REU Site: "Hands-on Minds-on": Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Societal Violence

REU 网站：“动手思考”：理解和预防社会暴力的多学科方法

• 批准号: 1156624
• 负责人: Cynthia Smith
• 金额: $ 36.54万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-15 至 2015-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156624&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Hands; Minds; Multidisciplinary

This project brings researchers from across several disciplines together with students from four-year institutions and community colleges in Virginia to learn about conducting research. The topic of violence is explored with respect to its antecedents and consequences as well as violence prevention. Scholars from three different colleges at Virginia Tech (Engineering, Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Science) participate in this project. Student exposure to the interdisciplinary study of this pressing social problem is supported both through interaction with participating faculty and in conjunction with the Virginia Tech Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention. In this program, undergraduates work with faculty on one of five research studies: 1) Socialization of Emotions, 2) Bullying Prevention, 3)Responses to Media Violence, 4) Peace Education, or 5) Technology and Conflict Management. Students participate in team and project based training and research activities with a special emphasis on ethics, benefiting from working with faculty at a major research university. Through a series of workshops and guest speakers, students are introduced to the concept of interdisciplinary research and they learn about the processes involved in each project.INTELLECTUAL MERIT: This program exposes students to a complex, multi-faceted, real-world problem that lends itself well to learning about and understanding interdisciplinary thinking. The topic of violence demands engagement with (a) the inherent complexity of nature and society; (b) the desire to explore problems and questions that are not confined to a single discipline; (c) the need to solve societal problems; and (d) the power of new technologies. Exposing undergraduates to multidisciplinary research teams and concepts of interdisciplinary work prepares them for the collaborative research environments they are likely to encounter in graduate programs and research careers, as well as provide fulfilling personal and interpersonal experiences. Together these elements provide motivation to pursue scientific research careers.BROADER IMPACTS: Involving students in the study of an issue that directly impacts them can create a unique level of awareness and interest that may lead to preventing future acts of violence. Combining science, technology, and behavioral sciences to solve societal issues can result in new approaches and engage a new generation of technology savvy students in real-world problems. As more and more talented students turn to community college as an affordable way to start their education, offering opportunities for research to this diverse population keeps them moving towards a four-year degree.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

该项目将来自多个学科的研究人员与弗吉尼亚州四年制机构和社区学院的学生一起学习进行研究。对暴力问题进行了探讨，包括其起因和后果以及预防暴力。来自弗吉尼亚理工大学三个不同学院（工程、文科和人文科学以及科学）的学者参加了这个项目。学生接触到这一紧迫的社会问题的跨学科研究都支持通过参与教师的互动，并与和平研究和暴力预防弗吉尼亚理工大学中心一起。在这个程序中，本科生与教师的五项研究之一：1）情绪的社会化，2）欺凌预防，3）应对媒体暴力，4）和平教育，或5）技术和冲突管理。学生参加团队和基于项目的培训和研究活动，特别强调道德，受益于与一所主要研究型大学的教师合作。通过一系列的研讨会和演讲嘉宾，学生们被引入到跨学科研究的概念，他们了解每个项目所涉及的过程。智力优势：该计划使学生接触到一个复杂的，多方面的，现实世界的问题，这有助于学习和理解跨学科思维。暴力专题要求参与：（a）自然和社会的内在复杂性;（B）探索不局限于单一学科的问题的愿望;（c）解决社会问题的需要;（d）新技术的力量。将本科生暴露在多学科研究团队和跨学科工作的概念中，为他们在研究生课程和研究生涯中可能遇到的协作研究环境做好准备，并提供充实的个人和人际经验。更广泛的影响：让学生参与对他们有直接影响的问题的研究，可以创造一种独特的意识和兴趣，这可能导致防止未来的暴力行为。结合科学，技术和行为科学来解决社会问题可以产生新的方法，并让新一代精通技术的学生参与现实世界的问题。随着越来越多的有才华的学生转向社区大学作为一种负担得起的方式开始他们的教育，为这个多样化的人口提供研究机会，使他们朝着四年制学位迈进。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作共同资助。