Building on Latinx families' strengths to model and promote informal science learning through a culturally responsive telenovela series

借助拉丁裔家庭的优势，通过文化敏感的电视剧系列来示范和促进非正式科学学习

• 批准号: 2115621
• 负责人: Joy Kennedy
• 金额: $ 299.63万
• 依托单位: Education Development Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2115621&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Latinx; families; strengths; model

Families play a vital role in supporting children’s informal science learning. Yet multiple studies have shown that Latinx families, particularly in neighborhoods with a high poverty rate, face many barriers to accessing informal science experiences and environments. Telenovelas, a type of television serial drama watched by Spanish-speaking audiences around the world, may provide an entryway to reaching these families. Prior research has shown that telenovelas can be an effective means of changing adults’ behavior, with potential cascading impacts on children. Education Development Center, Literacy Partners, and Univision will use a culturally responsive approach to broaden participation of Latinx families in informal science learning using La Fuerza de Creer, a popular Spanish-language telenovela that reaches 7 million U.S. viewers. The five-episode telenovela series will model positive informal science interactions between caregivers and their children and provide positive role models of Latinx scientists. The project team will then use the telenovela as the foundation for a five-session workshop series for caregivers to further explore how to engage in these informal science learning opportunities with their children. The La Fuerza-STEM project will build on families’ strengths and interests and tap their power—la fuerza—to engage children in exploring science. This research will examine the relationship between the telenovela/workshops and caregivers’ practices and attitudes towards science. La Fuerza-STEM seeks to expand informal science learning using a culturally grounded strategy to engage an under-served population that is historically under-represented in STEM.The project will use an iterative research and design process that is guided by the input of both parent and scientific advisory boards. Front-end formative research with approximately 30 Latinx caregivers from under-resourced communities will explore their informal science practices. These experiences will then inform script development for the telenovela. A pre-post comparison group study with 200 caregivers will investigate how caregivers’ attitudes toward science might change as a result of viewing the telenovela. The project will then build a 5-session workshop series around the telenovela and these research findings. Finally, 300 caregivers will participate in a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of the La Fuerza-STEM workshops on changing caregivers’ informal science attitudes and practices. Throughout, the project will address the overarching research question, How can a culturally relevant telenovela be used to improve Latinx caregivers’ science self-efficacy, career awareness, and informal science practices? Project findings and products will be publicly disseminated through publications, conference presentations, and local partner organizations, with an eye toward open access and data sharing. The project will generate knowledge about the effectiveness of embedding informal science content in a culturally-grounded medium—the telenovela—in improving caregivers’ confidence and competence to engage in informal science learning experiences with their children. With an anticipated audience of 7 million, the potential impact of the telenovela on caregivers’ informal science attitudes and practices is enormous. By implementing workshops with local organizations, the project aims to be self-sustaining, building the capacity of community partners to provide families with services targeting informal science knowledge and skills long after the grant has ended.This Innovations in Development project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to (a) advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments; (b) provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; (c) advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and (d) engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments.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.

家庭在支持儿童的非正式科学学习方面发挥着至关重要的作用。然而，多项研究表明，拉丁裔家庭，特别是在贫困率高的社区，在获得非正式科学经验和环境方面面临许多障碍。西班牙电视剧是一种电视连续剧，全世界讲西班牙语的观众都在观看，这可能是接触这些家庭的一个途径。先前的研究表明，电视剧可以成为改变成年人行为的有效手段，对儿童有潜在的连锁影响。教育发展中心，扫盲合作伙伴和Univision将采用文化响应的方法，利用La Fuerza de Creer（一部流行的西班牙语电视剧，拥有700万美国观众）扩大拉丁裔家庭对非正式科学学习的参与。五集电视连续剧将模拟照顾者和他们的孩子之间的积极的非正式科学互动，并提供拉丁科学家的积极榜样。然后，项目团队将利用电视剧作为五场系列研讨会的基础，为照顾者进一步探索如何与他们的孩子一起参与这些非正式的科学学习机会。La Fuerza-STEM项目将利用家庭的优势和兴趣，挖掘他们的力量-la Fuerza-让孩子们探索科学。本研究将探讨肥皂剧/讲习班和照顾者的做法和对科学的态度之间的关系。La Fuerza-STEM旨在通过基于文化的战略来扩大非正式科学学习，以吸引在STEM中历史上代表性不足的服务不足的人群。该项目将使用由家长和科学咨询委员会的投入指导的迭代研究和设计过程。来自资源不足社区的大约30名拉丁裔护理人员的前端形成性研究将探索他们的非正式科学实践。这些经验将为肥皂剧的剧本开发提供信息。一个前后比较组的研究与200名照顾者将调查如何照顾者的态度，科学可能会改变，作为一个结果，观看肥皂剧。然后，该项目将围绕肥皂剧和这些研究成果建立一个5节的研讨会系列。最后，300名护理人员将参加一项随机对照试验，以检查La Fuerza-STEM研讨会对改变护理人员非正式科学态度和实践的有效性。在整个过程中，该项目将解决首要的研究问题，如何可以使用一个文化相关的电视剧，以提高拉丁美洲护理人员的科学自我效能，职业意识和非正式的科学实践？项目成果和产品将通过出版物、会议介绍和当地合作伙伴组织公开传播，着眼于开放获取和数据共享。该项目将产生知识的有效性嵌入非正式的科学内容在文化基础的媒体-肥皂剧-在提高照顾者的信心和能力，从事非正式的科学学习经验与他们的孩子。预计有700万观众，电视剧对照顾者的非正式科学态度和做法的潜在影响是巨大的。通过与当地组织开展研讨会，该项目旨在自我维持，建立社区合作伙伴的能力，以便在赠款结束后很长一段时间内为家庭提供针对非正式科学知识和技能的服务。该发展中的创新项目由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划资助，其目的是：（a）推进在非正式环境中设计和开发STEM学习的新方法和基于证据的理解;（B）为扩大STEM学习经验的获取和参与提供多种途径;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。