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

在2003财年，该提案获得了为期一年的237.9万美元的资助，用于开发工作，目的是创建一个专注于STEM教育的本土评估框架。其目标是综合本土的“认识方式”和西方的评价实践。认识的方式是NA对生活和他们的思维过程的看法，反映在他们的学习方式和他们如何概念化思想。这是拟议活动中确定为第一年活动的最重要因素和主要重点的部分。根据该建议，迄今为止的活动包括一个国家咨询委员会会议，该会议产生了一套框架要素，并在印度全国各地的土著长老和教育工作者的4个区域焦点小组中进行了讨论、测试和完善。这些问题询问了参与者对评估过程、方法及其总体价值的了解和看法。一项文献综述正在进行中，安德鲁大学的学生将在今年夏天采访他们部落的长老。pi建议应用框架元素，这些元素反映了土著对教育和评估的看法，在开发和/或测试：一个STEM评估资源中心门户网站，通过现场研讨会和在线援助，为部落学院的工作人员、管理人员和教职员工、北美学生的K-12教师提供支持、资源和培训。该门户网站将成为讨论理论、实践、道德和标准的论坛。中心将通过培训执业评价员来扩大开展评价的能力。研讨会和课程的开发将基于核心课程，将NA的观点编织成研究生水平的课程研讨会和实习。（第9页）一个基于互联网的协作虚拟评价工具和材料图书馆，与数字图书馆和西部MI评价中心相联系（与UMI信息学院共同开发的门户网站）（第8页）一个实践社区：将扩大咨询委员会（增加科学教师和评价人员），以审查和更新战略，以确定它们是否与文化价值相一致，并制定和维持一份土著评价人员名单，等等。一套完整的支持和教学材料和活动。

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.