Analytic Support for the Geoscience Education and Diversity Program

对地球科学教育和多样性计划的分析支持

• 批准号: 1251305
• 负责人: Joan Ruskus
• 金额: $ 11.2万
• 依托单位: American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
• 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: 2012-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1251305&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Analytic; Support; Geoscience; Education; Diversity

The American Institutes for Research is synthesizing the major findings of selected projects in the Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG) Program portfolio, supported by NSF since 2002. Results of this synthesis will be used to inform the Committee of Visitors (COV) review of the Geoscience Education and Diversity (Geo E&D) Program in January 2013. The project emphasizes knowledge generated by a carefully selected subgroup of projects from OEDG's program portfolio ? projects selected because of the relatively high validity and generalizability of their findings. A team of AIR researchers is reviewing a variety of reference materials for the selected projects, including final NSF reports, annual NSF reports, publications in peer-reviewed journals, and project websites. Telephone interviews with a sample of principal investigators are being used to flesh out the details of best practices and to follow up on institutionalization, model replication, and longer term outcomes for participants after NSF funding expires. Results of the review and interviews are being summarized in a final report that identifies evidence-based successful strategies in achieving OEDG program goals and the conditions under which they succeeded. This project builds on the project-level findings reported in the 2007 Journal of Geosciences Education special issue on the status of racial diversity in the geosciences and expands on the two articles in that volume that addressed lessons learned and best practices gleaned from results of Federal research investments made during the previous decade. Since publication of the special issue of JGE, projects funded by OEDG have built on the body of knowledge presented therein, making this systematic, scholarly assessment and synthesis of the most significant findings of projects supported by OEDG very timely. This project, relying on the most significant, high-quality research supported by OEDG over its history, is expected to clarify best practices in fostering minority participation in the geosciences and the conditions under which various strategies are most likely to succeed. Analysis of new knowledge, understanding, and best practices will benefit substantially the 2013 COV, NSF GEO E&D Program managers, current OEDG projects, the broader geosciences community, and other NSF minority-serving programs.

美国研究所正在综合自2002年以来由NSF支持的增强地球科学多样性机会（OEDG）计划组合中选定项目的主要研究结果。本次综合的结果将用于通知参观者委员会（COV）审查地球科学教育和多样性（Geo E D）计划在2013年1月。该项目强调从OEDG的项目组合中精心挑选的项目小组产生的知识？项目选择，因为他们的调查结果相对较高的有效性和普遍性。一组AIR研究人员正在审查选定项目的各种参考资料，包括最终NSF报告，年度NSF报告，同行评审期刊上的出版物和项目网站。与主要调查人员的电话访谈被用来充实最佳实践的细节，并在NSF资金到期后跟进参与者的制度化，模型复制和长期结果。审查和访谈的结果总结在一份最终报告中，该报告确定了实现OEDG计划目标的循证成功策略以及成功的条件。 该项目以2007年《地球科学教育杂志》关于地球科学种族多样性状况的特刊所报告的项目一级的调查结果为基础，并以该卷中的两篇文章为基础，这两篇文章论述了从过去十年联邦研究投资的结果中吸取的经验教训和最佳做法。自《联合专家小组》特刊出版以来，开放式电子讨论组资助的项目以其中介绍的知识为基础，因此，对开放式电子讨论组支持的项目的最重要研究结果进行系统的学术评估和综合非常及时。该项目依靠OEDG历史上支持的最重要的高质量研究，预计将澄清促进少数群体参与地球科学的最佳做法以及各种战略最有可能成功的条件。新知识，理解和最佳实践的分析将大大有利于2013 COV，NSF GEO E D计划经理，目前的OEDG项目，更广泛的地球科学界，和其他NSF少数民族服务计划。