CISE EAGER: Developing a Collective Impact Model with and for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Girls to Persist in Computer Science

虽然有许多针对有色人种女孩(夏威夷原住民、阿拉斯加原住民、非裔美国人、拉丁裔)的计算机科学倡议，但它们往往有一个共同的限制。具体地说，这些方案中的许多方案使用文化响应活动，这些活动鼓励社区激进主义，并已被证明激励女孩将自己视为进入与计算机相关的领域，但它们往往采用高度笼统的理论框架，旨在适用于多个地理区域的几个文化社区。但在实践中，不同社区和地区的文化、需求和资产在重要方面存在差异，因此为美国东南部非裔美国女孩服务的活动可能不也适用于夏威夷原住民。如果没有针对特定地区和文化的经验性验证的理论和框架，程序开发人员、研究人员和资助机构就无法就计算机科学如何为所有人服务做出明智的决定。特别是对于夏威夷原住民和其他土著社区而言，几乎没有任何实质性的解决方案或框架。相反，诸如本土知识系统和文化响应性计算等理论仍然脱离了计算机科学的努力。需要为专注于特定社区和文化的项目建立集体影响模式，但人们对这对计算机科学、有色人种女孩、特别是夏威夷土著女孩意味着什么的理解有限。这个为期两年的项目旨在探索需要什么来确定哪些要素可以用来弥合这一差距。一个跨越学科和地理区域的研究小组将应用两种理论(土著知识系统和文化响应计算)，并创造一系列研究机会，以探索哪些特征可以构成集体影响模式。来自夏威夷太平洋大学、亚利桑那州立大学和WestEd的学者将使用一种特殊的方法--关键土著研究方法论(CIRM)。除了文化联络和咨询委员会，青少年(13至18岁)夏威夷原住民、阿拉斯加原住民、非裔美国人和拉丁裔女孩将作为研究人员发挥关键作用。该方法使用系统映射作为一种工具，使女童能够评估该系统，确定促进和阻止现有和未来在计算机科学和技术领域取得成功的机会的互动和联系。该工具为基于这些发现开发的代际讨论、目标和战略提供了机会，并支持实时适应、学习和行动，以支持集体影响。这个项目的潜力是巨大的。如果成功，这些发现将推动课程和活动的理论和教学发展，这些课程和活动将技术经验与女孩的颜色文化身份相结合。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

While there are many computer science initiatives for girls of color (Native Hawaiian, Alaskan Native, African American, Latinx), they often share a constraint. Specifically, many of these programs use culturally responsive activities, which encourage community activism and have been shown to inspire girls to see themselves as entering computer-related fields, they often employ highly-general theoretical frameworks that are designed to apply to several cultural communities in a multitude of geographic regions. But in practice, cultures, needs, and assets differ in important ways across communities and regions, so activities that work for African American girls in the US Southeast might not also work for Native Hawaiians, for instance. Without empirically validated theories and frameworks focused on specific regions and cultures, program developers, researchers, and funding agencies cannot make informed decisions as to how computer science can be for all. Particularly for Native Hawaiian and other Indigenous communities, few solutions have been offered or framed in any substantive way. Instead, theories such as Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Culturally Responsive Computing remain detached from computer science endeavors. A collective impact model for programs focused on specific communities and cultures is needed, yet there is limited understanding of what this means for computer science, girls of color, and Native Hawaiian girls, in particular. This two-year project aims to explore what is needed to identify which elements can be used to bridge that gap. A research team that spans disciplines and geographic regions will apply two theories (Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Culturally Responsive Computing) and create a series of research opportunities to explore which features can constitute a collective impact model. Scholars from Hawai'i Pacific University, Arizona State University, and WestEd will use a particular methodology, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies (CIRM). Along with a cultural liaison and advisory board, adolescent (13 to 18) Native Hawaiian, Alaskan Native, African American, and Latina girls will play critical roles as researchers. The approach uses systems mapping as a tool that allows the girls to assess the system, identifying interactions and connections that both promote and prevent existing and future opportunities for success in computer science and technology. The tool establishes an opportunity for intergenerational discussions, goals, and strategies to be developed based on these findings and enables real time adaptation, learning, and action to support collective impact. The potential for this project is significant. If successful, findings will advance theoretical and pedagogical development of curriculum and activities that intersect technology experiences with girls' of color cultural identities.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.