Recognizing and Reducing Barriers to Science and Math Education and STEM Careers for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Recognizing and Reducing Barriers to Science and Math Education and STEM Careers for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
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认识并减少夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民的科学和数学教育以及 STEM 职业障碍
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2018
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M. Hadfield
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JoNita Q Kerr;Donald J Hess;Celia M. Smith;M. Hadfield
气候变化对太平洋岛屿的影响是最严重的，但很少有土著岛民接受过识别、分析或减轻这些岛屿影响的培训。为了了解为什么夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民进入大学，注册科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）课程，或从事生命科学/STEM职业的人数很少的原因，来自七个美国附属州和太平洋国家的大学和学校的25名代表参加了为期两天的研讨会。其中14人是岛上的土著居民。参与者透露：1)文化障碍，包括强烈的家庭义务和传统和/或宗教限制，阻碍了学生离开家或进入STEM职业；2)没有中学的孤立的小岛屿社区面临地理障碍，要求学生搬迁到遥远的岛屿上读高中；3)在许多地区，教师在STEM方面的培训不足，学校科学设施缺乏，大多数岛屿大学缺乏STEM专业和现代化实验室；4)经济障碍也随之产生，因为许多岛民必须离开他们的家乡去上高中和大学，特别是搬到关岛、夏威夷或美国本土的费用。大多数解决方案依赖于财政投入，但提高对STEM培训价值认识的机制也很重要。
Climate change is impacting the Pacific Islands first and most drastically, yet few native islanders are trained to recognize, analyze, or mitigate the impacts in these islands. To understand the reasons why low numbers of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders enter colleges, enroll in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, or undertake life sciences/STEM careers, 25 representatives from colleges and schools in seven U.S.-affiliated states and countries across the Pacific participated in a 2-day workshop. Fourteen were indigenous peoples of their islands. Participants revealed that: 1) cultural barriers, including strong family obligations and traditional and/or religious restrictions, work against students leaving home or entering STEM careers; 2) geographic barriers confront isolated small island communities without secondary schools, requiring students to relocate to a distant island for high school; 3) in many areas, teachers are undertrained in STEM, school science facilities are lacking, and most island colleges lack STEM majors and modern labs; and 4) financial barriers arise, because many islanders must relocate from their home islands to attend high school and college, especially, the costs for moving to Guam, Hawai’i, or the U.S. mainland. Most solutions depend on financial input, but mechanisms to increase awareness of the value of STEM training are also important.
了解太平洋岛民年轻人对接受高等教育的看法。
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Tran,JacquelineH;Wong,Michelle;Wright,ErinKahunawaika'ala;Fa'avae,Joe;Cheri,Ashley;Wat,Eric;Camacho,KeithL;Foo,MaryAnne
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Foo,MaryAnne