Engaging Youth in Expanded STEM Career Pathways through Clean Energy Literacy Development

通过清洁能源素养培养让年轻人参与扩展 STEM 职业道路

• 批准号: 1433552
• 负责人: Rena Dorph
• 金额: $ 190.02万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-15 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1433552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engaging; Youth; Expanded; STEM; Career

The University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science plans a five-year project to investigate the capacity of a previously developed clean energy-focused intervention model to affect positive learning outcomes and greater career awareness among a broader audience of under-represented group students aged 14-16. Students (approximately 975) at 12 school sites located in East San Francisco Bay Area urban communities with large underrepresented group populations will participate in opportunities to learn and apply STEM content and information and communication technology (ICT) skills in the context of investigating energy and its usage. These opportunities will be presented in school day courses and in after school programs. Project participants will: learn clean energy-related and NGSS-aligned content; conduct research on related topics that generates scientifically accurate information valuable to local communities; and make links between particular content areas and a range of career pathway options. Students also will also make public information sessions aimed at increasing community awareness of clean/green energy related topics. This proposal builds on a prior project by studying the capacity of the intervention to affect student career and academic choices and determining what modifications will support effective broad-scale implementation. The project will investigate the impact of its activities on participant development of functional identity (i.e., the disposition, skills and knowledge necessary for effectively pursuing and maintaining STEM-related educational and career-related trajectories in the future). It will address several key research questions: (1) How successful the intervention model is in fostering NGSS mastery, in impacting how students value the application of science, in affecting course taking choices, and career interest with a group currently not in the traditional STEM pipeline; (2) How the experience of the intervention model differs for participants who are recruited through different strategies, i.e. self-selected vs. assigned; and (3) Does the project have an effect at the school level related to student preparation and career trajectory as a result of the implementation of the model. Successful implementation of the project will result in an effective, scalable intervention model that can be used in a variety of settings for the purpose of preparing youth to participate in clean energy/STEM related careers.

加州大学伯克利分校劳伦斯科学厅计划开展一个为期五年的项目，调查以前开发的以清洁能源为重点的干预模式是否能够影响积极的学习结果，并在更广泛的14-16岁代表不足的群体学生中提高职业意识。位于旧金山湾区东部城市社区的12个学校地点的学生(约975人)将有机会在调查能源及其使用的背景下学习和应用STEM内容以及信息和通信技术(ICT)技能。这些机会将出现在学校的日间课程和课外计划中。项目参与者将：学习与清洁能源相关和与NGSS一致的内容；就相关主题进行研究，以产生对当地社区有价值的科学准确信息；并在特定内容领域与一系列职业道路选择之间建立联系。学生们还将举办公共信息讲座，旨在提高社区对清洁/绿色能源相关主题的认识。这一建议建立在先前项目的基础上，通过研究干预措施影响学生职业和学术选择的能力，并确定哪些修改将支持有效的大范围实施。该项目将调查其活动对参与者功能认同发展的影响(即，未来有效追求和维持与STEM有关的教育和职业发展轨迹所需的处理能力、技能和知识)。它将探讨几个关键的研究问题：(1)干预模式在培养NGSS掌握方面有多成功，在影响学生如何重视科学应用方面，在影响目前不是传统STEM渠道的群体的选课和职业兴趣方面；(2)对于通过不同策略招募的参与者，即自选和分配，干预模式的体验有何不同；以及(3)由于该模式的实施，该项目在学校层面上是否对学生准备和职业发展产生影响。该项目的成功实施将产生一种有效的、可扩展的干预模式，可在各种环境中使用，为青年参与清洁能源/STEM相关职业做好准备。