The Indigenous Framing for STEM Evaluation Project, Phase II: American Indian STEM Evaluation Resource Center

在2003财政年度，这项提议获得了为期一年的237.9万美元的资助，用于一项发展努力，目的是创建一个本土评估框架，重点是STEM教育。其目标是综合本土的“了解方式”和西方的评估实践。知道的方式是对生活和他们的思维过程的自然视角，反映在他们的学习风格和他们如何概念化的想法中。这是被确定为第一年活动最重要内容和主要重点的拟议活动的一部分。根据该提案，迄今为止的活动包括一次国家咨询委员会会议，会议产生了一套框架要素，并在4个区域重点小组与印第安人全国各地的土著长老和教育工作者进行了讨论、测试和改进。这些问题要求与会者了解评价过程、方法及其总体价值，并对其发表看法。安德鲁大学的学生将在今年夏天采访他们部落的长老。PIS建议在开发和/或测试：STEM评估资源中心门户网站，通过现场研讨会和在线援助为部落学院工作人员、行政人员和教职员工提供支持、资源和培训，这些框架元素反映了当地对教育和评估的观点。该门户网站将成为一个讨论理论、实践、道德和标准的论坛。该中心将通过培训实践评估员来扩大进行评估的能力。开发的讲习班和课程将以核心课程为基础，将NA观点编织成研究生级别的课程讲习班和实践。(p.9)建立与数字图书馆和西部MI评估中心链接的评估工具和材料的互联网合作虚拟图书馆(与UMI信息学院共同开发的门户网站)(第8页)实践社区：将扩大咨询委员会(增加科学教师和评估人)，以审查和更新战略，以确定它们是否符合W/文化价值观，并制定和维护土著评估者名单等。

In FY'03 this proposer was funded for one year in the amount of $237.9K for a developmental effort with the objective of creating an indigenous evaluation framework, focused on STEM education. The goal is to synthesize indigenous "ways of knowing" and western evaluation practices. Ways of Knowing is the NA perspective on life and their thought process as reflected in their learning styles and how they conceptualize ideas. This was the portion of proposed activities identified as the most important element and the primary focus of first year activities. According to the proposal, activities to date includeA national advisory committee meeting that produced a set of framing elements, which were discussed, tested and refined at 4 regional focus groups with Native elders and educators throughout Indian country. The questions asked for participants' knowledge of and views on the evaluation process, methods and its 0verall value. A literature review is underway andREU students will interview elders from their tribes this summerThe PIs propose to apply the framing elements, which reflect the indigenous perspective on education and evaluation in the development and/or testing of:A STEM Evaluation Resource Center Portal to provide support, resources and training to tribal college staff, administrators and faculty, K-12 teachers of NA students thru on site workshops and on-line assistance. The portal will become a forum for discussion of theory, practice, ethics and standards.The Center will expand capacity to perform evaluations through training of practicing evaluators. The workshops and courses developed will be based on a core curriculum that weaves NA perspective into a graduate-level course workshop and practicum. (p.9) An Internet-based collaborative virtual library of evaluation tools and materials linked to the Digital Library and to Western MI Evaluation Center (A portal developed w/ UMI school of Information (p. 8)A community of practice: advisory committee to be expanded (add science teacher and assessment person) to review and update strategies to determine whether they are consistent w/ cultural values and develop and maintain a list of indigenous evaluators, etc. A complete package of support and teaching materials and activities.