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Strategies: Urban STEM Stewards: Expanding Career Interests through Citizen-Science with Community Partners

策略：城市 STEM 管理员：通过与社区合作伙伴的公民科学扩大职业兴趣

基本信息

批准号：
1759291
负责人：
Constance Flanagan
金额：
$ 119.19万
依托单位：
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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：
2018-06-01 至 2022-11-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1759291&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Strategies Urban STEM Stewards Expanding

项目摘要

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase student motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). The project will implement an innovative model of citizen-science in which teachers, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professionals, and middle-high school students from groups underrepresented in STEM work together, applying STEM learning to address environmental issues in their communities (storm water runoff, energy savings from trees). The civic-science nexus, which links STEM with civic contribution, offers unique possibilities for exploring STEM career pathways with students from marginalized communities. Middle- and high-school students will participate as citizen-scientists in place-based investigations into urban ecological issues, working alongside teachers and STEM community partners, to address local environmental issues. Students will develop hypotheses, collect and analyze data during field investigations, build knowledge and skills through supplementary classroom activities, take local stewardship actions, and communicate project results in public forums. Teachers and STEM partners will participate in the professional development (PD) program that trains them in facilitating student inquiry-driven, place-based stewardship projects. They will also share resources on-line, and form a learning community in the process. The aim of the project is to understand the mechanisms whereby local place-based inquiry can build interest in STEM and STEM careers. There is considerable evidence that, for populations underrepresented in STEM, interest and learning increases when connections are made between STEM learning, students' personal interests and their community. However, the potential of interest sparked by these projects may be fleeting unless students are supported in linking the passion they feel to STEM identity pathways they might pursue. The project will use a mixed methods research strategy to: 1) measure changes in students' STEM career aspirations, interests, and beliefs before and after engaging in environmental work; 2) investigate factors that influence those changes; and 3) assess the impact of randomized interventions that emphasize STEM utility for students' civic goals. Measures include students' pre-post surveys, reflective essays, and observations of each STEM community partner's field work with students documenting STEM learning and applications. Three STEM professional partners representing different sectors (private company, government, non-government organization) will partner with 18 urban middle-high school classes. An estimated 720 students from racial/ethnic minority groups underrepresented in STEM will participate in the program and research. The project will disseminate findings via academic venues and by developing outreach materials focusing on best practices and disseminating them to formal and informal educator networks.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.

该项目将推进学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划的努力，以更好地理解和促进提高学生在科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）领域追求职业生涯的动机和能力的实践。该项目将实施一种创新的公民科学模式，其中教师，科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业人员以及来自STEM代表性不足的群体的中学生共同努力，将STEM学习应用于解决社区环境问题（雨水径流，树木节能）。将STEM与公民贡献联系起来的公民科学关系为来自边缘化社区的学生探索STEM职业道路提供了独特的可能性。初中和高中学生将作为公民科学家参与对城市生态问题的实地调查，与教师和STEM社区合作伙伴一起工作，以解决当地的环境问题。学生将开发假设，收集和分析实地调查期间的数据，通过补充课堂活动建立知识和技能，采取当地管理行动，并在公共论坛上交流项目结果。教师和STEM合作伙伴将参加专业发展（PD）计划，培训他们促进学生调查驱动，基于场所的管理项目。他们还将在线共享资源，并在此过程中形成一个学习社区。该项目的目的是了解当地基于地点的调查可以建立对STEM和STEM职业的兴趣的机制。有相当多的证据表明，对于在STEM中代表性不足的人群，当STEM学习、学生的个人兴趣和他们的社区之间建立联系时，兴趣和学习就会增加。然而，这些项目引发的潜在兴趣可能是短暂的，除非学生们能够将他们感受到的激情与他们可能追求的STEM身份途径联系起来。该项目将使用混合方法研究策略：1）测量学生在从事环境工作之前和之后的STEM职业抱负，兴趣和信念的变化; 2）调查影响这些变化的因素; 3）评估随机干预措施的影响，强调STEM对学生公民目标的效用。措施包括学生的事前调查，反思性文章，以及对每个STEM社区合作伙伴与学生记录STEM学习和应用的实地工作的观察。代表不同行业（私营公司、政府、非政府组织）的三个STEM专业合作伙伴将与18个城市初中班合作。据估计，来自STEM中代表性不足的种族/少数民族群体的720名学生将参加该计划和研究。该项目将通过学术场所传播研究结果，并通过开发以最佳实践为重点的宣传材料，将其传播给正式和非正式的教育工作者网络。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。