Discover STEM - Generation Innovation

探索 STEM - 一代创新

• 批准号: 1103605
• 负责人: Shawn Payne
• 金额: $ 67.23万
• 依托单位: Kentucky Community & Technical College System
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1103605&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Discover; STEM; Generation; Innovation

The Discover STEM-Generation Innovation project at Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is based on a prior NSF-supported project. OCTC is developing a comprehensive recruitment and retention model to increase the number of students, particularly underrepresented groups including females, minorities, and disabled populations, exposed to STEM education and careers, and is promoting technician education in Kentucky. The current project is a scale-up project. STEM pathways in advanced manufacturing, mechatronics, engineering, biotechnology, and information technology are being developed throughout Kentucky by collaborating with five mentee sites located at two-year colleges across the state. Middle and high school students are attracted to STEM activities using clubs, academies and robotic competitions with the intent that at least 70% of these students will transition to enrollment in college. Professional development offerings for 200 teachers expose them to the importance of technician education and help them to teach and support the K-12 students. Industry involvement in the professional development efforts for faculty and teachers is an important added feature. Evaluative activities are informing both the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and the community college STEM system at large about the important features essential to fidelity of implementation and quality scale-up efforts.

欧文斯伯勒社区与技术学院(OCTC)的发现STEM代创新项目是基于之前由NSF支持的项目。OCTC正在开发一种全面的招聘和保留模式，以增加接受STEM教育和职业的学生数量，特别是包括女性、少数族裔和残疾人在内的代表性较低的群体，并正在促进肯塔基州的技术员教育。目前的项目是一个放大项目。通过与位于全州两年制大学的五个导师站点合作，先进制造业、机电一体化、工程学、生物技术和信息技术领域的干途径正在整个肯塔基州得到开发。初中生和高中生被STEM活动所吸引，他们使用俱乐部、学院和机器人比赛，目的是至少有70%的学生将过渡到大学入学。为200名教师提供的专业发展课程使他们了解技术人员教育的重要性，并帮助他们教授和支持K-12学生。行业参与教职员工的专业发展努力是一个重要的补充特征。评估活动正在向肯塔基州社区和技术学院系统(KCTCS)和整个社区学院STEM系统通报对实施的准确性和质量扩大工作至关重要的重要特征。