Evaluating the Impacts of Cross-Curricular, Place-Based Pedagogy to Enhance Student Success

评估跨课程、基于地点的教学法对提高学生成功的影响

• 批准号: 1461441
• 负责人: Emma Norman
• 金额: $ 125万
• 依托单位: Northwest Indian College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1461441&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Evaluating; Impacts; Cross; Curricular; Place

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover will inform the body of knowledge about the importance and conduct of undergraduate and graduate research experiences in recruiting and retaining underrepresented individuals into STEM studies, and preparing the next generation of STEM professionals. The connection of faculty to research and thereby the students to culturally and locally relevant research is an important step in retaining students who are more likely to pursue advanced degrees. For those students entering the workforce directly from a tribal college it is equally important that they have a well-defined skill set in mathematics, science, and technology for entry into the STEM workforce. Northwest Indian College (NWIC) will enhance its current degree program in Native environmental sciences to include modules that capture scientific concepts in a Native knowledge or place-based context. The college will study the affects of this type of instruction on the academic success of American Indian students.

部落学院和大学方案的一个目标是提高为全国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构的STEM课程设置，扩大了学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供了研究，并鼓励社区和一代人对科学和数学教育的欣赏。该项目直接与这一目标相一致，而且将告知有关本科生和研究生研究经验在招募和保留代表性不足的个人进入STEM研究中的重要性和行为的知识体系，并为下一代STEM专业人员做好准备。教师与研究的联系，从而学生与文化和当地相关的研究是留住更有可能攻读高级学位的学生的重要一步。对于那些直接从部落学院进入劳动力市场的学生来说，同样重要的是他们在数学，科学和技术方面具有明确的技能，以便进入STEM劳动力市场。西北印度学院（NWIC）将加强其目前在本土环境科学的学位课程，包括在本土知识或基于地方的背景下捕捉科学概念的模块。 该学院将研究这种类型的教学对美国印第安学生学业成功的影响。