NSF INCLUDES DDLP: Leadership and iSTEAM for Females in Elementary school (LiFE): An Integrated Approach to Increase the Number of Women Pursuing Careers in STEM

NSF 包括 DDLP：针对小学女性的领导力和 iSTEAM (LiFE)：增加从事 STEM 职业的女性人数的综合方法

• 批准号: 1744490
• 负责人: Bruce Bukiet
• 金额: $ 29.95万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744490&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; INCLUDES; DDLP; Leadership; iSTEAM

The LiFE Project, an NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot, will investigate and design a collaborative effort to counter the stereotypical expectation that boys are "naturally" better at science and math which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, silently shaping the girls'own perceptions of their ability. LiFE collaborators will address this problem at its source: the early learning experiences of elementary school girls. The elementary-middle school period is critical because by 8th grade, many girls have left the STEM pathway forever. The key to reversing the trend is finding effective ways to showcase STEM as a collaborative, people-rich space in which girls can participate together, be themselves, and engage in exploration. Research indicates that girls prefer collaborative activities that can make a difference in the world. Partnering with a coalition of economically and racially diverse New Jersey elementary schools, LiFE will employ "iSTEAM" learning strategies that encourage girls to apply the tools of various disciplines to investigate and solve real-world problems in an open environment of innovation, collaboration, and communication. This approach promises to be especially effective in engaging girls.LiFE will build on a successful Girls Science Club (GSC) model that introduces girls in grades 3-4 to hands-on iSTEAM exploration activities using Problem/Project-Based Learning strategies. Additional activities will leverage the expertise of the project's corporate/government partners (including Apple and USARMY) to build communication and leadership skills. LiFE will sustain the GSC's benefits by developing clubs for grades 5-6 involving enriched content and long-term independent projects. Eventually, a tiered peer network will link girls from elementary school through women college students and female STEM professionals--each tier mentoring the tiers below. This network will sustain a crucial "sense of community" to retain women in STEM. Within LiFE's social innovation framework approach, participating districts will tailor the GSC to their community while also working together toward shared common goals. LiFE will study the impact of GSCs on persistence of girls' interest in STEM into grade 7. Based on this research, LiFE will develop a cost-effective template that can be replicated across the US. LiFE will bring problem-based iSTEAM concepts to girls of all academic levels in their elementary schools years while, having a community focus with participant-developed projects in a non-competitive environment and leveraging the resources of academic, corporate and government partners to foster broader participation by women in STEM careers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

LIFE项目是NSF包括设计和开发启动试点项目，它将调查和设计一项合作努力，以反击男孩在科学和数学方面“天生”更好的刻板印象，这成为一个自我实现的预言，默默地塑造女孩自己对自己能力的看法。生活合作者将从根源上解决这个问题：小学女孩的早期学习经历。小学-中学阶段是至关重要的，因为到了8年级，许多女孩已经永远离开了STEM的道路。扭转这一趋势的关键是找到有效的方法，将STEM展示为一个合作的、人多的空间，女孩可以在其中共同参与，做自己，并参与探索。研究表明，女孩更喜欢能够改变世界的合作活动。LIFE将与经济和种族多元化的新泽西州小学联盟合作，采用“iSTEAM”学习策略，鼓励女孩在创新、合作和交流的开放环境中应用不同学科的工具来调查和解决现实世界的问题。LIFE将建立一个成功的女孩科学俱乐部(GSC)模式，向3-4年级的女孩介绍使用基于问题/基于项目的学习策略的动手iSTEAM探索活动。其他活动将利用该项目的企业/政府合作伙伴(包括苹果和美国陆军)的专业知识来建立沟通和领导技能。LIFE将通过为5-6年级发展包含丰富内容和长期独立项目的俱乐部来维持GSC的利益。最终，一个分层的同伴网络将把女孩从小学到女大学生和女性STEM专业人员联系起来--每一层都在指导下面的一层。这一网络将保持一种至关重要的“社区意识”，使妇女留在STEM。在LIFE的社会创新框架方法下，参与地区将为他们的社区量身定做GSC，同时也将共同努力实现共同的目标。LIFE将研究GSC对女孩将STEM兴趣持续到七年级的影响。基于这项研究，LIFE将开发一个经济高效的模板，可以在美国复制。LIFE将把基于问题的iSTEAM概念带给小学阶段的所有学业水平的女孩，同时将社区重点放在参与者在非竞争环境中开发的项目上，并利用学术、企业和政府合作伙伴的资源来促进妇女更广泛地参与STEM职业生涯。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。