Collaborative Research: How Science Fieldwork Experiences Impact Undergraduate Students' STEM Academic and Career Decisions

合作研究：科学实地考察经历如何影响本科生的 STEM 学术和职业决策

• 批准号: 1760981
• 负责人: Eric Riggs
• 金额: $ 32.14万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 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: 2018-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1760981&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; How; Science; Fieldwork

The representation of women in the earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences workforce is significantly lower than that of female undergraduate students majoring in these disciplines. This underrepresentation limits the available role models for female undergraduate and graduate students, and female scientists working in industry. It is critical to understand the factors that may influence why male or female undergraduate students pursue the STEM workforce or not. Advancing a diverse and technically competent STEM workforce is critical to the progress of science and the health, prosperity and welfare of our nation. This project team is investigating the contextual components of social cognitive career theory to explore how male and female undergraduate geology students successfully navigate scientific fieldwork experiences as they pursue academic and career paths. More specifically, knowledge will be advanced about how social, cultural, educational, and identity variables interact with each other during and after fieldwork to affect transitions from undergraduate education to graduate education or industry employment. Mixed methods research will include the collection and analysis of survey and interview data. Results will be examined to advance knowledge about how and why STEM undergraduates who do field work pursue STEM careers, and to inform future educational research on social cognitive career theory as it applies to STEM disciplines. This research is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research (ECR) program. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. The program supports the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to understand, build theory to explain, and suggest intervention and innovations to address persistent challenges in STEM interest, education, learning, and participation.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.

女性在地球、大气和海洋科学工作队伍中的比例明显低于主修这些学科的女本科生。这种代表性不足限制了女性本科生和研究生以及在工业界工作的女性科学家的可用榜样。了解可能影响男性或女性本科生是否从事STEM工作的因素至关重要。培养一支多样化、技术能力强的STEM人才队伍，对科学进步和我们国家的健康、繁荣和福利至关重要。这个项目团队正在调查社会认知职业理论的背景成分，以探索男女地质学本科生在追求学术和职业道路时如何成功地驾驭科学实地考察经历。更具体地说，在实地考察期间和之后，社会、文化、教育和身份变量如何相互作用，从而影响从本科教育到研究生教育或行业就业的转变，这方面的知识将得到提升。混合方法研究将包括收集和分析调查和访谈数据。研究结果将促进对从事实地工作的STEM本科生如何以及为什么从事STEM职业的认识，并为未来适用于STEM学科的社会认知职业理论的教育研究提供信息。这项研究得到了美国国家科学基金会EHR核心研究（ECR）项目的支持。ECR项目强调在该领域产生基础知识的基础STEM教育研究。投资在至关重要、广泛和持久的关键领域：STEM学习和STEM学习环境，扩大STEM参与，以及STEM劳动力发展。该项目支持积累有力的证据，为理解、构建理论进行解释提供信息，并提出干预和创新建议，以应对STEM兴趣、教育、学习和参与方面的持续挑战。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

University Title IX Requirements have Chilling Effect on Gender Discrimination Research: A Call for a More Nuanced Approach

大学第九条要求对性别歧视研究产生寒蝉效应：呼吁采取更细致的方法

• DOI: 10.1177/08862605211028283
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
• 影响因子: 2.5
• 作者: Sexton, Julie;Fairchild, Ennea;Newman, Harmony;Riggs, Eric;Hinerman, Krystal
• 通讯作者: Hinerman, Krystal