Collaborative Research: A Technology Pathway Program in Data Technology and Applications

该项目正在为加州两所州立大学的行为、社会和健康科学专业的学生开发数据技术和应用方面的跨学科技术路径计划(TPP)。它由四门技术课程组成，涵盖了Python编程、数据结构和算法、数据技术和一个跨学科的高级项目(或数据库)。它将作为学士学位课程的一部分作为辅修学位课程提供，或者作为证书课程提供。TPP计划将使用基于证据的教学实践，包括有效的教学方法以及学习社区和教师专业发展。该项目将使用基于问题的情景教学法，学生通过解决现实世界的问题来获得关键的技术知识和技能。每一批参与的学生都将组成一个学习社区，其中将包括硅谷的教授和行业专业人士，以提供学生支持和树立榜样。在这个项目中教授学生的工程学和计算机系将致力于专业发展，以学习已被证明对社会科学、行为科学和健康科学的不同学生有效的教学方法。这些教师已经同意参加整个学年的学院学习社区和暑期技术路径暑期学院。该项目预计将为开发面向不同学生群体的技术教育计划和创建跨越内部组织边界并与外部赞助商建立联系的可持续跨学科计划产生研究贡献。如果这个项目成功，它很可能会刺激其他校园通过教师发展和传播计划来开发类似的项目。目前对传播过程及其结果的评价将揭示发起这种跨学科倡议的宝贵经验教训。其中一家参与机构是一家少数群体服务机构。

This project is developing an interdisciplinary technology pathway program (TPP) in data technology and applications for behavioral, social, and health science students at two California State Universities. It consists of four technical courses covering Python programming, data structures and algorithms, data technology, and an interdisciplinary senior project (or database). It will be offered as a minor degree program as part of bachelor's degree programs, or as a certificate program. The TPP program will use evidence-based teaching practices that encompass effective pedagogy as well as learning communities and faculty professional development. The program will use contextualized problem-based pedagogy in which students acquire key technical knowledge and skills by solving real-world problems. Each cohort of participating students will be formed into a learning community that will include professors and industry professionals in Silicon Valley for student support and role-modeling. The engineering and computing faculty who will teach the students in this program will engage in professional development in order to learn pedagogical approaches that have been shown effective for the diverse students in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. These faculty have agreed to participate in a Faculty Learning Community throughout the academic year and a summer Technology Pathway Summer Institute. The project is expected to generate research contributions towards the development of a technical education program for a diverse group of students and the creation of a sustainable interdisciplinary program that crosses internal organizational boundaries and links to external sponsors. If this project succeeds, it will very likely spur other campuses to develop similar programs through faculty development and dissemination plans. The ongoing evaluation of the propagation process and its outcomes will reveal valuable lessons for launching such interdisciplinary initiatives. One of the participating institutions is a minority serving institution.