Reducing Achievement Gaps in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Promising International Research, Policies and Practices

缩小科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 方面的成就差距：有前景的国际研究、政策和实践

• 批准号: 1643308
• 负责人: Willie Pearson
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 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 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643308&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reducing; Achievement; Gaps; Science; Technology

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by engaging in hands-on field experience, laboratory/project-based entrepreneurship tasks and mentorship experiences.Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.) and Yildiz Technical University (Turkey) propose an international conference to provide a forum for ministers of education, researchers, and practitioners from countries with high- medium- and low-STEM achievement scores to assess the problem of achievement gaps in STEM disciplines from a global perspective and to develop more global solutions share information. This conference will identify major challenges and opportunities for addressing the achievement gap that exist among racial/ethnic, socio-economic status and gender and subsequently suggest solutions and strategies to provide all children equal opportunities to acquire knowledge and develop STEM skills. More specifically, the major goals of the conference are to: (a) identify major challenges and opportunities for addressing the achievement gap in STEM fields for high-, low-, and medium-achieving countries; (b) focus on underrepresented groups in high, low, and medium achieving countries in terms of STEM knowledge and skills needed for 21st century careers; (c) systematically assess conference outputs to identify research, practice, and policies that are effective or at least promising to address STEM achievement gaps; (d) develop solutions and strategies to provide all children with equal opportunities to acquire knowledge and develop STEM skills; and (e) provide an opportunity for countries with high-, low-, and medium- STEM achievement scores to share information and learn about achievement gap in STEM fields.Six countries (South Korea, Singapore, Australia, United States, Turkey and the Ukraine) are selected to represent the range of achievement. Collaborations among multiple sectors, levels, and countries brought together by this conference will have a lasting impact on the development and enhancement of the quality of STEM education globally; this, in turn, will have direct positive effects on providing equal opportunities for all children in STEM fields. The conference will provide an opportunity to provide a better understanding of the structural issues of achievement gap in STEM through the presentations on policies, research, and practices from an international perspective.

该项目将推进“面向学生和教师的创新技术体验”（ITEST）计划的工作，通过参与实地实践、实验室/项目创业任务和指导经验，更好地理解和促进提高学生在科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）领域追求职业的动机和能力的实践。美国乔治亚理工学院和土耳其耶尔德兹技术大学提议召开国际会议，为STEM高、中、低成绩国家的教育部长、研究人员和从业者提供一个论坛，从全球角度评估STEM学科的成就差距问题，并制定更多的全球解决方案，共享信息。本次会议将确定解决种族/民族、社会经济地位和性别之间存在的成就差距的主要挑战和机遇，并随后提出解决方案和战略，为所有儿童提供获得知识和发展STEM技能的平等机会。更具体地说，会议的主要目标是：(a)确定高、低和中等成就国家在解决STEM领域成就差距方面的主要挑战和机遇；(b)在21世纪职业所需的STEM知识和技能方面，关注高、低和中等成就国家中代表性不足的群体；(c)系统地评估会议成果，以确定有效或至少有望解决STEM成就差距的研究、实践和政策；(d)制定解决方案和战略，为所有儿童提供获得知识和发展STEM技能的平等机会；(e)为STEM成绩高、低和中等的国家提供机会，以分享信息并了解STEM领域的成就差距。六个国家（韩国、新加坡、澳大利亚、美国、土耳其和乌克兰）被选中代表成就的范围。本次会议汇聚的多个部门、各级和国家之间的合作将对全球STEM教育的发展和质量的提高产生持久的影响；反过来，这将对为所有儿童在STEM领域提供平等机会产生直接的积极影响。会议将提供一个机会，通过从国际视角介绍政策、研究和实践，更好地了解STEM成就差距的结构性问题。