STEM-based University Pathway Encouraging Relationships with Chicago High schools in Automation, Robotics and Green Energy

基于 STEM 的大学衔接课程鼓励与芝加哥高中在自动化、机器人技术和绿色能源领域建立关系

• 批准号: 2148429
• 负责人: Matthew Aldeman
• 金额: $ 134.97万
• 依托单位: Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148429&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEM; based; University; Pathway; Encouraging

This Developing and Testing Innovations project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers by connecting faculty and undergraduate students at Illinois State University with students and teachers at four Chicago-area high schools and four Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) that serve the communities around them. The project is based on the exploration of STEM-focused technologies including robotics, solar energy, and electric vehicles, and aims to serve students from populations that are underrepresented in STEM fields. Students will meet after school once per week to engage in informal, hands-on STEM educational activities. During the summers, students will attend a three-day STEM camp to apply and extend the knowledge they have gained throughout the year and learn about STEM educational and career pathways through field trips and guest speakers from STEM industries. Teachers at each of the high schools will serve as mentors for the students. The research, guided by the National Research Council’s STEM Learning Ecosystem Model, will contribute to the disruption of inequities that hinder access to STEM career pipelines for participants by serving as a bridge between informal high school academic experiences, STEM-related higher education programs, and STEM-related career pathways. The project will recruit approximately 320 students from the four partner high schools. The project will use a mixed-method data collection approach including observations, surveys, and interviews. Utilizing a pre to post methodology, researchers will employ the Common Instrument Suite (CIS) of surveys, developed and validated by the Partnerships in Education and Resilience (PEAR) Institute. Survey data will measure student and teacher's STEM-related attitudes, including STEM engagement, STEM career knowledge, and STEM identity. This work offers an approach to support youth in their understanding of the impact that automation, robotics, and green energy are having on the technology industry and the nature of that work. Additionally, the work will capture the effects CBO partners have in post-secondary STEM education and career pathways.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.

这一开发和测试创新项目将推动学生和教师创新技术体验(ITEST)计划的努力，通过将伊利诺伊州立大学的教职员工和本科生与芝加哥地区四所高中和四个社区组织(CBO)的学生和教师联系起来，更好地了解和促进提高学生对科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)以及信息和通信技术(ICT)职业的知识和兴趣的实践。该项目基于对STEM重点技术的探索，包括机器人、太阳能和电动汽车，旨在为STEM领域代表性不足的人群提供服务。学生将在放学后每周聚会一次，参加非正式的、动手的STEM教育活动。暑假期间，学生们将参加为期三天的STEM夏令营，应用和扩展他们在一年中学到的知识，并通过实地考察和STEM行业的嘉宾演讲来了解STEM的教育和职业道路。每所高中的老师都将担任学生的导师。这项研究由国家研究委员会的STEM学习生态系统模型指导，通过充当非正式高中学术经历、STEM相关高等教育项目和STEM相关职业道路之间的桥梁，将有助于打破阻碍参与者获得STEM职业管道的不平等。该项目将从四所合作高中招收约320名学生。该项目将采用包括观察、调查和访谈在内的混合方法收集数据。利用事前到事后的方法，研究人员将使用由教育和复原力伙伴关系研究所开发和验证的通用工具套件(CIS)进行调查。调查数据将衡量学生和教师与STEM相关的态度，包括STEM参与度、STEM职业知识和STEM认同感。这项工作提供了一种方法，帮助年轻人了解自动化、机器人和绿色能源对技术行业和这项工作的性质产生的影响。此外，这项工作将捕捉CBO合作伙伴在中学后STEM教育和职业道路上的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Stakeholder Views in Building a Sustainable Engineering Learning Ecosystem: Afterschool Green Energy, Robotics, and Automation

利益相关者对构建可持续工程学习生态系统的看法：课后绿色能源、机器人和自动化

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2023 Annual Conference
• 作者: Allison Antink-Meyer, Matthew Aldeman

Creating a Foundational STEM + Sustainability Curriculum for High Schools in Chicago

为芝加哥高中创建基础 STEM 可持续发展课程

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2023 Annual Conference
• 作者: Gabriella Grace Hershey, Gabriel Louis

An After-school STEM Program with a Novel Equitable and Inclusive Structure

具有新颖、公平和包容性结构的课后 STEM 计划

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education 2023 Annual Conference
• 作者: Matthew Aldeman, Jeritt Williams