Phase I Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems and Society

1. Phase I Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems and Society • Initial Partners: NAE, U VA – Charlottesville, Colorado School of Mines, Arizona State University, Boston Museum of Science • Focus: Issues of climate and engineered systems in society, including governance, sustainability, justice and public trust and engagement. • Core Recognition: That society mediates issues of climate through engineered systems. • Core Recognition: That the mediation includes issues of public trust and engagement and governance. • Core Recognition: That questions of justice and sustainability will be decided in that mediation. • Overall Project Goal: Better to prepare current and future engineers, students, policymakers, and the public to meet climate challenges for engineered systems and society. • NSF 1043289 • September 2010 – August 2012

2. Phase I Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems and Society • Initial Partners: NAE, U VA – Charlottesville, Colorado School of Mines, Arizona State University, Boston Museum of Science • Additional Partners: Alliance for Innovation (AFI), Arizona Science Center (ASC), Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), Duke University, North Dakota Assoc of Tribal Colleges (NDATC), Penn State (PSU), Red Rocks Community College (RRCC), Sciencenter (SC) • Delineation of Project Goals: To develop a national network of US educational institutions that can provide citizens, leaders, and professionals with the knowledge and skills to understand, assess, and respond to the increasing vulnerabilities of the nation’s engineered systems to climate change. This national effort will focus on: • undergraduate, community college, and tribal college education, • communities and community leadership, • informal education in science centers, involving children and adults

3. Phase I Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems and Society • Project Activities: • Network activation and expansion, partner education and outreach via workshops, discussion, research • Four in-person management meetings, two workshops, and (planning) final expanded meeting to review findings and next steps • Monthly teleconferences of key personnel allowed partners to process project evaluations and report on their research and outreach efforts. In recent months, teleconferences occurred more often and involved new partners in Phase II preparations. • NAE sponsored two network workshops. The first workshop focused on the technical and normative dimensions of the issues; the second concentrated on the educational dimensions. Reports are in preparation. • June 7–8: “Climate, Society, and Technology,” Irvine, CA • October 18–19: “Networking Education on Climate, Society, and Technology,” Washington DC • Teams from original and new partners developed inventories of relevant climate education materials, courses and programs, and researched issues for effective education and cases. • Teams identified test-beds for implementing and assessing these materials and approaches.

4. Phase I Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems and Society • Project Priorities: • Continue case development and targeted effective learning materials for network audiences – general public, undergraduates, community leadership, and engineering and technical workforce members. • Undertake preliminary test-bed experiments. • Identify additional experts and suitable local partners. • Complete workshop and evaluation reports. • Phase I wrap-up workshop: Partners, External Advisory Board and Evaluator Perspectives • Expand professional and online educational networks. • For Phase I project information, see http://www.onlineethics.org/Topics/Enviro/Climate.aspx • NSF 1043289 • September 2010 – August 2012

5. Phase I Educational Partnership: Climate Change, Engineered Systems and Society Project Outcomes: Eight leaders in education, engineering and science have agreed to be members of the external advisory board. Stakeholder conversations and interviews indicate agreement about the severity of infrastructure vulnerabilities, multiple pedagogical needs, and the associated unmet need for multiple pedagogical approaches. Two theoretical frameworks for the effort: STEM learning requires cognitive, epistemic, and social/cultural components; educational success requires adaptive instruction and assessment of learning performance and strategies. Teams at the partnering institutions have identified a suite of cases to illustrate key issues, such as planning for urban heat islands, and ports and sea level rise. Teams have delineated approaches for segmented audiences: undergraduate education, science centers and museums, community forums NSF 1043289 September 2010 – August 2012