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

BCSER：扩大基于学科的 STEM 教育研究人员队伍

• 批准号: 2039750
• 负责人: Mary Bridget Kustusch
• 金额: $ 4.98万
• 依托单位: DePaul 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 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2039750&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BCSER; Expanding; Pool; Discipline; Based

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.

拟议的研讨会将召集专家在学科为基础的教育研究（DBER），介绍新手DBER学者跨学科的教育理论和研究方法，并通过持续的指导支持他们的奖学金。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，并创建新的网络。 参与者将围绕他们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。研讨会将整合与项目开发和传播相关的问题。该项目旨在弥合学科学者和STEM教育研究人员之间的差距，同时扩大对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;理论和方法;以及沟通和伦理。每一部分都有相关的模块，并结合了个人和小组活动以及学习目标。 将挑选20名不同的参与者完成这些模块，并接受针对他们需求的指导。将建立机制，以便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教育研究人员的范围，并加强数学和物理学者之间的知识转移。 该项目得到了ECR的支持：EHR核心研究（ECR）计划的STEM教育研究竞争能力建设。ECR资助的基础STEM教育研究项目，解决与STEM学习和学习环境相关的主题，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM专业人才队伍的发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。