Preparing New PhDs for Academic Careers: Efficacy of Holistic Faculty Development

为学术生涯准备新博士：整体教师发展的功效

• 批准号: 1647496
• 负责人: Louis Everett
• 金额: $ 4.96万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 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=1647496&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; New; PhDs; Academic; Careers

This workshop conducted by the University of Texas at El Paso will help to prepare new PhDs and new engineering faculty for careers at institutions with a high value on teaching including Hispanic serving institutions, minority serving institutions and tier 3 universities. The project will develop and conduct a workshop as well as study the effectiveness of a holistic approach to preparing new faculty to teach at tier 3, minority and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). The workshop will help new faculty to better meet the wide variety of demands placed upon them at these institutions and improve the quality of teaching experienced by undergraduates. The workshop addresses a weakness in Ph.D. preparation for meeting the demands placed upon faculty at tier 3 institutions. Since engineering departments at HSIs, minority serving institutions and tier 3 institutions tend to be smaller, and because the teaching of undergraduates is a large component of departmental work, new faculty must quickly become skilled at meeting a range of demands other than establishing a research program. This project will help new faculty to more effectively advise and mentor diverse students, contribute to ABET accreditation efforts, engage diverse undergraduates in research, use technology in the classroom, include best practices for engaged student learning in their teaching, and participate in education research projects. Most new faculty at tier 3, HSIs and minority serving institutions are little prepared to address these demands. This workshop will help to improve faculty effectiveness and lead to better learning experiences for undergraduates at HSIs and minority serving institutions.The proposed workshop recognizes that new faculty teaching at tier 3 institutions, HSIs, and minority serving institutions face a unique set of demands. The workshop will introduce faculty to the issues, effective strategies, and available resources in key areas of demand placed on faculty. Grounded in evidence-based practices, the workshop's holistic approach aims to include all of the major expectations placed on faculty time, and which new faculty are likely to lack experience. Topics to be addressed include: mentoring and advising, ABET accreditation, engaging undergraduates in research, and effective practices for engaged student learning. Workshop organizers expect that future offerings could be made available in the form of a one-credit course for graduate students anticipating a career teaching in HSIs and minority serving institutions. Results from this work will be widely distributed for the benefit of the STEM education community.

这个由德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校举办的研讨会将帮助新的博士和新的工程教师为教学高价值的机构做好准备，包括西班牙裔服务机构，少数民族服务机构和三级大学。该项目将开发和举办一个讲习班，并研究一种整体方法的有效性，以准备在三级少数民族和西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）任教的新教师。研讨会将帮助新教师更好地满足这些院校对他们提出的各种各样的要求，并提高本科生的教学质量。该研讨会解决了在博士学位准备方面的一个弱点，以满足三级院校对教师的要求。由于hsi、少数族裔服务机构和三级机构的工程部门往往规模较小，而且由于本科生教学是部门工作的很大一部分，新教师必须迅速熟练地满足一系列需求，而不是建立一个研究项目。该项目将帮助新教师更有效地为不同的学生提供建议和指导，为ABET认证工作做出贡献，让不同的本科生参与研究，在课堂上使用技术，在教学中融入学生学习的最佳实践，并参与教育研究项目。大多数三级、hsi和少数族裔院校的新教员都没有做好应对这些需求的准备。本次研讨会将有助于提高教师的工作效率，并为hsi和少数民族服务机构的本科生带来更好的学习体验。提议的研讨会认识到，三级教育机构、hsi和少数民族教育机构的新教师教学面临着一系列独特的需求。研讨会将向教师介绍问题，有效的策略，以及对教师需求的关键领域的可用资源。基于基于证据的实践，研讨会的整体方法旨在包括对教师时间的所有主要期望，以及新教师可能缺乏经验的方面。讨论的主题包括：指导和建议，ABET认证，让本科生参与研究，以及让学生参与学习的有效实践。研讨会组织者希望未来的课程可以以一学分的形式提供给那些期望在hsi和少数民族服务机构从事职业教学的研究生。这项工作的成果将广泛分发，造福STEM教育界。