BCSER: Expanding the Pool of Discipline-Based STEM Education Researchers

该研讨会将召集基于学科的教育研究（DBER）领域的专家，向DBER的新手学者介绍跨学科的教育理论和研究方法，并通过持续的指导来支持他们的奖学金。该活动旨在将数学和物理研究人员与基于学科的教育研究人员联合起来，分享知识，发展新的理解，并建立新的网络。参与者将围绕自己的兴趣开发研究问题，密切关注功能研究设计，包括数据收集和分析，方法和理论框架。讲习班将综合有关项目发展和传播的问题。预计该项目将弥合学科学者和STEM教育研究人员之间的差距，扩大STEM教育学术的贡献。为期三天的研讨会课程分为三个主要部分：研究设计和生成；理论与方法；以及沟通和道德。每个环节都有相关的模块，并结合了个人和团体的活动和学习目标。将选出一个由20名参与者组成的多元化小组来完成这些模块，并接受根据他们的需求量身定制的指导。将建立机制，以便在参与者之间以及参与者与项目小组之间不断建立联系和沟通。预计该讲习班将有助于建立可通过虚拟会议维持的跨学科实践社区。该项目有可能扩大STEM教育研究人员的数量，并加强数学和物理学者之间的知识转移。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教育研究项目，这些项目涉及与STEM学习和学习环境相关的主题，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 proposed workshop will convene experts in discipline-based education research (DBER) to introduce novice DBER scholars to interdisciplinary educational theories and research methodologies and to support their scholarship through ongoing mentoring. The event aims to unite mathematics and physics researchers with discipline-based education researchers to share knowledge, develop new understandings, and create new networks. Participants will develop research questions around their interests, with close attention to functional research design, including data collection and analysis, methodology, and theoretical frameworks. The workshop sessions will integrate issues related to project development and dissemination. The project is expected to bridge the gap between discipline-based scholars and STEM education researchers while expanding the contribution to scholarship about STEM education.The three-day workshop curriculum is divided into three primary strands: research design and generativity; theory and methods; and communication and ethics. Each strand has associated modules and combined individual and group activities and learning objectives. A diverse group of 20 participants will be selected to complete the modules and receive mentoring that is tailored to their needs. Mechanisms will be established for ongoing networking and communication among the participants and between the participants and the project team. The workshop is expected to help establish interdisciplinary communities of practice that can be sustained through virtual meetings. The project has the potential to broaden the pool of STEM education researchers and enhance knowledge transfer between mathematics and physics scholars. The 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 projects that address topics relevant to 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.