The Science Education Resource Virtual Diversity Center

摘要在与Science.gov联盟的合作中，首席研究员William E.麦克亨利和共同首席研究员约翰·S·Colonias提议创建一个基于网络的综合性一站式科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育资源工具--科学教育资源虚拟多样性中心（SER Virtual Diversity Center）。SER虚拟多样性中心将包括：（1）按联邦支持类别分类的STEM教育项目;（2）从联邦STEM教育支持机构及其支持的机构中获得的有希望的实践和经验教训;（3）面向学生和家长的基于STEM的教育资源;以及（4）一个虚拟电子校园，旨在帮助各机构利用互联网共享STEM教育课程和学位课程。SER虚拟多样性中心将作为联邦计划的主要STEM教育内容门户，这些计划旨在增加妇女，代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人在STEM劳动力中的参与，并最终成为分享旨在解决国家STEM劳动力需求的所有战略信息的工具。SER虚拟多样性中心将使用技术支持的流程来连接联邦机构彼此之间以及与高等教育教师和管理人员; K-12教师，辅导员，管理人员;学生和家长，以便为那些参与增加STEM少数民族参与的人-特别是联邦机构-实现效率的显著提高。正如BEST报告所概述的，如果美国要在全球经济中保持竞争力，美国学生在STEM领域的参与必须大幅增加。随着美国人口变得更加多样化，必须鼓励传统上在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的学生参与。历史上，黑人学院和大学（HBCU），西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），部落学院在这些学生中有着无与伦比的成功记录。NSF的人力资源开发计划，特别是卓越示范机构（MIE）和联盟计划，是联邦政府和少数民族服务机构之间的影响伙伴关系的例子，可以增加这些机构的能力，培养STEM专业人员。有目的地，SER虚拟多样性中心将使联邦机构项目官员能够更好地跨机构访问信息，协调科学教育计划，并将机构更直接地与高等教育机构及其教师和学区及其教师，辅导员，学生，和家长创建STEM知识社区。作者建议创建一个-停止SER虚拟多样性中心，通过该中心，联邦机构项目官员和其他人可以查看：（1）按联邦支持类别分类的STEM教育项目;（2）从联邦STEM教育支持机构及其支持的机构中获得的有希望的实践和经验教训;（3）为学生和家长提供基于STEM的教育资源;（4）虚拟电子校园，旨在帮助机构使用互联网共享STEM教育课程和学位课程。

AbstractIn partnership with the Science.gov Alliance, the principal investigator, Dr.William E. McHenry and the co-principal investigator Dr. John S. Colonias propose tocreate a web-based comprehensive one-stop science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) educational resource tool the Science Education Resource VirtualDiversity Center (SER Virtual Diversity Center). The SER Virtual Diversity Center willfeature: (1) STEM education programs by category of federal support; (2) promisingpractices and lessons learned from federal STEM education supporting agencies as well asfrom the institutions they support; (3) STEM-based educational resources for students andparents; and (4) a virtual electronic campus designed to assist institutions in sharingSTEM educational courses and degree programs using the internet.Merit. The SER Virtual Diversity Center will serve as the major STEM education contentportal for federal programs that target increasing participation from women,underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities in the STEM workforce andeventually serve as a tool for sharing information on all strategies designed to addressthe nation's STEM workforce needs. The SER Virtual Diversity Center will usetechnology-enabled processes to connect federal agencies with each other and with highereducation faculty and administrators; K-12 teachers, counselors, administrators; studentsand parents in order to achieve dramatic improvement in efficiency for those involved inincreasing minority participation in STEM -- especially federal agencies.Impact. As outlined in the BEST Report, the participation of American students in STEMfields must dramatically increase if America is to remain competitive in a global economy.With the American population becoming more diverse, students from groups that aretraditionally underrepresented in STEM fields must be encouraged to participate.Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions(HSIs), and Tribal Colleges have a record of unparalleled success with these students. TheNSF's HRD Programs, especially the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) and allianceprograms, are examples of the impact partnerships between the federal government andminority-serving institutions can have on increasing the capacity of those institutionsfor producing STEM professionals. Purposively, the SER Virtual Diversity Center willenable federal agency program officers to better access information across agency lines,coordinate science education initiatives, and connect agencies more directly with highereducation institutions and their faculty and school districts and their teachers,counselors, students, and parents to create STEM knowledge-based communities.The authors propose to create a one-stop SER Virtual Diversity Center through whichfederal agency program officers and others can view: (1) STEM education programs bycategory of federal support; (2) promising practices and lessons learned from federal STEMeducation supporting agencies as well as from the institutions they support; (3)STEM-based educational resources for students and parents; and (4) a virtual electroniccampus designed to assist institutions in sharing STEM educational courses and degreeprograms using the internet.