Broadening Participation Research Project: Understanding Barriers to STEM Education for African American Women

扩大参与研究项目：了解非裔美国女性 STEM 教育的障碍

• 批准号: 1332528
• 负责人: LaShawnda Lindsay
• 金额: $ 34.29万
• 依托单位: Paine College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332528&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broadening; Participation; Research; Project; Understanding

Paine College proposes to implement a project entitled "Undertanding Barriers to STEM Education for African American Women". The project will investigate the underlying factors linked to the disproportionate participation of African American women in STEM fields. Specifically, the PI will identify the psychological and contextual barriers that limit their preparation in STEM disciplines using a consolidated longitudinal mixed methods research design. The study will investigate the link between career decisions and self-efficacy and the impact of the learning context on African American women's persistence in STEM. The study will also identify patterns of secondary education preparation in math and science that differentiate STEM and non-STEM African American females. The project will enhance the body of knowledge on ethnic minorities by presenting a rigorous research study beyond anecdotal data that gives a better understanding of the socialization experiences of ethnic minority students, especially African American females. The study can be replicated at other HBCUs and other institutions seeking to circumvent contextual barriers through holistic interventions designed for African American female students. It also could provide new insights into the intersectionality of gender and race.

潘恩学院提议实施一个名为“消除非洲裔美国妇女接受STEM教育的障碍”的项目。该项目将调查与非裔美国妇女不成比例地参与STEM领域有关的潜在因素。具体而言，PI将确定限制他们在STEM学科准备的心理和背景障碍，使用统一的纵向混合方法研究设计。该研究将调查职业决策和自我效能之间的联系，以及学习环境对非裔美国妇女坚持STEM的影响。该研究还将确定数学和科学方面的中学教育准备模式，以区分STEM和非STEM非洲裔美国女性。该项目将通过提出一项严谨的研究报告，超越轶事数据，更好地了解少数族裔学生，特别是非裔美国女性的社会化经历，加强对少数族裔的了解。这项研究可以在其他HBCU和其他机构复制，通过为非裔美国女学生设计的整体干预措施来规避背景障碍。它还可以为性别和种族的交叉性提供新的见解。