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RISE Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER) |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 5, 2021 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 5, 2021 |
| Award Number: | 2127156 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Jonathan G Wynn
jwynn@nsf.gov (703)292-4725 RISE Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research (ICER) GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2021 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2024 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $300,000.00 |
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4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE SEATTLE WA US 98195-1016 (206)543-4043 |
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| NSF Program(s): | NNA-Navigating the New Arctic |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. This Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the?natural environment, built environment, and social systems, builds significant educational opportunities, and?engages internationally and with local and Indigenous communities.
This project launches collaborative research to produce a model for teaching civic education for the circumpolar North. The Arctic is emerging as a distinct world region facing unique issues, including unprecedented environmental and social change. Education is an important tool in supporting Arctic-centered responses to new challenges and opportunities. Despite initial efforts by educational institutions like the University of the Arctic, more work is needed to create educational approaches that support cooperation between the diverse peoples, organizations, and countries of the circumpolar North. Civic education can provide such an approach. As a longstanding cornerstone of American democracy, civic education provides students with knowledge and skills to effectively participate in the political decision-making processes necessary to respond to today?s most pressing challenges. In collaboration with numerous Arctic partners, this project co-designs civic education for the unique context of the North. In doing so, the project transforms how Arctic Studies is taught within and beyond the Arctic. Given increasing international interest in the region, Arctic Studies programs are likely to expand dramatically in coming years. This project provides new programs with a model upon which to base design and delivery of civic education, thereby shaping the relationship that countless future students have to the circumpolar North and that the North has to the world.
The project asks the following questions: (1) What key elements should define Arctic civic education, to prepare Arctic and non-Arctic students to collectively address the complex challenges that define the region? (2) How can these educational programs be designed and implemented in Arctic-centered ways? (3) What opportunities and challenges exist for leveraging travel and distance learning to bring Arctic and non-Arctic students together? The project answers these questions by carrying out a series of workshops that engage a broad range of Arctic researchers and practitioners. Workshops engage participants in discussions of how to conceptualize civic education for the Arctic; how to rethink core concepts of civic education through Indigenous lenses; and how to better leverage online learning and study abroad opportunities. Major outcomes include comprehensive surveys of civic education and Indigenous-centered teaching in the Arctic; creation and consolidation of research partnerships; identification of core elements and approaches for teaching Arctic civic education; identification of key opportunities and challenges associated with online learning and study abroad; and refinement of a long-term research agenda on Arctic civic education.
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.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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This project launched collaborative research to produce a model for teaching civic education for and about the Arctic. It did so by bringing a diverse set of researchers and practitioners together within a series of workshops, to discuss topics related to civic education. Over three dozen participants were involved in these workshops, including individuals from seven Arctic countries; many Arctic Indigenous participants; individuals in early, mid, and late career stages; and more. This diversity of participants provided an interdisciplinary set of perspectives with which to explore the topic of education. The workshops were thematically organized, and focused on themes including defining civic education in an Arctic context (Workshop 1); Indigenizing civic education (Workshop 2); supporting civic education through study abroad opportunities and distance learning (Workshop 3); generating future project ideas (Workshop 4); creating a comprehensive research agenda for Arctic civic education (Workshop 5); and incorporating perspectives from the humanities into Arctic civic education (Workshop 6). The research team generated a report after each workshop, which summarized the discussions, highlighted key findings, and described next steps. Project activities also produced numerous other collaborative opportunities and work, including a journal special issue and ideas for future projects related to Arctic civic education.
Taken together, the project’s activities advanced knowledge of how to design civic education to support learning about and in the Circumpolar North. The project re-defined civic education in the context of the North, and highlighted the need to bring together fields including Indigenous pedagogies, environmental science education, area studies, and more in shaping Arctic civic education. The project went on to identify additional research questions and potential projects to advance a comprehensive research agenda associated with civic education in the Arctic. This research agenda has the potential to broadly transform how Arctic Studies is taught globally. Beyond the intellectual merit of the research, this project produced a new network of researchers and practitioners interested in collaborating on future projects related to Arctic education. Members of this network have already collaborated on multiple research proposals, and are actively launching new projects inspired by this planning grant.
Last Modified: 12/26/2024
Modified by: Jason Young
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