Encouraging Alaska Native Participation in Computing

鼓励阿拉斯加原住民参与计算

• 批准号: 0634540
• 负责人: Kara Nance
• 金额: $ 52.3万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0634540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Encouraging; Alaska; Native; Participation; Computing

The University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) proposes a project to encourage Alaska Native student participation in computing. The proposal builds on well-documented evidence that the learning styles and educational goals of Alaska Natives differ from traditional "western" computing students, and that current programs do not effectively meet their needs. The PIs will create a supportive ecosystem - based on extending existing relationships - through which students, advisers, faculty, industrial partners, mentors, families, and the organization structures that support them work together towards the goal of increasing the participation of Alaska Natives in computing. The approach is founded upon four keys to success: developing the students' disciplinary knowledge, helping student develop their identity with respect to the field of computing, establishing processes by which the students move through the institutional contexts of their computing education, and contributing through which the students can return to their home communities and share their knowledge. Activities will include needs assessment, outreach, modifications to course delivery mechanisms, faculty training, increased course offerings, and augmentation of transition programs.

阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校(UAF)提出了一个项目，鼓励阿拉斯加原住民学生参与计算。该提案建立在有充分证据的基础上，即阿拉斯加原住民的学习方式和教育目标不同于传统的“西方”计算学生，目前的项目不能有效地满足他们的需求。PI将在扩展现有关系的基础上创建一个支持性的生态系统，通过该生态系统，学生、顾问、教师、产业合作伙伴、导师、家庭和支持他们的组织结构将共同努力，实现增加阿拉斯加原住民参与计算的目标。这种方法建立在四个成功的关键之上：发展学生的学科知识，帮助学生发展他们在计算领域的认同感，建立学生通过其计算机教育的机构背景进行移动的过程，以及通过贡献学生可以回到他们的家庭社区并分享他们的知识。活动将包括需求评估、外展、修改课程交付机制、教师培训、增加课程设置和加强过渡计划。