Collaborative Research: Enacting Professional Ethics and Disciplinary Transformation through the Promotion of Evidence-based Training and Education Initiatives in Archaeology

合作研究：通过促进考古学循证培训和教育举措，制定职业道德和学科转型

• 批准号: 2220536
• 负责人: Dru McGill
• 金额: $ 14.7万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2220536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Enacting; Professional; Ethics

This project will advance knowledge on a scientific ethics training intervention known as Ethics Bowls, which employ competitive case study-based debate to immerse participants in ethical issues, frameworks, and problem-solving strategies in active-learning environments. Ethics Bowls, particularly the Society for American Archaeology Ethics Bowl (SAA EB), have been used to train students in the discipline of archaeology over the last 18 years, resulting in the participation of hundreds of individuals and establishing a baseline dataset for assessing long-term effects of this training activity. As archaeologists grapple with intersecting ethical crises, the SAA EB is one of the few formal ethics education opportunities in the field. Moreover, the SAA EB, in contrast to other discipline-specific Ethics Bowls, is designed to target graduate students preparing to enter archaeology professions as research scientists.Using a combination of (1) quantitative and qualitative data from a mixed-methods survey, (2) interview data from former SAA EB participants and archaeologists with no Ethics Bowl exposure, and (3) consultations with diverse practitioners, relevant community partners, and Advisory Boards with expertise in archaeological ethics and interdisciplinary approaches to ethics and responsible conduct of research (RCR) trainings, the research team will: identify successful aspects of Ethics Bowl training; redesign and debut an improved Ethics Bowl model; and craft deliverables that contribute to establishing and maintaining a disciplinary culture of ethical research and practice within archaeology and other STEM fields. Specifically, this project’s broader contributions include (1) creating indexes of ethics case studies; (2) documenting challenges in disciplinary-centered, active-learning science ethics trainings; (3) emphasizing archaeologists’ responsibilities to the diverse publics they serve through effective, widespread ethics training; and (4) supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion goals by funding and mentoring early career scholars from minority-serving institutions. The research team anticipates that this intervention will lead to an increase in the retention and recruitment of students and early career professionals from backgrounds that have traditionally been underrepresented both in archaeology and other STEM fields. Overall, the transformation of ethical preparation amongst early career researchers will benefit society by preparing scientists to be aware of—and responsive to—changing social needs, values, and norms.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.

该项目将推进被称为伦理碗的科学伦理培训干预的知识，采用基于竞争性案例研究的辩论，使参与者沉浸在积极学习环境中的伦理问题，框架和解决问题的策略。在过去的18年里，道德碗，特别是美国考古学道德碗协会（SAA EB），一直被用来培训考古学学科的学生，导致数百人参与，并建立了一个基线数据集，用于评估这种培训活动的长期影响。随着考古学家努力应对交叉的道德危机，SAA EB是该领域为数不多的正式道德教育机会之一。此外，SAA EB，与其他学科特定的伦理碗，旨在针对研究生准备进入考古专业作为研究科学家.使用的组合（1）定量和定性数据从混合方法的调查，（2）采访数据从前SAA EB参与者和考古学家没有接触伦理碗，和（3）咨询与不同的从业者，相关的社区合作伙伴和咨询委员会在考古道德和跨学科的方法，以道德和负责任的研究行为（RCR）培训的专业知识，研究小组将：确定道德碗培训的成功方面;重新设计和推出一个改进的道德碗模型;并制作可交付成果，有助于建立和维护考古学和其他STEM领域的道德研究和实践的学科文化。具体而言，该项目更广泛的贡献包括：（1）创建伦理案例研究索引;（2）记录以学科为中心的主动学习科学伦理培训的挑战;（3）强调考古学家通过有效，广泛的伦理培训对他们所服务的不同公众的责任;以及（4）通过资助和指导来自少数民族服务机构的早期职业学者来支持多样性，公平和包容性目标。研究团队预计，这种干预将导致更多来自传统上在考古学和其他STEM领域代表性不足的背景的学生和早期职业专业人士的保留和招聘。总的来说，早期职业研究人员的道德准备的转变将有利于社会，使科学家能够意识到并响应不断变化的社会需求，价值观和规范。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。