E-Communities: Investigating how a collaboration between STEM educators and engineers impact underserved youth's participation in engineering design

电子社区：调查 STEM 教育工作者和工程师之间的合作如何影响服务不足的年轻人参与工程设计

• 批准号: 1510347
• 负责人: Deena Khalil
• 金额: $ 77.98万
• 依托单位: Howard University
• 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: 2015-10-15 至 2021-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1510347&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Communities; Investigating; how; collaboration; between

E-Communities is a project that will advance efforts to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) through the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. The project is investigating whether combining the expertise of professional engineers with that of STEM educators will enable classroom mathematics and science teachers to engage students in the engineering design process in ways that affect students' awareness, interest, and ability to identity with engineering principles and careers. Ninety (90) middle school teachers and more than 9000 students from Prince George's County, Maryland will participate in the study. To prepare for the implementation of E-Communities, teachers will engage in face-to-face and virtual professional development to learn how to adapt and integrate this model into their existing instructional practices. Teachers will also collaborate with STEM educators to train engineers for their roles in E-Communities. They will also participate in social network activities with engineers and STEM educators from diverse careers and ethnic backgrounds to support student engagement in the engineering design process. The overall mission of E-Communities is to increase teachers' ability to prepare students to participate fully in STEM careers at the post-secondary level.This project will use a mixed-method design that consists of pre/post measures, surveys, and a case study. The study is collecting data on the benefits of collaborations among participating middle school leaders, teachers, and students; STEM educators; engineers; and engineering outreach offices to assess the influence of the engineering design model on teachers and students. Products developed through this project will include web broadcasts between engineers and students, teacher-developed lessons that highlight engineering-related mathematics and science practices, and instructional materials useful in engaging middle school students in the engineering design process. Access to the products and other information will be available through online resources, publications, and dissemination at mathematics and science education conferences.

电子社区是一个项目，将推进努力，以更好地理解和促进实践，提高学生的动机和能力，通过学生和教师的创新技术经验（ITEST）计划追求科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）领域的职业生涯。该项目正在调查专业工程师的专业知识与STEM教育工作者的专业知识相结合是否能使课堂数学和科学教师以影响学生对工程原理和职业的认识、兴趣和认同能力的方式让学生参与工程设计过程。来自马里兰州乔治王子县的九十（90）名中学教师和9000多名学生将参与这项研究。为了准备实施电子社区，教师将参与面对面和虚拟的专业发展，学习如何适应和整合这一模式到他们现有的教学实践。教师还将与STEM教育工作者合作，培训工程师在电子社区中的角色。他们还将与来自不同职业和种族背景的工程师和STEM教育工作者一起参加社交网络活动，以支持学生参与工程设计过程。E-Communities的总体使命是提高教师的能力，使学生能够在中学后阶段充分参与STEM职业。该项目将采用混合方法设计，包括事前/事后测量、调查和案例研究。该研究正在收集有关参与中学领导，教师和学生之间合作的好处的数据; STEM教育工作者;工程师;和工程推广办公室，以评估工程设计模型对教师和学生的影响。通过这个项目开发的产品将包括工程师和学生之间的网络广播，教师开发的课程，突出工程相关的数学和科学实践，以及在工程设计过程中吸引中学生有用的教学材料。将通过在线资源、出版物以及在数学和科学教育会议上的传播来获取这些产品和其他信息。