DEM: Girls Under the Hood

DEM：引擎盖下的女孩

• 批准号: 0217146
• 负责人: Mary Parks
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Colgate University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0217146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: DEM; Girls; Under; Hood

Girls Under the Hood is a demonstration project designed to encourage teenage girls in ruralMadison County, New York, to achieve excellence in Science, Mathematics, Engineering andTechnology (SMET) fields. Central to the success of this project is the hands-on experiencethat will demonstrate the relationship of SMET to the participants everyday lives. Using theautomobile as a vehicle for inquiry-based scientific learning, 24 girls ages 14-17 willexplore topics such as the science of internal combustion, the mathematics of fuel economy,the engineering of the power train, the technology of computerized diagnostic equipment, andthe integration of all these fields. In addition to exploring and learning many scientificprinciples behind the various systems of the automobile, participants will acquire practicalskills that they can share with their families.During a seven-day residential summer camp, participants will experience two differentcollege campus settings a mere five miles apart: Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York,a nationally-ranked liberal arts institution; and in America's Most-Wired; two-year school, theState University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology, in Morrisville, NewYork. Morning sessions will be held in the new automotive technology building at the SUNYMorrisville campus, where participants will engage in hands-on exploration of theautomobile. Meals, lodging, and most of the afternoon and evening sessions will take place atColgate University, where the girls will further explore the basic scientific principles behindthe operation of automobiles and how those same principles can be transferred to a variety ofother applications.Girls Under the Hood will capitalize on the natural curiosity of females in a non-threatening(cooperative, welcoming, and predominantly female) environment at a critical time in theirlives when they are focused on getting their driver's license. Through exposure to female rolemodels (teachers, undergraduate teaching assistants and successful industry practitioners) andsolicitation of parent, school, industry and government support, this project will seizeopportunities to relate course content to SMET careers, and to challenge students' ideas aboutgender appropriate careers. The confidence that girls gain in their ability to understand thescience and technology of automobiles will carry over into confidence that they can succeedin other areas of SMET, and the applications they will see of SMET courses will encouragethem to take more courses in those areas.The intellectual benefit of this project is that it will serve as an educational model for theapplication of contextualized science education, as well as provide a better understanding ofgender-fair learning opportunities in SMET education utilizing a unique combination of ruralpublic high schools, public and private universities, community, industry, and government.Broader impacts of the project include positive changes in participants' interest in SMET,confidence in their ability to do math and science, and election of upper level math andscience courses. An added benefit will be the establishment of an educational collaborationbetween a four year and a two year college.

女孩在引擎盖下是一个示范项目，旨在鼓励纽约麦迪逊县农村的少女在科学、数学、工程和技术领域取得优异成绩。 这一项目成功的关键是实践经验，这将展示中小企业和培训与参与者日常生活的关系。24名14-17岁的女孩将利用汽车作为探究式科学学习的载体，探索内燃机科学、燃油经济性数学、动力传动系统工程、计算机诊断设备技术以及所有这些领域的整合等主题。 除了探索和学习各种汽车系统背后的科学原理外，参与者还将获得可以与家人分享的实用技能。在为期七天的住宿夏令营中，参与者将体验两个相距仅五英里的不同大学校园环境：位于纽约汉密尔顿的高露洁大学，一个是全国排名第一的文科院校;另一个是美国最连线的大学;两年制学校，位于纽约州莫里斯维尔的纽约州立大学农业与技术学院。 上午的会议将在纽约州立大学莫里斯维尔校区的新汽车技术大楼举行，与会者将在那里亲自探索汽车。 餐饮、住宿以及大部分下午和晚上的课程都将在科尔盖特大学进行，在那里，女孩们将进一步探索汽车操作背后的基本科学原理，以及如何将这些原理应用于其他各种应用。引擎盖下的女孩将利用女性天生的好奇心，（合作、热情、以女性为主）的环境，在他们生命中的关键时刻，当他们专注于获得驾照时。 通过接触女性角色模型（教师、本科教学助理和成功的行业从业者），并征求家长、学校、行业和政府的支持，该项目将提供机会，将课程内容与中小企业和技术人员的职业联系起来，并挑战学生关于性别适当职业的想法。 女孩们对自己理解汽车科学和技术的能力所获得的信心将延续到她们能够在SMET的其他领域获得成功的信心中，她们将看到SMET课程的应用将促使她们在这些领域学习更多的课程。这个项目的智力益处是，它将作为应用情境化科学教育的教育模式，以及利用农村公立高中、公立和私立大学、社区、行业和政府的独特组合，更好地了解SMET教育中的性别公平学习机会。该项目的更广泛影响包括参与者对SMET的兴趣发生积极变化，对他们从事数学和科学的能力充满信心，以及高级数学和科学课程的选择。 一个额外的好处将是建立一个四年制和两年制大学之间的教育合作。