Project Fast Forward: Pathway to an IT Education for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

项目快进：失聪和听力障碍学生的 IT 教育之路

• 批准号: 0602761
• 负责人: Myra Pelz
• 金额: $ 74.93万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0602761&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; Fast; Forward; Pathway; Education

Computer Science (31)Intellectual Merit: Project Fast Forward is providing a pathway for deaf and hard-of-hearing (deaf/hh) students to transition from high school to post-secondary education in the area of Information Technology. Deaf/hh students at five partner high schools across the country are piloting this project, which offers: (1) IT-related dual-credit courses that provide deaf/hh students with credit toward both their high school diploma and college credit toward an associate degree at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) (2) IT-related professional development activities for high school technology teachers; (3) workshops for high school technology teachers and guidance counselors on IT opportunities for deaf/hh students; and (4) training on best teaching practices and universal design for hearing faculty teaching in mainstreamed classrooms. By providing deaf/hh students with access to the same post-secondary opportunities as their hearing peers, Project Fast Forward is reducing the barriers that these students face and easing their transition from high school to college. Broader Impact: With an estimated potential audience of more than 70,700 school age children with severe to profound hearing loss across the country, this project is building a framework that can grow into a national dual-credit program. This pathways project is transitioning deaf/hh students into post-secondary technical education, and ultimately, into the technician workforce where they are currently underrepresented.

计算机科学(31)智力价值：快进计划为聋哑人和听力障碍学生提供了一条在信息技术领域从高中过渡到大专教育的途径。全国五所合作高中的聋人/HH学生正在试行这一项目，该项目提供：(1)与IT相关的双学分课程，为聋人/HH学生提供高中文凭学分和国家聋人技术学院(NTID)副学士学位的大学学分；(2)面向高中技术教师的IT相关专业发展活动；(3)为聋人/HH学生举办的关于IT机会的讲习班；以及(4)关于最佳教学实践和通用设计的培训，以帮助聋人/HH学生在主流课堂上进行听力教学。通过为聋人/HH学生提供与听力正常的同龄人一样的中学后机会，快进计划正在减少这些学生面临的障碍，并简化他们从高中到大学的过渡。更广泛的影响：据估计，全国有超过70,700名患有严重到严重听力损失的学龄儿童的潜在受众，该项目正在建立一个框架，可以发展成为一个全国性的双学分计划。这一路径项目正在将聋人/HH学生过渡到中学后技术教育，并最终过渡到他们目前任职人数不足的技术人员队伍。