Rural Students in Washington State: STEM as a Strategy for Building Rigor, Postsecondary Aspirations, and Relevant Career Opportunities
Rural Students in Washington State: STEM as a Strategy for Building Rigor, Postsecondary Aspirations, and Relevant Career Opportunities
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华盛顿州的农村学生：STEM 作为培养严谨性、中学后抱负和相关职业机会的策略
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10.1080/0161956x.2015.1022397
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2015
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通讯作者：
Kimberly C. West
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作者：
B. Peterson;G. Bornemann;Cheryl Lydon;Kimberly C. West
在农村地区，上大学可能意味着年轻人永远离开家的第一步(Sherman&Sage，2011)。对于大学招生人员来说，这是一个严峻的挑战，因为他们要求来自印第安人保留地、关系密切的西语裔或农村农业社区的父母允许他们的孩子考虑大专后的机会。在这篇文章中，作者讨论了农村学生面临的上大学的障碍，并揭示了华盛顿州中部的几项努力，这些努力帮助学生在该地区快速增长、利润丰厚的STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)职业中获得就业机会。除了邀请STEM专业人员参加招聘会外，这些努力还可以扩大STEM专业人员与农村学校和教师之间的合作机会。这种机会可能包括用与当地相关的科学问题丰富K-12课程，利用当地STEM专业人员就学习项目进行合作，并可能让学生为国家数据库和研究做出贡献。这些课程代表了一种突出高等教育在现实世界中的应用的方式，鼓励学生攻读STEM大学课程和职业。
In rural settings, leaving for college can mean a young person's first step in leaving home forever (Sherman & Sage, 2011). That presents a serious challenge for college recruiters as they ask parents from Indian reservations or close-knit Hispanic or rural farming communities to allow their children to consider postsecondary opportunities. In this article, the authors discuss impediments to college-going that rural students face and shine a light on several efforts in central Washington State that help students connect to job opportunities in fast-growing, lucrative STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers in the region. Beyond inviting STEM professionals to job fairs, these efforts can expand opportunities for collaboration between STEM professionals and rural schools and teachers. Such opportunities might include enriching the K–12 curriculum with locally relevant problems of science, using local STEM professionals to collaborate on learning projects, and possibly engaging students to contribute to national databases and studies. These programs represent one way to highlight the real-world application of postsecondary education, encouraging students to pursue STEM college programs and careers.