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

在2003财政年度，该提案人获得了为期一年的23.79万美元的资助，用于发展工作，目标是建立一个土著评估框架，重点是STEM教育。目标是综合本土的“认识方式”和西方的评价实践。 认知方式是NA对生活和他们的思维过程的看法，反映在他们的学习风格和他们如何概念化的想法。这部分拟议活动被确定为第一年活动的最重要内容和主要重点。根据该提案，迄今为止的活动包括：举行一次全国咨询委员会会议，制定了一套框架要素，并在4个区域重点小组与印度全国各地的土著长老和教育工作者进行了讨论、测试和完善。这些问题要求参加者了解评价过程、方法及其总体价值并提出看法。一个文献综述正在进行中andREU学生将采访来自他们的部落长老今年夏天PI建议应用框架元素，这反映了土著人对教育和评价的观点，并在开发和/或测试：一个STEM评价资源中心门户网站，通过现场研讨会和在线援助，为部落学院的工作人员，管理人员和教师，NA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、道德操守和标准的论坛，中心将通过培训执业评价人员来扩大评价能力。开发的研讨会和课程将基于核心课程，该课程将NA视角编织成研究生课程研讨会和实习。(p.9)一个基于互联网的评估工具和材料的协作虚拟图书馆，与数字图书馆和西部MI评估中心相连接（与UMI信息学院合作开发的门户网站（第8页）实践社区：谘询委员会扩大（增加科学教师和评估人员）审查和更新战略，以确定它们是否与提供一整套支助和教学材料及活动。

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.