IGE: Interdisciplinary STEM Graduate Student Learning Communities

虽然科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）研究生在各自的领域接受专业培训，但许多STEM研究生缺乏从博士教育过渡到就业所需的基本技能。这项授予迈阿密大学的国家科学基金会研究生教育创新（IGE）奖将试点和测试研究生学习社区（GSLC）模式，旨在缩小这一差距。这种创新的STEM研究生指导方法综合了教学、心理学和化学教育方面的知识，建立了为期一年的丰富经验。该项目的目标是培养STEM研究生的认同感、社区意识以及与非科学家交流的能力。除了对GSLC的参与者产生积极影响外，该项目还将以多种方式推进研究生教育。首先，GSLC的成员本身就是其特定研究小组、部门和专业的参与者；在这些学生中，更清晰的身份、社区和沟通技巧反过来会对他们更广泛的文化产生积极的影响。其次，本项目的课程设置可以根据其他大学研究生的需要进行实施和调整。最后，将注意力集中在与非专业人员的交流上，将增加STEM主题对自己专业以外的科学家和更广泛公众的潜在影响。该项目将建立一个跨学科的研究生学习社区（GSLC）。该项目分为两组，每组为期一年，将指导和提高STEM研究生在化学和心理学方面的技能。作为GSLC的一部分，两组STEM研究生将制定个性化的专业发展计划；定期接受职业指导；并参与以证据为基础的课程，旨在探索他们的专业身份，建立社区，提高他们与非专业人士沟通的能力。该项目将专门测试GSLC模式在培养职业认同、社区意识和沟通技巧方面的有效性。评估将包括使用前评估和后评估在队列内进行比较，以及与非参与者的对照组进行比较。该项目开发的课程可跨学科和跨大学转换，从而扩大对STEM研究生教育的影响。研究生教育创新（IGE）项目专注于研究生教育的研究。IGE的目标是试点、测试和验证研究生教育的创新方法，并产生将这些方法推广到更广泛的社区所需的知识。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。

While Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduate students receive specialized training in their respective fields, many STEM graduate students lack the basic skills necessary to transition from doctoral education to employment. This National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) award to Miami University will pilot and test a Graduate Student Learning Community (GSLC) model aimed at closing that gap. This innovative approach to STEM graduate student mentoring synthesizes knowledge from the scholarship of teaching and learning, psychology, and chemistry education to build a robust year-long experience. The goals of the project are to develop the STEM graduate students' sense of identity, sense of community, and ability to communicate with non-scientists. Beyond positively influencing the participants in the GSLC, the project will advance graduate education in a number of ways. First, the members of the GSLC are themselves actors within their specific research groups, departments, and professions; greater identity clarity, community, and communication skills among these students can in turn positively impact their broader cultures. Second, the curriculum in this project can be implemented and tailored to meet the needs of graduate students at other universities. Finally, the focused attention on communicating to non-specialists will increase the potential reach of STEM topics to scientists outside of one's own specialty and to the broader public.This project will develop an interdisciplinary Graduate Student Learning Community (GSLC). In two cohorts, each one year in length, this project will mentor and enhance the skills of STEM graduate students in chemistry and psychology. As part of the GSLC, the two cohorts of STEM graduate students will develop individualized professional development plans; receive regular career mentoring; and participate in an evidence-based curriculum designed to explore their professional identity, build community, and improve their ability to communicate with non-specialists. The project will specifically test the effectiveness of the GSLC model to foster professional identity, sense of community, and communication skills. Evaluation will involve comparison within cohorts using pre-and post-assessments, as well as against a control group of non-participants. The curriculum developed in this project will be transferable across disciplines and universities thereby broadening the impact on STEM graduate education. The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is focused on research in graduate education. The goals of IGE are to pilot, test and validate innovative approaches to graduate education and to generate the knowledge required to move these approaches into the broader community.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.