Project Kaleidoscope: Investing in Faculty Leaders

万花筒计划：投资教师领导者

• 批准号: 0341516
• 负责人: Jeanne Narum
• 金额: $ 130万
• 依托单位: Independent Colleges Office
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-01 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0341516&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; Kaleidoscope; Investing; Faculty; Leaders

Project Kaleidoscope enhances the capacity of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) faculty responsible for the strength of undergraduate learning environments and of the infrastructures supporting their work. Building on and reaching beyond the Project Kaleidoscope informal alliance of 8000 persons, the project directly impacts faculty at 300 core institutions, representing the diversity of higher education that they will prepare as leaders of multi-disciplinary teams. Broad impact results from formally connecting present and emerging generations of leaders within undergraduate STEM education and preparing for the leadership transition that is inevitable- connections that are essential if current initiatives for strengthening undergraduate STEM are to be sustained. This national effort develops multi-disciplinary teams of STEM leaders in order to increase involvement in research-based understanding and thereby tackle interdisciplinary challenges, and those that relate to scientific and technological advances and the increasing diversity of students. Fifteen workshops, follow-up support, and leadership institutes followed by preparation and dissemination of project materials comprise the heart of the project. Evaluation consists of longitudinal studies administered to workshop teams and senior administrators.

万花筒计划增强了科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教员的能力，他们负责加强本科生的学习环境和支持他们工作的基础设施。该项目建立在拥有8000人的万花筒项目非正式联盟的基础上，并超越该联盟，直接影响到300所核心机构的教职员工，代表了他们作为多学科团队的领导者将准备接受的高等教育的多样性。在本科STEM教育中将当代和新兴一代的领导者正式联系起来，并为不可避免的领导层交接做好准备，将产生广泛的影响--如果要维持目前加强本科STEM的倡议，这些联系是必不可少的。这一国家努力培养了STEM领导人的多学科团队，以便更多地参与以研究为基础的理解，从而应对跨学科挑战，以及与科学技术进步和学生日益多样化有关的挑战。15个讲习班、后续支助和领导学院以及随后编写和分发的项目材料构成了该项目的核心。评估包括对车间团队和高级管理人员进行的纵向研究。