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Enacting and Researching Culturally Sustaining STEM Pedagogies Across Informal Settings in Gullah/Geechee Communities in the Southeastern United States

在美国东南部 Gullah/Geechee 社区的非正式环境中制定和研究文化可持续的 STEM 教学法

基本信息

批准号：
2005810
负责人：
Fenice Boyd
金额：
$ 30万
依托单位：
University of South Carolina at Columbia
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：
2020-07-15 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2005810&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Enacting Researching Culturally Sustaining STEM

项目摘要

The University of South Carolina will develop and research an educational program in the Southeastern United States designed to recognize and foreground the scientific contributions of the descendants of West Africans and West Indians. Though these contributions have been vital to many scientific enterprises, including land stewardship and aquaponics, they have remained largely underappreciated in educational programs. To address this issue, this project will develop an informal science education program for youth from Gullah/Geechee communities whose ancestors were formerly enslaved West African and West Indian peoples. Across centuries, Gullah/Geechee people have developed historical and contemporary scientific, engineering, and technological practices that enabled the mastery of fishing and the cultivation of numerous crops across barrier islands and coastal cities from North Carolina to Florida. Guided by Gullah/Geechee scholars and community members, pre-service and in-service teachers will co-design culturally sustaining summer programs, which provide Gullah/Geechee youth with opportunities to engage in culturally-embedded scientific and engineering practices as they learn about numerous STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career pathways related to these practices. The University of South Carolina will host these summer programs in partnership with the historic Penn Center, an African American historical and cultural institution, and in partnership with the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, a research organization dedicated to improving the management of marine and coastal resources. Researchers will study how the in-service and pre-service teachers enact pedagogies that sustain Gullah/Geechee cultural practices. They will also study how the Gullah/Geechee youth share their understandings of culturally-embedded scientific content through creating iMovies and through giving community presentations hosted by the Penn Center, Baruch Institute, and other community partners. This project will advance knowledge on broadening participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career pathways in informal settings through culturally sustaining pedagogies. This project will also advance partnerships through illuminating how different institutions and stakeholders—such as community leaders, cultural centers, university educator programs, and scientific research organizations—can work together to support culturally-embedded learning across informal settings.The University of South Carolina will conduct a mixed-method study grounded in principles of design-based research and community-based participatory research. Pre-service and in-service teachers from underrepresented groups will participate in an immersive two-year professional development experience during which they co-design and teach culturally sustaining summer programs with Gullah/Geechee scholars and leaders. In these programs, fifth- and sixth-grade Gullah/Geechee youth will engage in project-based learning by applying historical and contemporary scientific practices grounded in Gullah/Geechee cultures. Guided by cultural mentors, youth will engage in STEM practices similar to those of STEM professionals in the community. Researchers will study how the educators understand and apply culturally sustaining pedagogies by using constant comparative analytic methods to analyze transcripts from observations and interviews, as well as the educators’ work materials (e.g., lesson plans). They will also study how the youth convey their understandings of culturally-embedded scientific content and practices by using constant comparative and multimodal analysis to analyze transcripts from interviews and observations, as well as youth-generated artifacts such as the iMovie. Additionally, pre- and post-tests will enable the research team to determine changes to the youths’ understandings of scientific content and perceptions regarding participation in STEM enterprises and careers. Deliverables, such as youth-generated products, will be shared with local media and with relevant cultural centers, while empirical results will be widely disseminated through local and national conferences. This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts, and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers. This project is also co-funded by the Advanced Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program. As part of its overall strategy to enhance learning in informal environments, the AISL program seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants.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.

南卡罗来纳州大学将在美国东南部开发和研究一项教育计划，旨在认识和展望西非人和西印度人后裔的科学贡献。虽然这些贡献对许多科学事业至关重要，包括土地管理和鱼菜共生，但在教育计划中，它们在很大程度上仍然没有得到重视。为了解决这个问题，该项目将为来自Gullah/Geechee社区的青年制定一个非正式的科学教育方案，他们的祖先以前是被奴役的西非和西印度群岛人民。几个世纪以来，Gullah/Geechee人发展了历史和当代的科学，工程和技术实践，使他们能够掌握捕鱼和种植许多作物，这些作物跨越了从北卡罗来纳州到佛罗里达的屏障岛屿和沿海城市。在Gullah/Geechee学者和社区成员的指导下，职前和在职教师将共同设计文化上可持续的暑期课程，为Gullah/Geechee青年提供参与文化嵌入式科学和工程实践的机会，因为他们了解与这些实践相关的众多STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）职业途径。南卡罗来纳州大学将与非裔美国人历史和文化机构历史悠久的宾夕法尼亚中心合作，并与贝儿W。巴鲁克海洋和沿海科学研究所是一个致力于改善海洋和沿海资源管理的研究组织。研究人员将研究在职和职前教师如何制定维持Gullah/Geechee文化习俗的教学法。他们还将研究如何Gullah/Geechee青年通过创建iMovies和通过由宾夕法尼亚中心，巴鲁克研究所和其他社区合作伙伴主办的社区演示来分享他们对文化嵌入式科学内容的理解。该项目将通过文化上可持续的知识，促进在非正式环境中扩大参与STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）职业道路的知识。该项目还将通过阐明不同的机构和社区领导人，文化中心，大学教育者计划和科研组织等利益相关者如何共同努力，以支持跨非正式环境的文化嵌入式学习，来推进伙伴关系。南卡罗来纳州大学将进行一项基于设计研究和基于社区的参与性研究原则的混合方法研究。来自代表性不足的群体的职前和在职教师将参加为期两年的沉浸式专业发展经验，在此期间，他们与Gullah/Geechee学者和领导人共同设计和教授文化持续的暑期课程。在这些计划中，五年级和六年级的Gullah/Geechee青年将通过应用基于Gullah/Geechee文化的历史和当代科学实践来进行基于项目的学习。在文化导师的指导下，青年人将从事类似于社区STEM专业人员的STEM实践。研究人员将研究教育工作者如何理解和应用文化支持的教学法，通过使用不断的比较分析方法来分析观察和访谈的成绩单，以及教育工作者的工作材料（例如，课程计划）。他们还将研究青年如何通过使用不断的比较和多模态分析来分析访谈和观察的成绩单，以及年轻人生成的文物，如iMovie，来传达他们对文化嵌入式科学内容和实践的理解。此外，前测试和后测试将使研究团队能够确定青年对科学内容的理解以及对参与STEM企业和职业的看法的变化。将与当地媒体和相关文化中心分享青年制作的产品等可供参考的产品，同时将通过地方和国家会议广泛传播经验性成果。该项目由学生和教师创新技术体验（ITEST）计划资助，该计划支持建立对实践，计划元素，背景和过程的理解的项目，有助于增加学生对科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）以及信息和通信技术（ICT）职业的知识和兴趣。该项目也由高级非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划共同资助。作为其整体战略的一部分，以加强在非正式环境中的学习，AISL计划旨在推进新的方法，并以证据为基础的理解，在非正式环境中的STEM学习的设计和开发。这包括提供多种途径，以扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验，推进创新研究和评估的STEM学习在非正式环境中，并发展的理解，更深层次的学习参与者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准的支持。