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

该项目将促进有关被称为道德碗的科学道德培训干预措施的知识，该干预措施采用基于案例研究的竞争性辩论，使参与者沉浸在积极学习环境中的道德问题、框架和解决问题的策略中。在过去18年中，利用伦理碗，特别是美国考古伦理碗协会(SAA EB)，对考古学学科的学生进行了培训，导致数百人参加，并为评估这项培训活动的长期效果建立了一个基线数据集。在考古学家努力应对交叉的伦理危机之际，SAA EB是该领域为数不多的正式伦理教育机会之一。此外，与其他学科特定的伦理碗不同，SAA EB旨在将准备进入考古学专业的研究生作为研究科学家。使用(1)来自混合方法调查的定量和定性数据，(2)来自前SAA EB参与者和没有接触伦理碗的考古学家的访谈数据，以及(3)咨询具有考古伦理学和伦理学跨学科方法和负责任的研究进行(RCR)培训的不同从业者、相关社区伙伴和顾问委员会，研究团队将：确定伦理碗培训的成功方面；重新设计和推出改进的伦理碗模型；以及工艺成果，有助于在考古学和其他STEM领域内建立和维护伦理研究和实践的学科文化。具体地说，该项目的广泛贡献包括：(1)创建伦理案例研究索引；(2)记录以学科为中心、积极学习的科学伦理培训中的挑战；(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)通过资助和指导少数群体服务机构的早期职业学者，支持多样性、公平和包容性目标。研究小组预计，这一干预措施将导致留住和招聘来自考古学和其他STEM领域传统上代表性不足的学生和早期职业专业人员的人数增加。总体而言，早期职业研究人员道德准备的转变将使社会受益，使科学家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。

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.