Development of Indigenous-focused Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences through STEM Faculty Professional Development

通过 STEM 教师专业发展，发展以本土课程为基础的本科生研究经验

• 批准号: 2216438
• 负责人: Melissa Thompson
• 金额: $ 22.73万
• 依托单位: Fort Lewis College
• 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: 2022-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2216438&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Indigenous; focused; Course; based

This project aims to serve the national interest by engaging STEM faculty in developing Indigenous-focused course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). STEM faculty plan to develop multiple CUREs for undergraduate STEM courses and to engage in culturally responsive teaching approaches. A key goal of the project is to develop undergraduate STEM curriculum that has the potential to recruit and retain more Native American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in STEM majors and careers. Importantly, the project team includes scholars with expertise in both STEM and Indigenous culture. With a dedicated Indigenous focus, the project hopes to advance understanding of barriers to STEM and STEM careers faced by AI/AN students and their tribal communities. Resulting Indigenous-focused CUREs will be shared broadly with faculty and institutions across the country. Situated in the context of Fort Lewis College, which is a Native American, Non-Tribal Institution, this project aims to engage STEM faculty in developing, implementing, and assessing multiple Indigenous-focused CUREs to recruit and retain more AI/AN undergraduates to STEM degrees and careers. Goals of this project include creating professional development for STEM faculty in culturally responsive pedagogy, especially for AI/AN students. The intended outcome of the effort is for STEM faculty to develop multiple Indigenous-focused CUREs that would be offered in STEM curricula to sophomore-year students. Indigenous-focused CUREs developed will employ authentic and place-based research experiences to engage students in developing evidence-based reasoning and problem-solving skills in meaningful contexts across multiple STEM disciplines. The involvement of STEM scholars with dual expertise in STEM research and Indigenous culture is significant and will be key to the development and assessment of these Indigenous-focused CURE interventions. Further, the effort intends to build faculty skills in culturally responsive mentoring that would extend beyond the CURE courses developed. Evaluation of the project will be guided by an advisory board, as well as informed by scholars with education research expertise. The developed Indigenous-focused CUREs, along with evidence of their impact, will be disseminated to the broader undergraduate STEM education community and could be broadly influential. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过让 STEM 教师参与开发以本土课程为基础的本科生研究经验 (CURE) 来服务国家利益。 STEM 教师计划为本科 STEM 课程开发多种 CURE，并采用文化响应式教学方法。该项目的一个关键目标是开发本科 STEM 课程，有潜力招募和留住更多 STEM 专业和职业的美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民 (AI/AN) 学生。重要的是，项目团队包括在 STEM 和土著文化方面具有专业知识的学者。该项目以原住民为重点，希望加深对 AI/AN 学生及其部落社区面临的 STEM 和 STEM 职业障碍的了解。由此产生的以原住民为中心的 CURE 将与全国各地的教师和机构广泛共享。 该项目以路易斯堡学院为背景，该学院是一所美国原住民非部落机构，旨在让 STEM 教师参与开发、实施和评估多个以原住民为中心的 CURE，以招募和留住更多 AI/AN 本科生获得 STEM 学位和职业生涯。该项目的目标包括为 STEM 教师在文化响应式教学中创造专业发展，特别是 AI/AN 学生。这项工作的预期成果是让 STEM 教师开发多种以原住民为中心的 CURE，这些课程将在 STEM 课程中提供给二年级学生。开发的以原住民为中心的 CURE 将利用真实的、基于地方的研究经验，让学生在跨多个 STEM 学科的有意义的背景下培养基于证据的推理和解决问题的技能。具有 STEM 研究和土著文化双重专业知识的 STEM 学者的参与意义重大，并将成为开发和评估这些以土著为重点的 CURE 干预措施的关键。此外，这项工作旨在培养教师在文化响应式指导方面的技能，这将超出所开发的 CURE 课程的范围。该项目的评估将由顾问委员会指导，并由具有教育研究专业知识的学者提供信息。制定的以原住民为中心的 CURE 及其影响的证据将传播到更广泛的本科 STEM 教育社区，并可能产生广泛的影响。 NSF IUSE：EHR 计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生 STEM 教育的有效性。通过参与学生学习轨道，该计划支持有前途的实践和工具的创建、探索和实施。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。