PGE/LCP: Girls in the System (Sustaining Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)

PGE/LCP：系统中的女孩（维持科学、技术、工程领域的青年

• 批准号: 9906152
• 负责人: Marta Civil
• 金额: $ 81.92万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9906152&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PGE; LCP; Girls; System; Sustaining

Girls in the SYSTEM (Sustaining Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)A. Project Summary. Five departments of the University of Arizona and the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council have forged a partnership to create a three-year project to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education for girls in grades 3-8, especially Mexican American, Native American and economically underprivileged girls in southern Arizona. The partnership connects two groups with significant experience working with girls and minorities as well as with educators in STEM and represents a crucial linking of informal and formal education for this target population. It adopts a holistic model connecting the educational system with its broader social context. The project builds on research and past efforts in three significant ways: by emphasizing home and community connections; by uniting university educators, inservice teachers, preservice teachers, and Girls Scout troop leaders; and by linking the following program components:1) After-School and Summer Programs are designed to stimulate and nurture girls' interests in using methods of inquiry to enhance their understandings of STEM. They will take place at sites established by the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council. While after-school programs will be for girls exclusively, mixed gender settings will be incorporated into summer programs to allow all participants, youth and educators, to benefit from interacting in a gender equitable context. Both programs will engage youth in the use of challenging, hands-on activities that support and expand their abilities to solve problems using the tools of scientific investigation and their natural curiosity about how things work. Inservice and preservice teachers (formal educators), Girls Scout troop leaders (informal educators) will facilitate the after-school and summer programs collaboratively.2) Professional Development Workshops will be offered for formal and informal educators. These will provide opportunities for work with innovative educational resources that will increase participants' knowledge of STEM and provide instructional ideas for their work with youth. The workshops will foster collaboration and promote mentoring relationships between these groups of educators. They will also focus on issues of equity in STEM, on uses of alternative pedagogies, and on educational bridges between home, school and careers.3) Workshops for Parents and other family members will serve to strengthen their roles as legitimate partners in the education of their children, especially of their daughters. The workshops will actively engage family members in STEM activities and apprise them of ways of supporting the academic preparation of their children. In addition, discussions and career panel presentations will inform parents of the long-term implications and benefits of succeeding in STEM and of the institutional and societal obstacles that minority children often face in participating in STEM.4) Leadership Development Opportunities will be offered to adult participants to allow them to take leadership in extending the project's impact. Mini-grants and equity internships will enable them to develop activities such as study groups, mother-daughter STEM events, and presentations to other interested community groups.5) Research created by means of the project evaluation will add to the sparse knowledge base on STEM education with Mexican American and Native American girls.

系统中的女孩（维持科学、技术、工程和数学领域的青年）A． 项目摘要。 亚利桑那大学的五个院系和萨瓦罗女童子军理事会建立了合作伙伴关系，创建了一个为期三年的项目，旨在改善 3 至 8 年级女童的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教育，特别是亚利桑那州南部的墨西哥裔美国人、美洲原住民和经济贫困的女童。 该伙伴关系将两个在女孩和少数群体以及 STEM 教育工作者方面拥有丰富工作经验的群体联系起来，代表了针对这一目标人群的非正式和正式教育的重要联系。 它采用将教育系统与其更广泛的社会背景联系起来的整体模型。 该项目以三个重要方面的研究和过去的努力为基础：强调家庭和社区的联系；联合大学教育工作者、在职教师、职前教师和女童子军领导人；并通过链接以下计划组成部分：1) 课后和暑期计划旨在激发和培养女孩使用探究方法来增强对 STEM 的理解的兴趣。 活动将在萨瓦罗女童子军委员会设立的地点举行。 虽然课后项目将专门针对女孩，但混合性别环境将纳入夏季项目，以使所有参与者、青年和教育工作者能够从性别平等背景下的互动中受益。 这两个项目都将让青少年参与具有挑战性的实践活动，支持和扩展他们利用科学研究工具和对事物运作方式的天生好奇心解决问题的能力。 在职和职前教师（正式教育工作者）、女童子军领导人（非正式教育工作者）将共同促进课后和暑期项目。2) 将为正式和非正式教育工作者举办专业发展讲习班。 这些将为使用创新教育资源提供工作机会，从而增加参与者对 STEM 的了解，并为他们的青少年工作提供指导思想。 这些研讨会将促进这些教育工作者群体之间的合作并促进指导关系。 他们还将关注 STEM 的公平问题、替代教学法的使用以及家庭、学校和职业之间的教育桥梁。3) 为家长和其他家庭成员举办的研讨会将有助于加强他们作为孩子（尤其是女儿）教育中合法合作伙伴的角色。 讲习班将积极让家庭成员参与 STEM 活动，并告知他们支持孩子学业准备的方法。 此外，讨论和职业小组演讲将让家长了解在 STEM 中取得成功的长期影响和好处，以及少数民族儿童在参与 STEM 时经常面临的体制和社会障碍。4) 将为成年参与者提供领导力发展机会，使他们能够在扩大项目影响方面发挥领导作用。 小额赠款和股权实习将使她们能够开展学习小组、母女 STEM 活动以及向其他感兴趣的社区团体进行演讲等活动。5) 通过项目评估创建的研究将丰富墨西哥裔美国人和美洲原住民女孩关于 STEM 教育的稀疏知识库。