Broader Impacts of Science on Society

MacFadden, Bruce J.

doi:10.1017/9781108377577

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“…We envision that teachers will view the scientist as an available content resource provider and can call upon them as makes sense. We believe that this strategy not only is important to the teachers, but as other studies have shown, these scientist-teacher partnerships also benefit the scientists (e.g., Tanner, 2000;MacFadden 2019).…”

Section: Strategic Components and Goalsmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…MacFadden teaches a graduate seminar once a year entitled Broader Impacts of Science on Society (also see MacFadden, 2019). A module within this course is devoted to K-12 outreach, with a focus on SEFS.…”

Section: Uf Courses and Related Instructional Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our long-term business model is to offer our programs free of charge to the teachers and schools, with the staff salaries and operating expenses derived from the funding sources described above. We are also promoting SEFS as a program that can help scientists who submit proposals to federal grant agencies with a K-12 component of their Broader Impacts plan (MacFadden, 2019), and in so doing, include salary for our SEFS coordinators effort written into the scientists' budgets. We also plan to provide program evaluation services as a cost-generating measure that would provide revenue back to sustain SEFS.…”

Section: Funding and Business Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, the National Science Foundation requires "Broader Impacts" plans in grant proposals. Likewise, many scientific institutions expect their scientists to conduct outreach activities (MacFadden, 2019). Earth systems scientists interested in sharing their research to K-12 communities in Florida may collaborate with SEFS to reach their target audiences.…”

Section: How Scientists Partner With Us To Reach Florida K-12 Teachers and Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Science in School: Transforming K-12 Outreach through Scientist Teacher Partnerships

Abramowitz

Ennes

Killingsworth

et al. 2021

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The Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) program was started in 2019 with a long-term vision to connect Earth systems scientists with public K-12 schools in Florida and therefore create long-term scientist-teacher partnerships. SEFS fulfills personalized requests to create meaningful and impactful interactions to support teacher pedagogy and student learning. We have as part of our mission a focus on mainstream public schools, and in particular, those that are Title I. We also are committed to working with at-risk teachers. The major components of our program include the scientist-teacher partnerships, focused professional development workshops on Florida's Earth systems (air, water, land, and life), classroom visits, and other web-based activities. Although still only in its first few years, the project and its more than 600 scientists have a wide reach with over 850 teachers and 53,000 students participating in our programs, which were delivered virtually in the 2020-2021 school year covering about 60% of Florida's 67 counties. In this article, we describe our programmatic features as well as recommendations for those who could implement similar programs.

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Section: Strategic Components and Goalsmentioning

confidence: 81%

Section: Uf Courses and Related Instructional Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Funding and Business Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Scientists Partner With Us To Reach Florida K-12 Teachers and Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Science in School: Transforming K-12 Outreach through Scientist Teacher Partnerships

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Ennes

Killingsworth

et al. 2021

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“…Silverstein et al (2009) demonstrated that active involvement of teachers in research positively impacts students' achievement in science. The National Science Foundation has for many years sponsored a program called "Research Experiences for Teachers" (RET, 2018), and studies have also shown that these programs and partnerships benefit both the teacher and the scientist alike (MacFadden, 2019). The main PD activity that we describe below, therefore, involves teachers collecting fossils that will subsequently be used in research; this also aligns with the importance of teachers' understanding of the practice of paleontology.…”

Section: Authentic Stem Research Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 91%

Authentic field experiences for STEM teachers: Collecting Florida fossils

MacFadden

Pirlo

Abramowitz

et al. 2020

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AbstractThe extensive sedimentary sequence of Florida preserves evidence of prehistoric life spanning some 40 million years into the past. This paper describes the results of a three-pronged professional development (PD) program conducted in November 2019 in which Florida teachers from eight counties gained knowledge and experience about the process and content of paleontology at an active field research site in northern Florida. Working alongside scientists, 15 elementary, middle, and high school teachers collected 5-million-year-old fossil vertebrates and made scientifically important discoveries that advance understanding of Florida’s prehistoric life. The PD included three components: (1) a pre-trip webinar; (2) a morning tour of our museum exhibits to scaffold teacher’s understanding of the kinds of fossils they would find; and (3) the actual day-long field experience collecting fossils. A post-PD evaluation revealed gains in knowledge about, and experience with, fossils and paleontology. We also found that overall satisfaction with the PD underscored the importance of each of the three components supporting one-another—resulting in a more informative and rewarding learning experience for the participants. Fossils and the science of paleontology are a gateway for STEM learning and this subject and its extensions are applicable to existing standards in earth and life sciences at many grade levels.

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