Strategies: Building IT and Career Self-Efficacy in Young Women by Entering and Measuring the Universe: The Universe Quest

策略：通过进入和测量宇宙来建立年轻女性的信息技术和职业自我效能感：宇宙探索

• 批准号: 0833777
• 负责人: Carlton Pennypacker
• 金额: $ 147.53万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0833777&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strategies; Building; Career; Self; Efficacy

The University of California's Space Sciences Laboratory, in collaboration with ASA Academy and Community Science Center, Girl Scouts of Northern California, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, will implement the Universe Quest (UQ) project. Additional project partners include Sightspeed Video Conferencing and Quest G, a leading video game developer. Universe Quest will provide a total of 180 girls ages 13-16 from underrepresented populations in Oakland and Richmond with a unique opportunity to learn IT skills in the context of studying the universe with modern technology. The three year project includes hands-on astronomy activities; image processing and SQL query development; bi-monthly family sessions; technology talks (live and via videoconferencing); community service; internships at technology companies; and leadership development. Young women will also have a chance to author journeys and challenges in a multi-user Universe Quest Internet game. To reach a broader group of participants, in years 2 and 3 girls will be introduced to Universe Quest through weekend and follow-up sessions at the Lawrence Hall of Science (140 students at the Lawrence Hall and 40 students in the intensive ASA track). Universe Quest Teaching Assistants will be drawn from UC-Berkeley and include young women pursuing science and technology degrees. This project exposes participants to multiple paths in IT careers. A comprehensive evaluation plan measures IT skills, self-efficacy, and STEM career interests, while a longitudinal study will track students for 12 months to ascertain how science career efficacy and STEM career interest change over time and how the change is related to extended participation in UQ. Although this project will directly reach 180 girls with intensive and introductory experiences, the completed Universe Quest game will be disseminated broadly not only to Girl Scouts of Northern California, but to more than 3 million girls nationally as part of the Girls Go Tech initiative.

加州大学空间科学实验室将与美国宇航局科学院和社区科学中心、北加州女童子军和太平洋天文学会合作，实施宇宙探索（UQ）项目。其他项目合作伙伴包括Sightspeed Video Conferencing和Quest G（一家领先的视频游戏开发商）。“宇宙探索”将为奥克兰和里士满人口不足的180名13-16岁的女孩提供一个独特的机会，在用现代技术研究宇宙的背景下学习IT技能。这个为期三年的项目包括天文实践活动；图像处理和SQL查询开发；每两个月一次的家庭会议；技术讲座（现场和视频会议）；社区服务;在科技公司实习；以及领导力发展。年轻女性还将有机会在多用户网络游戏《宇宙探索》中撰写旅程和挑战。为了吸引更广泛的参与者群体，在二年级和三年级，女生将通过周末和后续会议在劳伦斯科学馆（劳伦斯科学馆140名学生和40名学生参加密集的ASA课程）被介绍给宇宙探索。宇宙探索助教将来自加州大学伯克利分校，包括攻读科学和技术学位的年轻女性。该项目向参与者展示了IT职业生涯的多种路径。综合评估计划衡量IT技能、自我效能感和STEM职业兴趣，而纵向研究将跟踪学生12个月，以确定科学职业效能感和STEM职业兴趣如何随时间变化，以及这种变化与昆士兰大学的长期参与有何关系。虽然这个项目将直接接触到180名女孩，并提供密集的入门体验，但完成的宇宙探索游戏不仅将广泛传播给北加州的女童子军，而且作为女孩去科技倡议的一部分，将传播给全国300多万女孩。