RAPID:The Percy Julian Project: STEM Opportunities for African-American Boys

RAPID：珀西·朱利安项目：非裔美国男孩的 STEM 机会

• 批准号: 1239723
• 负责人: Bryan Brown
• 金额: $ 19.81万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1239723&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Percy; Julian; Project; STEM

AbstractThis project seeks to conduct research on a new school for African-American boys under a charter to 100 Black Men in Oakland, California. The PI from Stanford University investigates how leaders of the school plan and design instruction to meet the needs of African-American boys where 75% are eligible for free and/or reduced lunch. The leadership serves as the primary target for this study. The PI chronicles the implementation process to provide the STEM education community with first-hand information about effective school development and implementation for African-American boys in STEM fields. During the first year, the school operates grades 3, 6, and 7. Each successive year, school leaders add kindergarten and/or one or more of the remaining grades until the school reaches the entire K-12 level. A mixed methods approach uses interviews, observations, and content analysis to gather data about the design, implementation, and leadership of the school. The PI examines how the leadership understands the needs of students, develop standards, plan curricula, select pedagogy, and provide scaffolds for teachers and students. The PI also explores how the leadership selects teachers and supports their professional development as well as summarizes many aspects of the organization and programming. The PI reviews planning documents through retrospective analysis to obtain a more accurate account of efforts taken from the initiation of ideas about the school to implementation for the first year. Regarding proposed outcomes, the project offers a vision of what works in science STEM classroom for African American boys and tracks the impact of instructional approaches on the interest of students in science, attitudes about belonging, and science achievement. A RAPID is the most appropriate funding avenue for this timely and worthy effort of national importance.

本项目旨在对加州奥克兰的一所新的非洲裔美国男孩学校进行研究，该学校由100名黑人组成。来自斯坦福大学的PI调查了学校领导如何规划和设计教学，以满足75%有资格获得免费和/或减少午餐的非洲裔美国男孩的需求。 领导是本研究的主要对象。 PI记录了实施过程，为STEM教育界提供有关有效学校发展和实施STEM领域非洲裔美国男孩的第一手信息。在第一年，学校开设3年级，6年级和7年级。每年，学校领导增加幼儿园和/或一个或多个剩余的年级，直到学校达到整个K-12水平。混合方法使用访谈，观察和内容分析来收集有关学校设计，实施和领导的数据。PI检查领导层如何理解学生的需求，制定标准，计划课程，选择教学法，并为教师和学生提供脚手架。PI还探讨了领导层如何选择教师和支持他们的专业发展，以及总结了组织和规划的许多方面。PI通过回顾性分析审查规划文件，以更准确地了解从学校想法的提出到第一年的实施所做的努力。关于拟议的成果，该项目提供了一个什么样的工程在科学干课堂非洲裔美国男孩的愿景，并跟踪教学方法对学生在科学的兴趣，对归属感的态度和科学成就的影响。“快速行动计划”是这一具有国家重要性的及时和有价值的努力的最适当的供资渠道。