Assessing Precollege Science Education Outreach Initiatives: A Funder's Perspective          下载免费PDF全文

Debra A. Felix  Mark D. Hertle  Jill G. Conley  Lori B. Washington  Peter J. Bruns 《CBE life sciences education》2004,3(3):189-195

We describe an assessment of the collective impact of 35 grants that the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) made to biomedical research institutions in 1999 to support precollege science education outreach programs. Data collected from funded institutions were compared with data from a control group of institutions that had advanced to the last stage of review but had not been funded. The survey instrument and the results reveal outcomes and impacts that HHMI considers relevant for these programs. The following attributes are considered: ability to secure additional, non-HHMI funding; institution buy-in as measured by gains in dedicated space and staff; enhancement of the program director''s career; number and adoption of educational products developed; number of related publications and awards; percentage of programs for which teachers received course credit; increase in science content knowledge; and increase in student motivation to study science.  相似文献   

Should Trump Bother with an Education Agenda?     

Chester E. Finn Jr. 《Journal of School Choice》2017,11(1):5-8

The principal opportunities awaiting the Trump administration in K–12 education are only loosely related to the candidate’s campaign comments about advancing school choice and reducing the federal Education Department. Recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act signals that Congress will be loath to re-open the major federal K-12 programs for amendment. Bright opportunities away in connection with the Perkins Act, special education and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), as well as various domains--beginning with the Office for Civil Rights--that beg for strategic deregulation.  相似文献   

Field-based professional development of teachers engaged in distance education: experiences from the Arctic     

George Veletsianos  Aaron Doering  Jeni Henrickson 《Distance Education》2012,33(1):45-59

We examine the experiences of five teachers who traveled with a team of educators, scientists, and explorers on circumpolar Arctic expeditions to deliver adventure learning (AL) programs to K–12 students at a distance. Results highlight the personal and professional impacts this opportunity had on teachers, including their empowering, fulfilling, and mentally exhausting experiences while assisting in delivering distance education to students worldwide. The article concludes with a discussion of issues to consider in the development of similar programs.  相似文献   

基于STC12C5A60S2单片机的智能机器人设计     

梁明亮  孙逸洁 《鸡西大学学报》2012,12(5):41-42,48

介绍一种以STC12C5A60S2单片机为控制核心的智能机器人的总体设计思路,阐述了智能机器人的硬件设计原理和C51软件设计方法。该机器人参加全国职业院校技能大赛,运行稳定可靠,为获得优异的竞赛成绩起到了重要作用。  相似文献   

博弈论视角下的第十二届全国运动会赞助策略     

陈晨 《沈阳教育学院学报》2012,14(6):34-37

通过引入竞标博弈模型,从理论上分析了赞助企业的最大化竞标博弈策略,阐述了组委会与赞助企业相互合作的意义及相关博弈策略,同时也指出政府行为对实际博弈操作产生的影响。  相似文献   

Labour Market Relevance of European University Education. From Enrolment to Professional Employment in 12 Countries     

Osmo Kivinen  Jouni Nurmi 《European Journal of Education》2014,49(4):558-574

In accordance with the education policy which puts human capital at its heart, higher education is expected to produce marketable competent professionals in response to the needs of an expansive knowledge-based economy. In one reading, to support competitive knowledge-based economy, higher education students should graduate as young and fast as possible. The article asks whether it is credible that the young & fast principle as an objective for university education would provide a feasible way of enhancing professional labour force to serve knowledge economies. The analysis of study careers of 17,000 European second cycle university graduates shows that transitions from school to higher education to professional employment vary considerably in the 12 countries. The key finding is that countries with rather slow progression in the initial part of the transition tend to do better in the end, and vice versa. Belgium (Flanders) is the most obvious example of young and fast-graduating students that need a relatively long period after graduation to start their professional careers. In Finland, Austria, and Norway, relatively old and experienced graduates are employed rapidly. The time before professional employment after graduation is short for students who have acquired relevant work experience and acquainted themselves with professional fields. The youngest professionals are found in France where they tend to have access to opportunities for professionally relevant training. However, professional employment cannot be fostered by simply trying to recruit student populations as young as possible, but rather by enriching the labour market relevance of their student careers.  相似文献   

非物质文化遗产保护传承机制探析——以贵州镇宁布依族铜鼓十二调为例     

王钧  段卫东 《教育文化论坛》2013,5(2):75-79

民族文化是维系一个民族过去、现在与未来重要的精神纽带,是一个民族区别其他民族独特文化资质的表征,更是加强民族社会安定团结、鼓舞民族意志的重要载体。贵州镇宁布依族铜鼓十二调作为国家级非物质文化遗产,在新的社会环境下如何使其更长远持续的传承和保护,对其传承机制进行探索研究就显得非常有必要。  相似文献   

《全国公共图书馆“十二五”规划》关键词解读     

汪强 《高校图书馆工作》2013,33(5):19-21

《全国公共图书馆十二五规划》透露出了公共图书馆事业的发展重心,那就是保障广大人民群众尤其是农村基层、弱势人群的基本文化权益,其中的几个关键词“保基本、强基层、普遍均等、政府主导”道出了公共图书馆在“十二五”期间建设的基本思路和发展方向。参考文献3。  相似文献   

Falling in love and staying in love with science: ongoing informal science experiences support fascination for all children     

Rachel N. Bonnette  Kevin Crowley  Christian D. Schunn 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(12):1626-1643

ABSTRACT

Ages 10–14 mark a period in which children develop a strong sense of whether science is ‘for them,’ a time that typically coincides with the start of middle school in the United States and their first exposure to more rigorous science classes and testing. Experiences with science in and out of school can shape children's motivation to choose science careers or participate in voluntary science classes later on, for better or worse. We explore the hypothesis that children who engage in more informal educational science experiences at the start of this period are more likely than their peers to obtain and maintain interest, curiosity, and mastery goals in science (together forming a construct called fascination). We measured 983 children's fascination with science at the beginning and middle of sixth grade. We found that the children who participated in informal science during this time were more likely to maintain or have greater fascination than at the start. These findings held while also controlling for many potentially confounding covariates and are robust across subgroups by gender and race/ethnicity. Further, the effects are largest for those children whose family generally supports their learning.  相似文献   

The psychological characteristics of experiences that influence science motivation and content knowledge     

Meghan Bathgate  Christian Schunn 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(17):2402-2432

ABSTRACT

While motivational changes towards science are common during adolescence, our work asks which perceived classroom experiences are most strongly related to these changes. Additionally, we examine which experiences are most strongly associated with learning classroom content. In particular, using self-reports from a sample of approximately 3000 middle school students, this study investigates the influence of perceived science classroom experiences, namely student engagement and perceived success, on motivational change (fascination, values, competency belief) and content knowledge. Controlling for demographic information, school effects, and initial levels of motivation and content knowledge, we find that dimensions of engagement (affect, behavioural/cognitive) and perceived success are differentially associated with changes in particular motivational constructs and learning. Affective engagement is positively associated with motivational outcomes and negatively associated with learning outcomes, behavioural–cognitive engagement is associated only with learning, and perceived success is related only to motivational outcomes. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.  相似文献