Developing Science Leaders Through Applied Learning Experiences and Reflection

通过应用学习经验和反思培养科学领导者

• 批准号: 1712066
• 负责人: John Richardson
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Austin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1712066&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Science; Leaders; Through; Applied

Austin College will fill a critical gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and to promote the national interest by producing a workforce ready for 21st century STEM jobs. The guiding philosophy of the project is that all thoughtful and scientifically trained people should be prepared to assume leadership roles at some point in their careers. By integrating education in five leadership behaviors--communicating ideas, problem solving, foresight and planning, collaborative work, and acting responsibly--with research and service learning, Austin College will prepare its students to be leaders and active participants in the 21st century workforce. The Developing Science Leaders Through Applied Learning Experiences and Reflection project will integrate leadership training directly into the STEM curriculum. Using a framework developed as part of the STEM Teaching and Research (STAR) Leadership Program, the project will employ high-impact educational practices including providing common intellectual experiences, collaborative assignments and projects, undergraduate research opportunities and service- and community-based learning. The research component will assess whether students' leadership capabilities grow as a result of the project and will determine whether the applied learning components of the STAR Leadership Program contribute to a sense of belonging, interdependence-independence, growth versus fixed mindset, and self-efficacy in STEM. To increase the impact, the proposed research will leverage an ongoing longitudinal study, developed as part of a prior S-STEM award, which examines the impact of the leadership curriculum. The results could add to the STEM educational paradigm by demonstrating that including more holistic training in personal attributes helps students to succeed in the STEM workforce and graduate programs.

奥斯汀学院将填补科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育的关键空白，并通过培养一支为21世纪STEM工作做好准备的劳动力来促进国家利益。该项目的指导思想是，所有有思想和受过科学培训的人都应该准备好在他们职业生涯的某个时候担任领导角色。通过将五种领导行为--交流思想、解决问题、预见和规划、协作和负责任的行为--的教育与研究和服务学习相结合，奥斯汀学院将为学生成为21世纪劳动力的领导者和积极参与者做好准备。通过应用学习经验和反思培养科学领袖项目将把领导能力培训直接纳入STEM课程。使用作为STEM教学和研究(STAR)领导力计划一部分开发的框架，该项目将采用高影响力的教育实践，包括提供共同的智力体验、协作作业和项目、本科生研究机会以及基于服务和社区的学习。研究部分将评估学生的领导能力是否因该项目而提高，并将确定STAR领导力计划的应用学习部分是否有助于STEM的归属感、相互依赖-独立、成长与固定心态以及自我效能。为了增加影响力，拟议的研究将利用正在进行的纵向研究，该研究是先前S-STEM奖项的一部分，旨在审查领导力课程的影响。这一结果可能会增加STEM的教育范式，因为它表明，包括更全面的个人属性培训有助于学生在STEM劳动力和研究生项目中取得成功。

项目成果

TESS Delivers Five New Hot Giant Planets Orbiting Bright Stars from the Full-frame Images

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/abe38a
• 发表时间: 2021-01
• 期刊: The Astronomical Journal
• 作者: Joseph E. Rodriguez;S. Quinn;G. Zhou;A. Vanderburg;L. Nielsen;R. Wittenmyer;R. Brahm;P. Reed