Pikuni Integration of Instructional Technology into Academics

Pikuni 将教学技术融入学术

• 批准号: 0124841
• 负责人: John Salois
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Blackfeet Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0124841&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pikuni; Integration; Instructional; Technology; into

Native Americans continue to be vastly underrepresented in the SMET fields, especially in Information Technology disciplines, and as educators (NCES, 1998). This proposal seeks to address the chronic underrepresentation of American Indian graduates in SMET education in a variety of ways. The primary goals of the proposal are: a) to increase the enrollment of Native American students into SMET disciplines, b) increase the numbers of Native American graduates from SMET fields, especially in education, c) develop the SMET research infrastructure at Blackfeet Community College, and d) build up the Information Technology program at Blackfeet College as the funding force behind the first two goals. Several objectives will be implemented as these goals are realized. New SMET faculty positions will be created and funded in part through the proposal. The collaborative ties between Blackfeet Community College (BCC), and Montana State University-Northern will be strengthened. These two partners will develop a joint curriculum in Information Technology that is friendly to Native American students. The Information Technology degree program at BCC will be enhanced with new courses, new capabilities, and additional personnel. Professional development activities will be conducted for the entire BCC faculty for the purpose of integrating IT across the curriculum. Key SMET programs at BCC, such as the Ethnobotanical Greenhouse, the Weather and Water Lab, and the DNA Mapping Lab, will be targeted as IT supported research areas, and student interns will be funded to help with the research. Research internships will also be set up at MSU-Northern for American Indians who transfer into baccalaureate degree programs in SMET and IT education. A series of Summer Session BRIDGE activities for Blackfeet Reservation high school and college students will be jointly hosted by BCC and MSU-Northern at the MSU-Northern campus in Havre. This is an ambitious project that will serve as a model for others who desire to use some or all of the various activities that this proposal will encompass.The PIITA project will be a five year, $2 million dollar effort that will significantly impact the numbers of American Indian students graduating with SMET related degrees. Specifically, the project staff will assist at least 30 American Indian students to graduate with baccalaureate degrees in SMET fields of study, with an emphasis toward IT and education, during the next five years. These graduates will effectively raise the pool of American Indian IT educators in Montana by 500 percent or more.The proposal has provisions for retaining an external evaluator, and nominal support for an advisory committee. The eight member advisory committee will be recruited from educators and administrators from BCC, MSU-Northern, school disricts in the Blackfeet Reservation area, other Montana tribal colleges, and from the Blackfeet Community. The evaluator and the committee will meet quarterly with the project PI's.

土著美国人在SMET领域，特别是在信息技术学科和教育工作者中，仍然远远没有得到充分的代表。该提案旨在通过各种方式解决美国印第安人毕业生在SMET教育中的长期代表性不足的问题。该提案的主要目标是：a)增加SMET学科的印第安学生入学率，b)增加SMET领域的印第安毕业生数量，特别是在教育领域，c)在黑脚社区学院发展SMET的研究基础设施，d)在黑脚学院建立信息技术项目，作为前两个目标背后的资金力量。随着这些目标的实现，将实施若干目标。新的SMET教师职位将通过该提案部分创建和资助。黑脚社区学院（BCC）和蒙大拿州立大学北方分校之间的合作关系将得到加强。这两个合作伙伴将在信息技术方面开发一个对美国土著学生友好的联合课程。BCC的信息技术学位课程将增加新的课程、新的能力和更多的人员。专业发展活动将为整个BCC教师进行，目的是将IT整合到整个课程中。BCC的关键SMET项目，如民族植物温室、天气和水实验室以及DNA制图实验室，将作为IT支持的研究领域，并将资助学生实习生来帮助研究。密歇根州立大学还将为转入SMET和IT教育学士学位课程的美国印第安人设立研究实习机会。BCC和MSU-Northern将在位于Havre的MSU-Northern校区联合举办一系列针对黑脚保留地高中生和大学生的夏季课程BRIDGE活动。这是一个雄心勃勃的项目，将成为其他希望使用本提案将包含的部分或全部各种活动的人的榜样。PIITA项目将是一个为期五年、耗资200万美元的项目，将显著影响获得SMET相关学位的美国印第安学生的数量。具体而言，项目人员将在未来五年内帮助至少30名美国印第安学生获得SMET研究领域的学士学位，重点是IT和教育。这些毕业生将有效地使蒙大拿州的美国印第安人IT教育工作者人数增加500%或更多。该提案规定保留一名外部评价人员，并对咨询委员会提供名义上的支持。这个由八名成员组成的咨询委员会将从BCC、北密歇根州立大学、黑脚保留地学区、蒙大拿州其他部落学院和黑脚社区的教育工作者和管理人员中招募。评估者和委员会将每季度与项目PI会面。