RDE-FRI: Classroom Accommodations for STEM Educators with a Disability

RDE-FRI：为残疾 STEM 教育工作者提供的课堂住宿

• 批准号: 0435675
• 负责人: Karen Milchus
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-10-01 至 2007-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0435675&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RDE; FRI; Classroom; Accommodations; STEM

This project will examine the workplace accommodation needs of K-12 and postsecondary science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educators with disabilities. Workplace accommodations have typically been examined on a case-by-case basis. While there are numerous examples of successful and effective solutions that meet the needs of individual employees, there has been little effort to aggregate these case studies to examine trends, understand what works and for whom, and develop more universally applicable accommodations. This project will build on the resources of CATEA's Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Workplace Accommodations and Southeast Disability and Business TechnicalAssistance Center (SE DBTAC) to investigate the strategies and technologies that might help a person with a disability enter STEM education, return to work after acquiring a disability, or to counter the difficulties in performing work tasks due to aging. This project will use surveys and focus groups to research the accommodation needs of K-12 and postsecondary STEM educators who have a disability, and address assistive technology that will fill these needs. Project staff will then use this information to develop fact sheets, policy briefs, and a web course to assist educators and school administration, and to provide recommendations for future product development that addresses common workplace accommodation needs. The project will makeuse of organizations such as NSTA, AAAS, and ACS to recruit educators with disabilities and disseminate the results. The availability of effective accommodations not only allows students with disabilities to pursuecareers within STEM education, but accommodations for educators may also prove to be effective with their students with disabilities.

该项目将研究K-12和中学后科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）残疾教育工作者的工作场所住宿需求。工作场所的住宿通常是逐案审查的。虽然有许多成功和有效的解决方案的例子，以满足个别员工的需要，一直没有努力汇总这些案例研究，以审查趋势，了解什么工作和为谁，并制定更普遍适用的住宿。该项目将利用CATEA康复工程研究中心（RERC）工作场所住宿和东南残疾和商业技术援助中心（SE DBTAC）的资源，调查可能帮助残疾人进入STEM教育、重返工作岗位的策略和技术。获得残疾后，或应对因衰老而执行工作任务的困难。该项目将使用调查和焦点小组来研究K-12和有残疾的中学后STEM教育工作者的住宿需求，并解决满足这些需求的辅助技术。然后，项目工作人员将利用这些信息编写概况介绍、政策简报和网络课程，以协助教育工作者和学校行政部门，并为今后开发满足共同工作场所住宿需求的产品提供建议。该项目将利用NSTA、AAAS和ACS等组织招聘残疾教育工作者并传播成果。提供有效的便利不仅使残疾学生能够在STEM教育中追求职业，而且为教育工作者提供的便利也可能对残疾学生有效。