ED11B:
Student, Educator, and Researcher Partnerships: What Has Worked and What Has Not Worked---Lessons from the Field and the Classroom I


Session ID#: 37921

Session Description:
Innovations in formal and informal education and outreach in the fields of ocean science, environmental science, and limnology have been plentiful in recent years. Of specific significance is making aquatic science content relevant to all audiences: K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students, as well as the general public. How can science lessons answer the question "Why is this important to me?" Student-researcher partnerships are one way to make the connection between science and students' lives and to result in an increase in ocean and climate literacy. A collaborative and interdisciplinary approach between educators and researchers is considered the gold standard for effective education and outreach. However, both of these collaborations have challenges and opportunities. This session will focus on sharing lessons learned from those that have developed collaborative programs in education, outreach, and/or policy. The session will be constructed to promote discussion of a wide variety of approaches and programs designed to effectively engage audiences in building awareness and meaningful science learning. Authors are expected to present evaluation evidence for the programs including successes and “instructive failures”.
Primary Chair:  George I Matsumoto, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Janice D McDonnell, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Robert F Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States and Dolores Lollie Garay, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Educational Outreach, Houston, TX, United States
Moderators:  Dolores Lollie Garay, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Educational Outreach, Houston, TX, United States and Janice D McDonnell, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Youth Development, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  George I Matsumoto, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0830 Teacher training [EDUCATION]
Cross-Topics:
  • ES - Ecology and Social Interactions
  • HE - High Latitude Environments

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

High Latitude Scientific Collaboration with the Mid-latitude classrooms: using polar literacy principles and data to develop a deeper understanding of the scientific process (324052)
Katie M Lodes, St. Joseph's Academy, St. Louis, MO, United States
Engaging teachers with current research and real-time data: how does professional development affect student learning? (315296)
Jennifer Magnusson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Using data from autonomous Arctic buoys to explore engineering, numerical and communication skills in K through 12 grades (322631)
Victoria J Hill, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States, Elizabeth Duncan Eubanks, From the Ground Up Community Garden, Pensacola, FL, United States and Helen Haskell, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Lessons learned when using video teleconferences (VTC) in the classroom. (312661)
Joanna Chierici, East Windsor Public School District, East Windsor, NJ, United States and Nancy Anne FitzGerald, Jefferson Township Public Schools, Oak Ridge, NJ, United States
Real-Time Data Integration: Lessons and Strategies from a Middle Level Science Classroom (302171)
Katrina D. W. Alegado, Organization Not Listed, Maple Valley, WA, United States
WATCH Teens as Scientists and Community Leaders: An Educator-Scientist Collaboration Celebrates 10 Years (307897)
Chris Parsons, Word Craft, Monterey, CA, United States and Kim Swan, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Education, Monterey, CA, United States
Teaching for hopefulness: Does solutions-focused curriculum change how students think about ocean acidification? (313592)
Brian Erickson, Oregon State University, Marine Resource Management, Corvallis, OR, United States, Tracy Crews, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States and Flaxen Conway, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States

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