Maryland Collaborative for Research in Urban STEM Education

马里兰州城市 STEM 教育研究合作组织

• 批准号: 2025280
• 负责人: Roni Ellington
• 金额: $ 99.9万
• 依托单位: Morgan 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=2025280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maryland; Collaborative; Research; Urban; STEM

Morgan State University proposes to implement an Institute in Research Methods that will build capacity in mixed-methods, with an emphasis on K-12 STEM education in an urban setting. The institute will be managed by the Maryland Collaborative for Research in Urban STEM Education (MD-CRUSE), a partnership involving the Baltimore Education Research Consortium and Baltimore Public Schools. The goal is to enhance participants’ STEM education research skills and competencies, stimulate research projects that will build knowledge in K-12 urban STEM education, and inform STEM education practice and policy. The institute responds to the need cultivate expertise that can analyze large administrative data sets to understand the unique STEM learning needs of the urban student population in Baltimore and to inform future research to improve the quality of STEM education among diverse students. In addition to expanding the pool of STEM education researchers, the institute will build transdisciplinary communities of practice. MD-CRUSE will foster inter-institutional convergence research and alignment between K-12 practitioners and STEM education researchers. The institute curriculum will include professional development seminars on research team building; STEM education theoretical frameworks such as social cognitive career theory, self-efficacy theory, and sociocultural theory of cognitive development; methodological training using quantitative and qualitative research designs; and research proposal development. Participants will be provided access to large administrative data sets through the Baltimore Education Research Consortium to formulate investigations of K-12 STEM education topics. The data can be used to document early education program exposure, longitudinal trajectories of students, college going behaviors, and other factors such as attendance, discipline trends, and stability in school leadership. In addition to the seminars and workshops, participants will receive mentoring and support in developing research dissemination strategies. An intensive session will focus on the landscape of dissemination, translational and publishing opportunities in STEM education research, research outlets, and sustainability of research collaborations. The institute will provide an opportunity for participants to acquire expertise in STEM education research in an authentic setting that addresses immediate needs. The participants will be positioned to develop exploratory research projects that will have strong potential for translation to practice.This project is supported by the ECR: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research competition of the EHR Core Research (ECR) program. ECR funds fundamental research focused on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM professional workforce development.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.

摩根州立大学提议建立一个研究方法研究所，以建立混合方法的能力，重点是城市环境中的K-12 STEM教育。该研究所将由马里兰州城市STEM教育研究合作组织（MD-CRUSE）管理，该合作组织涉及巴尔的摩教育研究联盟和巴尔的摩公立学校。其目标是提高参与者的STEM教育研究技能和能力，刺激研究项目，将建立在K-12城市STEM教育的知识，并告知STEM教育实践和政策。 该研究所响应需要培养专业知识，可以分析大型行政数据集，以了解巴尔的摩城市学生群体的独特STEM学习需求，并为未来的研究提供信息，以提高不同学生的STEM教育质量。除了扩大STEM教育研究人员的数量外，该研究所还将建立跨学科的实践社区。 MD-CRUSE将促进机构间的融合研究和K-12从业者和STEM教育研究人员之间的一致性。该研究所的课程将包括关于研究团队建设的专业发展研讨会; STEM教育理论框架，如社会认知职业理论，自我效能理论和认知发展的社会文化理论;使用定量和定性研究设计的方法培训;以及研究提案开发。参与者将通过巴尔的摩教育研究联盟获得大型行政数据集，以制定K-12 STEM教育主题的调查。这些数据可以用来记录早期教育计划的曝光，学生的纵向轨迹，大学行为和其他因素， 出勤率、纪律趋势和学校领导的稳定性。除了研讨会和讲习班外，参与者还将在制定研究传播战略方面得到指导和支持。一个密集的会议将集中在STEM教育研究，研究网点和研究合作的可持续性的传播，翻译和出版机会的景观。 该研究所将为参与者提供一个机会，在一个真实的环境中获得STEM教育研究的专业知识，以满足当前的需求。参与者将被定位为开发探索性研究项目，这些项目将具有很强的转化为实践的潜力。该项目得到了ECR的支持：EHR核心研究（ECR）计划的STEM教育研究能力建设竞赛。ECR资助的基础研究侧重于STEM学习和学习环境，扩大参与STEM领域，和STEM专业劳动力的发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。