Workshop on Diversifying and Deepening Engagement and Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): Bringing Together Dutch and U.S. Scholars

科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域多元化和深化参与与学习研讨会：荷兰和美国学者齐聚一堂

• 批准号: 1757392
• 负责人: Joseph Polman
• 金额: $ 9.97万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 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: 2018-02-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757392&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Diversifying; Deepening; Engagement; Learning

This workshop on Diversifying and Deepening Engagement and Learning in STEM will bring together researchers from the United States and the Netherlands to exchange ideas and foster collaboration. Internationally, there is broad recognition that far too narrow a segment of the population is deeply engaged with and knowledgeable about STEM. This narrow engagement negatively affects the prospects of individuals across the globe. Diversifying the pool of children and young adults deeply engaged with STEM, and providing them with well-supported opportunities for deeper learning in STEM, will promote the progress of STEM by positively impacting research and development. Diversity of thought, perspective, experience and quality of preparation improve innovation and the quality of STEM research. The workshop and its products will advance STEM education by enhancing scholars' knowledge of relevant research on diversifying and deepening engagement and learning, and by creating stronger ties among researchers with common interests in and commitment to these issues. STEM education efforts sparked by this workshop will advance national health, prosperity, and welfare by improving individuals' quality of life and enabling broader public participation in democratic processes that are informed by STEM. The workshop involves a select group of influential scholars from the U.S. and Netherlands whose work contributes to innovative research and development on STEM education both within and beyond schools. The workshop's theme refers to the key goal of diversifying the pool of young people deeply engaged with STEM, including groups historically underrepresented globally and in each nation, while also fostering deeper STEM learning. Throughout the workshop, participants will examine two questions: (1) What are the key social, cultural, and systemic contexts that facilitate and impede broadening STEM participation and learning? (2) How might researchers better understand them, and educators better address them? Comparative work across the U.S. and Netherlands national contexts will allow for bidirectional illumination of issues that might otherwise appear to be merely given or inevitable when examined from a single national standpoint. Gathered scholars will explore the challenges and opportunities for supporting and sustaining interest in, identification with, and deep learning of STEM among young people, through informal and formal learning opportunities. A key outcome of the workshop will be a white paper made freely and widely available to the STEM education community and the general public. The white paper will summarize existing literature and the discussion, framings, and suggestions for further research. The process of constructing and finalizing the white paper will focus the attention of participants in the workshop, and result in greater clarity about the body of theory and research that can inform educational action and future research. In addition, interest groups that form during the workshop will consider pursuing additional products that can inform the STEM education community, such as a journal special issue, an edited volume, research and practice briefs, or other collaborations.

这个关于 STEM 领域多样化和深化参与与学习的研讨会将汇集来自美国和荷兰的研究人员，交流想法并促进合作。在国际上，人们普遍认为只有一小部分人深入参与并了解 STEM。这种狭隘的参与对全球个人的前景产生了负面影响。使深入参与 STEM 的儿童和年轻人群体多样化，并为他们提供充分支持的 STEM 深度学习机会，将通过对研究和开发产生积极影响来促进 STEM 的进步。思想、观点、经验和准备质量的多样性提高了 STEM 研究的创新和质量。该研讨会及其产品将通过增强学者对有关多样化和深化参与和学习的相关研究的了解，并在对这些问题有共同兴趣和致力于这些问题的研究人员之间建立更牢固的联系来推进 STEM 教育。本次研讨会引发的 STEM 教育工作将通过改善个人生活质量并使公众更广泛地参与 STEM 所告知的民主进程来促进国家健康、繁荣和福利。该研讨会由来自美国和荷兰的一批有影响力的学者组成，他们的工作致力于学校内外 STEM 教育的创新研究和发展。研讨会的主题是指使深度参与 STEM 的年轻人群体多样化的关键目标，包括历史上在全球和每个国家代表性不足的群体，同时促进更深入的 STEM 学习。在整个研讨会期间，参与者将研究两个问题：(1) 促进和阻碍扩大 STEM 参与和学习的关键社会、文化和系统背景是什么？ (2) 研究人员如何更好地理解这些问题，教育工作者如何更好地解决这些问题？美国和荷兰国家背景下的比较工作将允许双向阐明问题，否则从单一国家的角度审视时，这些问题可能看起来只是既定的或不可避免的。学者们将齐聚一堂，通过非正式和正式的学习机会，探讨支持和维持年轻人对 STEM 的兴趣、认同和深度学习的挑战和机遇。研讨会的一个重要成果是向 STEM 教育界和公众免费广泛提供一份白皮书。白皮书将总结现有文献以及讨论、框架和进一步研究的建议。构建和最终确定白皮书的过程将集中研讨会参与者的注意力，并使理论和研究主体更加清晰，从而为教育行动和未来研究提供信息。此外，研讨会期间形成的兴趣小组将考虑寻求可以为 STEM 教育界提供信息的其他产品，例如期刊特刊、编辑卷、研究和实践简报或其他合作。