Postdoctoral Training in STEM Education

STEM教育博士后培训

• 批准号: 2222061
• 负责人: David Purpura
• 金额: $ 125万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-11-01 至 2025-10-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2222061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Training; STEM; Education

This project team will establish the Purdue University Research Program on STEM Education (PURPOSE) postdoctoral training program to support the development of a cohort of postdoctoral scholars in the area of early STEM learning and development in informal and/or formal learning environments such as schools, homes, child care, and community settings. In this training program, postdoctoral scholars will hone their research and teaching skills, build relationships with educators, policy makers, families, and community members that could lead to collaborations, and learn how policies are developed and evaluated, broadening their understanding of how research is used in decision-making at the state level. The program will support the postdoctoral scholars’ success in attaining impactful STEM education careers–where they can generate and disseminate STEM education knowledge–through the provision of research and professional development training experiences. Ultimately, this training will result in well-rounded early STEM education scholars equipped for success in academic, industry, and/or policy-relevant positions.The overarching goal of the PURPOSE postdoctoral training program is to enhance the postdoctoral scholars’ knowledge base beyond traditional STEM skills, theories, and perspectives, to employ new methods relevant to STEM and non-STEM skill development, and to develop collaborations with STEM and non-STEM colleagues. These scholars will build connections and partnerships that extend to practice and policy, engage in holistic scholarly and professional development, and be poised to take the next steps in their career to generate high-quality STEM education knowledge. The training program will be built on the three pillars of research, practice, and policy that are supported through a foundation of professional learning, diversity, equity, and inclusion (in contexts of both their scholarly and professional development), and mentoring (both the provision of mentoring and learning how to mentor). It is expected that the postdoctoral scholars will develop knowledge and skills at the intersection of early STEM education and school readiness. Additionally, the initiative’s structure will be evaluated, refined and used as a model for postdoctoral training that will be maintained by the key personnel at Purdue and disseminated to others through future conferences, professional development training, and other opportunities.This project is funded by the EHR Core Research (ECR) program, which supports work that advances fundamental research on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development.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.

该项目团队将建立普渡大学STEM教育研究计划（目的）博士后培训计划，以支持在非正式和/或正式学习环境（如学校，家庭，儿童保育和社区环境）中早期STEM学习和发展领域的一批博士后学者的发展。在这个培训计划中，博士后学者将磨练他们的研究和教学技能，与教育工作者，政策制定者，家庭和社区成员建立关系，从而可能导致合作，并学习如何制定和评估政策，扩大他们对如何研究的理解在州一级的决策。该计划将通过提供研究和专业发展培训经验，支持博士后学者成功实现有影响力的STEM教育事业-他们可以在那里生成和传播STEM教育知识。最终，这项培训将培养出全面的早期STEM教育学者，为在学术、行业和/或政策相关职位上取得成功做好准备。目的博士后培训计划的总体目标是增强博士后学者的知识基础，超越传统的STEM技能、理论和观点，采用与STEM和非STEM技能发展相关的新方法，并与STEM和非STEM同事开展合作。这些学者将建立延伸到实践和政策的联系和伙伴关系，参与全面的学术和专业发展，并准备在他们的职业生涯中采取下一步措施，以产生高质量的STEM教育知识。该培训计划将建立在研究，实践和政策的三大支柱上，这些支柱通过专业学习，多样性，公平和包容性（在学术和专业发展的背景下）和指导（提供指导和学习如何指导）的基础来支持。预计博士后学者将在早期STEM教育和学校准备的交叉点发展知识和技能。此外，该计划的结构将被评估，完善和使用作为博士后培训的模型，将由普渡大学的关键人员维护，并通过未来的会议，专业发展培训和其他机会传播给其他人。该项目由EHR核心研究（ECR）计划资助，该计划支持推进STEM学习和学习环境的基础研究的工作，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。