Collaborative Research: Accessible STEM Instruction with Deaf Students: Supporting Faculty in Pedagogical Exploration and Innovation

合作研究：聋哑学生的无障碍 STEM 教学：支持教师进行教学探索和创新

• 批准号: 1625846
• 负责人: Stephanie Cawthon
• 金额: $ 15.68万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 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 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1625846&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Accessible; STEM; Instruction

This project, developed by Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), collaborating with the University of Texas at Austin, will explore existing strategies for effective access and inclusion in their courses with mixed groups of hearing and deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students, and develop new strategies of effective, accessible and inclusive instruction. A significant aspect of this project is the development of an Accessibility ToolKit, a set of inclusive instructional materials, strategies, and discussions. Such tools and strategies will be beneficial to diverse groups of learners, not only for DHH students. This project will serve the national interest of effective and inclusive education of DHH students in STEM fields, leading to successful degree attainment, and an increase in the diversity of STEM graduates.The project goals are: (1) to increase access, engagement and academic success of DHH students taking postsecondary courses at RIT via the creation, implementation, and evaluation of an Accessibility ToolKit for evidence-based educational approaches in STEM disciplines; (2) to create training environments where faculty experiment with and innovate new resources and strategies for accessible and inclusive pedagogy, through collaborative professional development and assessment of evidence-based strategies; and (3) to document and disseminate the ToolKit and processes so that they may be applied to other populations of postsecondary students with disabilities. Results will examine best practices that promote faculty adoption of these instructional strategies to maximize learning for students with other diverse learning needs, and the impact of such adaptations on inclusive teaching and student engagement. This project will broaden the scope and use of accessible and inclusive strategies to increase DHH student engagement and to address communication and learning needs in STEM classrooms.

该项目由罗切斯特理工学院与得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校合作开发，将探讨现有的战略，以便有效地让听力正常和耳聋及重听学生混合群体参加课程，并制定有效、无障碍和包容性教学的新战略。该项目的一个重要方面是开发一个无障碍工具包，一套包容性的教学材料，战略和讨论。这些工具和战略将有利于不同的学习者群体，而不仅仅是DHH的学生。该项目将为国家利益服务，为卫生部学生在STEM领域提供有效和包容性的教育，从而成功获得学位，并增加STEM毕业生的多样性。（1）通过创建、实施、评估科学、技术、工程和数学学科循证教育方法的无障碍工具包;（2）创造培训环境，使教师能够试验和创新无障碍和包容性教学法的新资源和战略，（3）记录和传播工具包和程序，以便将其应用于其他残疾专上学生群体。结果将检查最佳实践，促进教师采用这些教学策略，以最大限度地提高学生的学习与其他不同的学习需求，以及这种适应对包容性教学和学生参与的影响。该项目将扩大无障碍和包容性战略的范围和使用，以增加DHH学生的参与度，并解决STEM教室中的沟通和学习需求。