Collaborative Research: Native American Science Curriculum

合作研究：美洲原住民科学课程

• 批准号: 0717828
• 负责人: Raymond Pierotti
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-15 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0717828&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Native; American; Science

Biological Sciences (61). This project is developing a five-course curriculum in indigenous science focused on the needs of Native American and Alaska Native students seeking careers in STEM disciplines, especially biology and environmental science. Courses at three of the mainstream institutions with the highest number of Native American undergraduate and graduate students in the country are being enhanced by the development of web-based interactive applications, which are helping to compensate for the lack of published textbooks in the field, as well as by distance-delivery technology that is allowing faculty to provide lectures and discussions for courses offered at other institutions. Assessment of student progress and evaluation of project objectives is addressing course content as well as cultural context and sensitivity. A long-term goal is to disseminate the curricular materials to programs at tribal colleges and universities and at mainstream institutions with interest in indigenous science, as well as to programs training tribal environmental professionals, resource management agency personnel, and communities.This project is partially funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure in the Directorate for Biological Sciences.

生物科学(61)。该项目正在开发一个五门课程的土著科学课程，重点是美洲原住民和阿拉斯加原住民学生在STEM学科，特别是生物和环境科学领域寻求职业生涯的需要。美国原住民本科生和研究生人数最多的三所主流机构的课程正在得到加强，原因是基于网络的互动应用程序的开发，这有助于弥补该领域出版教科书的不足，以及允许教员为其他机构提供的课程提供讲座和讨论的远程教学技术。对学生进展的评估和对项目目标的评估涉及到课程内容以及文化背景和敏感性。一个长期目标是将课程材料传播给部落学院和大学以及对土著科学感兴趣的主流机构的项目，以及培训部落环境专业人员、资源管理机构人员和社区的项目。该项目的部分资金来自生物科学局生物基础设施司。