Transforming Ethical STEM by Engaging Indigenous Research Methods in Native Environmental Science

通过在本土环境科学中引入本土研究方法来转变道德 STEM

• 批准号: 2124971
• 负责人: Emma Norman
• 金额: $ 39.99万
• 依托单位: Northwest Indian College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard 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=2124971&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transforming; Ethical; STEM; Engaging; Indigenous

This project examines and documents the impacts of engaging with Indigenous Research Methods and Pedagogy in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The Native Environmental Science Program (NES) at Northwest Indian College (NWIC), situated within Lummi Nation's traditional territory with six extended campuses throughout the Pacific Northwest, is in a unique position to give voice to ethical research in STEM. While there is some documentation about the impacts of engaging in Indigenous Research Methodology in the social sciences, less is known about the impacts of engaging with Indigenous Research Methods in STEM. NWIC’s NES Program is well positioned to influence the culture of STEM education, more broadly, because of its commitment to engaging in methodologies and topics that align with community values and are identified as community priorities. The diversity of students, themselves, with more than 130 different Indigenous nations represented at NWIC, provides a unique (and under-reported) lens to view science education and the growth of the STEM field. This project addresses the need to develop culturally responsive and ethical research methodologies and practices for conducting relevant and transformational research in Indigenous communities. This project documents the impacts of investing in tribal college science programs and developing culturally responsive and ethical research methodologies. Specifically, this project investigates the question, “How does engaging with Indigenous Research Methodology and Pedagogy impact the educational pathways of Indigenous students in the STEM field?”. Answering this question will help contribute to a greater understanding of ethical research practices in the STEM field, highlight best practices to support Indigenous scientists, and lead to greater diversity and representation in the STEM field. This investment in tribal college science programming is an investment in increasing the diversity in the STEM fields, in general, while shaping innovative approaches to solving complex problems. Engaging in Ethics Research involving Indigenous Science will provide a significant opportunity to grow and strengthen Indigenous Scientists while informing both minority-serving and predominately white academic institutions and STEM practitioners.This project will provide a longitudinal study of Indigenous students engaging in STEM education over twelve years and an institutional autoethnography documenting program development. The project will also conduct focus group conversations with science faculty and advisors for high schools connected to Northwest Indian College and other tribal college science programs. The project addresses the need to develop culturally responsive and ethical research methodologies and practices for conducting relevant and transformational research in Indigenous communities, and the research will be the first to comprehensively analyze the impacts of investing in tribal college science programs. This project will help answer the question, “How does engaging with Indigenous Research Methodology and Pedagogy impact the educational pathways of Indigenous students in the STEM field?” with two goals: 1) contribute to a greater understanding of ethical research practices in the STEM field through engagement with Indigenous Research Methods and Pedagogy and Highlight Best Practices to Support Indigenous Scientists and 2) greater diversity and representation in the STEM field. Analyzing the transformations of Native Environmental Science research and practice in a tribal college setting will yield much-needed insights into how other research programs may adjust their research practices to promote inclusivity in research methods and design. Following Indigenous Research Methodologies prioritize community-identified research projects, reciprocity to and consistent engagement with community, and inclusivity of multiple ways of knowing. In addition, this process values Indigenous Knowledge Holders as experts in the field and meaningful contributors to research and pedagogy. Through this process, we will contribute to a wider understanding of the applications of Indigenous Research Methodologies in STEM disciplines.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.

该项目研究并记录了在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域参与土著研究方法和教学法的影响。西北印第安学院（NWIC）的本土环境科学计划（内斯）位于Lummi Nation的传统领土内，在整个太平洋西北地区拥有六个扩展校区，处于独特的地位，可以为STEM的伦理研究发声。虽然有一些关于在社会科学中从事土著研究方法的影响的文件，但对在STEM中从事土著研究方法的影响知之甚少。NWIC的内斯计划是很好的定位，以影响干教育的文化，更广泛的，因为它致力于从事与社区价值观相一致的方法和主题，并被确定为社区的优先事项。学生的多样性，本身，有超过130个不同的土著民族在NWIC代表，提供了一个独特的（和报道不足）透镜，以查看科学教育和STEM领域的增长。该项目解决了开发具有文化响应性和道德的研究方法和实践的需要，以便在原住民社区进行相关和变革性研究。该项目记录了投资于部落大学科学项目和开发文化响应和道德研究方法的影响。具体而言，该项目调查的问题是，“参与土著研究方法和教学法如何影响STEM领域土著学生的教育途径？"。 提出这个问题将有助于更好地理解STEM领域的伦理研究实践，突出支持土著科学家的最佳实践，并提高STEM领域的多样性和代表性。这种对部落大学科学计划的投资是对增加STEM领域多样性的投资，同时塑造解决复杂问题的创新方法。参与涉及土著科学的伦理研究将为发展和加强土著科学家提供一个重要的机会，同时为少数民族服务和以白色为主的学术机构和STEM从业者提供信息。该项目将提供一项对土著学生从事STEM教育超过12年的纵向研究，并提供一份记录项目发展的机构自我民族志。该项目还将与西北印第安学院和其他部落学院科学项目相关的高中的科学教师和顾问进行重点小组对话。该项目解决了需要开发文化响应和道德的研究方法和做法进行相关的和转型的研究在土著社区，研究将是第一个全面分析投资于部落大学科学计划的影响。这个项目将有助于回答这个问题，“如何与土著研究方法和教学法的影响土著学生在干领域的教育途径？” 有两个目标：1）通过与土著研究方法和教学法的接触，促进对STEM领域伦理研究实践的更好理解，并突出支持土著科学家的最佳实践; 2）STEM领域的多样性和代表性。分析土著环境科学研究和实践在部落大学设置的转变将产生急需的见解，其他研究计划如何调整他们的研究实践，以促进研究方法和设计的包容性。遵循土著研究方法，优先考虑社区确定的研究项目，互惠和与社区的一致参与，以及多种认知方式的包容性。此外，这一进程重视土著知识持有者作为该领域的专家和对研究和教学有意义的贡献者。通过这一过程，我们将有助于更广泛地了解土著研究方法在STEM学科中的应用。该奖项反映了NSF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。