can be good for your research and institution
• Growing a talent pool• Building support/town-gown connections• Fulfilling a responsibility• Student scientists• Service learning• Community-based science• Increased competitive funding
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How outreach is good for society
• Public understanding of science• Public trust in scientists on societal topics
NGSS systems and human impacts
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In this test, Science Literacy includes understanding uncertainty and how science generates, evaluates, and revises information – not just content knowledge
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Trust in Sources of Information about Climate Change: General Public
Scientists
TV weathercasters
News media
Religious leaders
Barack Obama
Al Gore
Sarah Palin
Arnold Schwarzenegger
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Trust
Source: Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2010) Climate change in the American Mind: Americans’ global warming beliefs and attitudes in January & June 2010. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change.
Climate Communications Training - Engaging with the Media
Seventy percent of Americans cannot read and understand the science section of the New York Times.
Jon Miller, Hannah Professor of Integrative studies at Michigan State University, Division of Mathematics and Science Education and the Department of Political Science
Climate Communications Training - Engaging with the Media
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Best practices
• Have specific goals• Identify an appropriate audience and need• Have measurable outcomes• Have a timeframe• Build on existing efforts
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Best practices
• Include partners with expertise• Include sufficient budget• Include sufficient staff• Create a legacy• Include evaluation
Area of need: Next Generation Science Standards
• science and engineering practice
• crosscutting concepts
• disciplinary core ideas
http://www.nextgenscience.org/
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What does your institution care about?
• Research I Universities• Primarily Undergraduate Institutions• 2 Year Institutions• Minority Serving Institutions
SOARS – Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science
• Research experience• Multidimensional
mentoring• A supportive community • Professional development
• Complete reflection template 3-5 minutes• Discuss at your table-where do you have
similar questions or interests? 5-10 mins• Report out (brief) 1-2 mins per table • What are commonalities?
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Resources
• Scripps guide to EPO• NSF guides• Outreach-engaged colleagues• University continuing education offices• Schools of education (sometimes)• Research corporations, large infrastructure