Facilitating Pathways to Success for High-Achieving Pre-Collegiate African American Males in STEM

为在 STEM 领域取得优异成绩的大学预科非裔美国男性提供成功之路

• 批准号: 2000472
• 负责人: Edward Fletcher
• 金额: $ 149.83万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000472&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Facilitating; Pathways; Success; Achieving; Pre

Research about broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a significant priority for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Compared to their White male counterparts, African American males are commonly underrepresented in STEM. With increasing American workforce needs in STEM, more research is needed that focuses on broadening participation in STEM among historically underrepresented populations, including African American males. Much of the current research on African American male students' STEM experiences tends to focus on college students and those who are low achieving or underachieving in STEM. This research project is both timely and significant. The investigators at The Ohio State University and University of South Florida outline a comprehensive research project that examines how participation in high school career academies may help to promote viable STEM pathways for high-achieving (students with a 3.5 GPA or higher), low-income African American male students. The investigators seek to document the experiences of low-income, high-achieving African American male high school students focusing on: (a) their experiences in high school STEM academies; (b) factors (e.g., school supports) that influenced their motivation to participate and persist in STEM academies; and (c) their family support systems contributing to their success. Potential research findings are likely to help the STEM community pinpoint the different positive and negative challenges that low-income, African American males experience in high school, especially those who are high achieving. This project is supported by the EHR Core Research (ECR) program, which supports work that advances fundamental research on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. Using a funds of knowledge approach and mixed research methods, the investigators plan to study the school supports, schooling experiences, academic engagement, course-taking patterns, and family support systems of high-achieving African American male students. In addition to providing narratives of how African American male students succeed in high school and in STEM, the research project will help to pinpoint those factors that support the STEM participation and success of high-achieving, low-income African American males participating in high school STEM academies. Findings from this research will be shared through academic publications as well as through podcasts, webcasts and research briefs. These findings can inform the development innovative high school strategies and programs that encourage and promote the academic and career success of high-achieving, African American males, who are interested in STEM. Additionally, the findings have implications beyond the African American males in the study; they have applicability to other African American males, as well as other groups underrepresented in STEM.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.

关于扩大科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）参与的研究是美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的一个重要优先事项。与白人男性相比，非裔美国男性在STEM领域的代表性普遍不足。随着美国对STEM的劳动力需求不断增加，需要更多的研究，重点放在扩大历史上代表性不足的人群（包括非裔美国男性）对STEM的参与上。目前关于非裔美国男学生STEM经历的研究大多集中在大学生和那些在STEM方面表现不佳或表现不佳的人身上。本课题的研究既及时又有意义。俄亥俄州立大学（Ohio State University）和南佛罗里达大学（University of South Florida）的研究人员概述了一个全面的研究项目，该项目研究了参加高中职业学院如何有助于为成绩优异（GPA在3.5以上）的低收入非裔美国男性学生推广可行的STEM途径。调查人员试图记录低收入，成绩优异的非洲裔美国男高中生的经历，重点是：(a)他们在高中STEM学院的经历；(b)影响他们参与和坚持STEM学院的因素（例如学校的支持）；(c)他们的家庭支持系统有助于他们的成功。潜在的研究结果可能会帮助STEM社区找出低收入的非裔美国男性在高中遇到的不同的积极和消极挑战，尤其是那些成绩优异的男性。该项目得到了EHR核心研究（ECR）计划的支持，该计划支持推进STEM学习和学习环境基础研究、扩大STEM参与和STEM劳动力发展的工作。采用知识基金方法和混合研究方法，调查人员计划研究成绩优异的非裔美国男学生的学校支持、学校经历、学术参与、课程学习模式和家庭支持系统。除了提供非裔美国男学生如何在高中和STEM中取得成功的叙述外，该研究项目还将有助于查明那些支持高成就、低收入的非裔美国男性参加高中STEM学院的STEM参与和成功的因素。这项研究的结果将通过学术出版物、播客、网络广播和研究简报进行分享。这些发现可以为开发创新的高中策略和计划提供信息，以鼓励和促进对STEM感兴趣的高成就非裔美国男性的学业和职业成功。此外，研究结果的影响超出了研究中的非裔美国男性；它们也适用于其他非裔美国男性，以及其他在STEM中代表性不足的群体。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

The school stakeholder community as a source of capital for the talent development of black students in a high school engineering career academy

学校利益相关者社区作为高中工程职业学院黑人学生人才发展的资本来源

• DOI: 10.1108/ejtd-11-2021-0195
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: European Journal of Training and Development
• 影响因子: 2.2
• 作者: Fletcher, Edward C.;Hines, Erik M.;Ford, Donna Y.;Grantham, Tarek C.;Moore III, James L.
• 通讯作者: Moore III, James L.

From a Bag Lunch to a Buffet: A Case Study of a Low-Income African American Academy’s Vision of Promoting College and Career Readiness in the United States

从袋装午餐到自助餐：低收入非裔美国学院促进美国大学和职业准备愿景的案例研究

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of college access
• 作者: Fletcher, Edward;Hines, Erik;Ford, Donna;Moore, James
• 通讯作者: Moore, James

EXAMINING BLACK MALE STUDENT PARTICIPATION CHALLENGES IN A HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

检查黑人男学生参与高中工程学院面临的挑战

• DOI: 10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2023044603
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
• 作者: Fletcher, Edward C.;Hines, Erik M.;Asunda, Paul;Ford, Donna Y.;Moore III, James L.
• 通讯作者: Moore III, James L.

Culturally Responsive Postsecondary Readiness Practices for Black Males: Practice and Policy Recommendations for School Counselors

针对黑人男性的文化响应式中学后准备实践：为学校辅导员提供的实践和政策建议

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of schoolbased counseling policy and evaluation
• 作者: Hines, Erik;Fletcher, Edward;Moore, James;Ford, Donna
• 通讯作者: Ford, Donna

Representation matters: A case study of ethnic matching aimed at building an environment of success for Black males

代表性很重要：旨在为黑人男性营造成功环境的种族匹配案例研究

• DOI: 10.1002/jmcd.12284
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Fletcher, Jr, Edward C.