Planning Learning Environments for a More Diversified Workforce

为更加多元化的劳动力规划学习环境

• 批准号: 0530597
• 负责人: Anil Pahwa
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0530597&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Learning; Environments; More; Diversified

The department-level-reform planning grant is to address the needs of our students, their future employers, and the profession as a whole. The department keeps abreast of these needs through a variety of channels, including our department Advisory Council, ABET, and direct faculty contact with companies that hire the students. The two most important needs identified include:1) more women and under-represented minority graduates and 2) graduates that are prepared to deal with rapidly changing technology and societal demands.The focus of this planning proposal is to enable students to be more self-motivated, effective learners. Several approaches to significantly enhancing the learning environment are examined. The building of learning communities in freshman courses is the first step in achieving our goals.Another goal of this reform is to improve the recruitment and retention of students including women and under-represented minorities. Initial studies on improving the learning environment focus on the two most important transitions for student retention - the high school to first year college student and the freshman to sophomore transitions. The department will work with the Women in Science and Engineering Program and Multi-cultural Engineering Program to change the recruiting paradigm. This will involve emphasizing problem solving and societal contributions instead of the current emphasis on "being good at mathematics and science."

部门级别改革计划赠款是为了满足我们的学生，他们未来的雇主和整个行业的需求。该部门通过各种渠道保持同步这些需求，包括我们的部门咨询委员会，Abet以及与雇用学生的公司的直接教职员工联系。确定的两个最重要的需求包括：1）更多的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族毕业生和2）准备应对快速变化的技术和社会需求的毕业生。该计划建议的重点是使学生能够更加自我激励，有效，有效的学习者。研究了几种显着增强学习环境的方法。在新生课程中建立学习社区是实现我们目标的第一步。这项改革的另一个目标是改善包括妇女和代表性不足的少数民族在内的学生的招聘和保留。有关改善学习环境的初步研究集中于学生保留的两个最重要的过渡 - 高中对一年级的大学生和大一新生到大二的过渡。该部门将与科学与工程计划和多元文化工程计划的女性合作，以改变招聘范式。这将涉及强调解决问题和社会贡献，而不是当前对“擅长数学和科学的良好”的重视。