Developing a National Research Agenda for STEM Education for Students with Visual Impairments (VI)

会议将召集研究人员和其他利益相关者制定一项STEM教育研究计划，重点关注视力障碍学生的STEM教育。目标是确定满足这一群体需求的议程主题并确定其优先顺序，并建立针对这些需求开展有力研究的能力。会议议程将包括对研究差距的分析，这类研究的适当方法，以及将研究转化为实践的策略。该项目旨在通过确定重点研究议程，定位能够进行高质量基础STEM教育研究的学者，并建立一个实践社区，促进视力障碍学生对STEM教育的认识和理解。会议将邀请教育工作者、研究人员、家长、学生和技术开发人员共同构思、设计和规划一项研究议程，重点是加强视觉障碍人士的STEM学习和职业准备。这些会议将解决为这一人群定义研究方法方面的挑战，并提供协调一致的努力，以发展基于证据的实践和技术干预措施，为这一人群服务。会议主题将包括设计方法，数据收集和分析，以及可以使用的辅助数据分析。该项目有望促进对视力障碍和STEM教育领域的认识和理解，并建立一个实践社区。该项目将突出视力障碍学生的教学需求和差距，并为减轻大流行病造成的破坏的干预措施和战略提供指导，以确保视力障碍学生有机会接受STEM教育。该项目得到了EHR核心研究（ECR）项目ECR: STEM教育研究能力建设竞赛的支持。ECR资助基础STEM教育研究，重点是STEM学习和学习环境，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM专业劳动力的发展。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。

The conference will convene researchers and other stakeholders to develop a STEM education research plan that will focus on STEM education of students with visual impairments. The goal is to identity and prioritize agenda topics that address the needs of this population, and to build capacity to conduct robust research focused on those needs. The conference agenda will include an analysis of gaps in the research, appropriate methodologies for this type of research, and strategies for translating the research to practice. The project is expected to advance knowledge and understanding about STEM education for students with visual impairments by defining a focused research agenda and positioning scholars who can conduct high quality fundamental STEM education research and build a community of practice. The conference will invite educators, researchers, parents, students, and technology developers to jointly conceptualize, design, and plan a research agenda that focuses on enhancing STEM learning and career preparation for persons with visual impairment. The sessions will address the challenges in defining research methods for this population and offer a coordinated effort to develop evidence-based practices and technological interventions to serve this population. Conference topics will include design methods, collection and analysis of data, and secondary data analyses that can be employed. The project is expected to advance knowledge and understanding in the field of visual impairments and STEM education and establish a community of practice. The project will highlight the instructional needs and gaps of students with visual impairments and guide interventions and strategies for mitigating the disruption of pandemics to ensure that students with visual impairments have access to STEM education.This project is supported by the ECR: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research competition of the EHR Core Research (ECR) program. ECR funds fundamental STEM education 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.