Testing a Model for Transforming STEM General Education at Liberal Arts Schools

测试文科学校 STEM 通识教育转型模型

• 批准号: 1611663
• 负责人: Jacqueline Roberts
• 金额: $ 28.9万
• 依托单位: DePauw University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1611663&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Testing; Model; Transforming; STEM; General

This project's goal is to test an integrated bottom-up/top-down model of institutional reform within a college of liberal art's STEM division. The broad strategy is to provide momentum to fuel a transition from an active "mobilization" stage of this faculty-driven initiative to subsequent stages: "implementation" and then "institutionalization." Initial grassroots efforts have led to base-level support for division-wide engagement of this goal. This model of change is focused on moving the STEM faculty towards significant course transformation reflective of the growing evidence base indicating "what works" while simultaneously developing a productive STEM learning community. This will be accomplished partly through curriculum reform awards that would be made to individuals or faculty teams to redesign their courses or to develop new, team-taught interdisciplinary courses. Linked to the awards are "best practices" pedagogical workshops that also engage interdisciplinary faculty teams from other institutions.This project is building on the work of Ann Austin [Promoting evidence-based change in undergraduate science education. Paper presented at the Fourth Committee Meeting on Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research, 2011] and Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar [Facilitating interdisciplinary learning: Lessons learned from Project Kaleidoscope. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, Jan-Feb 2012]. The institution itself will add additional diversity to the group of institutions supported by EHR grants working to achieve institutional transformation.

该项目的目标是测试一个综合的自下而上/自上而下的模式，体制改革内的文科学院的STEM部门。广泛的战略是提供动力，推动从积极的“动员”阶段过渡到后续阶段：“实施”和“制度化”。“初步的基层努力导致基层支持全司参与这一目标。这种变革模式的重点是将STEM教师推向重大的课程转型，反映出越来越多的证据表明“什么有效”，同时发展一个富有成效的STEM学习社区。这将部分通过课程改革奖来实现，该奖项将颁发给个人或教师团队，以重新设计他们的课程或开发新的、团队授课的跨学科课程。与该奖项相关的是“最佳实践”教学研讨会，该研讨会还邀请了来自其他机构的跨学科教师团队参加。在第四委员会会议上提交的论文，关于基于计算机的教育研究的地位，贡献和未来方向，2011年]和Susan Elrod和Adrianna Kezar [促进跨学科学习：从万花筒项目中吸取的教训。Change：The杂志of Higher Learning，Jan-Feb 2012].该机构本身将为EHR赠款支持的机构群体增加额外的多样性，以实现机构转型。