Native Cases Initiative

原住民案例倡议

• 批准号: 0817624
• 负责人: Barbara Smith
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Evergreen State College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-02-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0817624&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Native; Cases; Initiative

INTERDISCIPLINARY (99)The Native Cases Initiative Project involves Evergreen State College, Northwest Indian College, Salish Kootenai College, Grays Harbor College, and Washington Online, the state's distance learning consortium. The project addresses a void in the literature in STEM curriculum focusing on American Indians. In addition, the project promotes scientific literacy through development and use of Native case studies with an emphasis on science for non-majors. Culturally relevant educational materials are important in improving the participation and graduation rates of Native students. This project expands a previous project which demonstrated that embedding disciplinary learning into contemporary Indian issues was a successful strategy. The project deeply embeds existing cases in the partnering institutions' curricula and is developing 16 new cases specifically focusing on scientific literacy and quantitative reasoning. The project also involves large numbers of science faculty, and disseminates the products. These cases focus on interdisciplinary topics and issues confronting Native American people and communities such as the environment, sustainable development, natural resources, and health and wellness. Detailed teaching notes describe how to teach interdisciplinary cases in different modes of delivery (face-to-face and online) and from different disciplinary perspectives. Workshops enable faculty at the partner institutions to develop expertise in writing and applying case study methods. Workshops are also offered at other colleges with substantial Native enrollments. Other dissemination methods include a website and dissemination through NSF's Digital Library and Washington Online.

跨学科（99）本土案例倡议项目涉及万年青州立学院，西北印第安学院，萨利希库特奈学院，格雷港学院，和华盛顿在线，该州的远程学习联盟。该项目解决了STEM课程文献中的空白，重点是美洲印第安人。此外，该项目通过开发和使用土著案例研究促进科学素养，重点是非专业的科学。具有文化相关性的教材对于提高土著学生的入学率和毕业率十分重要。该项目扩展了以前的一个项目，该项目表明，将学科学习嵌入当代印度问题是一个成功的战略。该项目将现有案例深深嵌入合作机构的课程，并正在开发16个新案例，特别侧重于科学素养和定量推理。该项目还涉及大量的科学教师，并传播产品。这些案件侧重于跨学科的主题和问题面临的美洲原住民和社区，如环境，可持续发展，自然资源，健康和保健。详细的教学笔记描述了如何以不同的交付模式（面对面和在线）和从不同的学科角度教授跨学科案例。讲习班使合作机构的教师能够发展写作和应用案例研究方法的专业知识。其他有大量土著人入学的学院也提供讲习班。其他传播方法包括网站和通过NSF的数字图书馆和华盛顿在线传播。