Conference on Equity for Discipline-Based Education Researchers in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences

数理科学学科教育研究人员公平会议

• 批准号: 1845540
• 负责人: Geraldine Cochran
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 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 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1845540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Equity; Discipline; Based; Education

Equal access in discipline-based education research and within institutions of higher education is important for our nation. Recently, STEM discipline-based educational research communities have increased their attention to inequities within their disciplines. This invited conference will be the first of its kind to bring together experts in discipline-based education research from chemistry, mathematics, and physics to discuss equity issues. The conference will include participants from a different disciplines and types of educational institutions to share their insights about equity questions and potential solutions. The conference has three goals. The first is to articulate the most pressing equity-related needs within these fields. The second is to formulate strategies for addressing these needs. The third is to set up collaborations across institutional and disciplinary boundaries to address these issues.This project supports a two-day conference at Rutgers University for about 75 invited participants in May 2019. The conference will include thought-mapping sessions to explore questions including: What is equity in discipline-based education research? What research is being conducted at the intersection of various identities? What are the takeaways from the conference? and What are the next steps to move the ideas further? It will also include poster presentations, keynote speakers, and collaborative group discussions. The conference will produce a conference proceeding that will include the agenda, abstracts and presentations from keynote talks, and abstracts and posters from poster sessions. The PI will also produce a conference report that will include an annotated bibliography of current work on equity in the selected disciplines. This conference could provide a significant starting point for an accelerated discussion of ways to improve equity within the disciplines of mathematics, physics, and chemistry in the United States.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.

学科基础教育、研究和高等教育机构内部的平等机会对我们的国家很重要。最近，以STEM学科为基础的教育研究界越来越关注其学科内的不平等现象。本次会议将首次邀请来自化学、数学和物理等学科的教育研究专家一起讨论公平问题。会议将包括来自不同学科和类型的教育机构的参与者，分享他们对公平问题和潜在解决方案的见解。这次会议有三个目标。首先是阐明这些领域中最紧迫的与股权相关的需求。二是制定应对这些需求的战略。第三是建立跨机构和学科界限的合作来解决这些问题。该项目支持2019年5月在罗格斯大学举行的为期两天的会议，约有75名受邀参与者。会议将包括思维映射会议，探讨的问题包括：什么是学科教育研究中的公平？在不同身份的交汇处正在进行什么研究？这次会议的收获是什么？下一步该如何进一步推进这些想法？它还将包括海报展示、主题演讲和协作小组讨论。会议将产生一份会议记录，其中包括议程、主题演讲的摘要和演讲，以及海报会议的摘要和海报。PI还将编写一份会议报告，其中将包括对选定学科中关于公平的当前工作的注释书目。这次会议可以为加速讨论如何提高美国数学、物理和化学学科的公平性提供一个重要的起点。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。