Conference: The State of Equitable STEM Pedagogy at California Community Colleges

会议：加州社区学院公平 STEM 教育学状况

• 批准号: 2231669
• 负责人: Ciaran Brewster
• 金额: $ 8.54万
• 依托单位: Santa Monica College
• 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: 2023-02-01 至 2024-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2231669&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; State; Equitable; STEM; Pedagogy

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this conference proposal aims to host a one-day regional conference by Santa Monica College titled “The State of Equitable STEM Pedagogy at California Community Colleges” where participants will share models of equitable teaching practices within STEM courses at California community colleges and HSIs. While much educational equity research has focused on the experiences of students at four-year institutions, additional research is needed on the experiences of community college students. This is a relevant area for research given that proportionally more Hispanic/LatinX and Black/African American students begin their academic careers in higher education at community colleges; and within the California community college demographics 46.04% of the student population are Hispanic/Latinx students while their success and completion rates are lower than peers, specifically in STEM education. This conference will contribute to a richer body of knowledge around effective equity practices at community colleges and HSIs and will establish a platform for greater collaboration among STEM faculty at California community colleges. This conference will highlight key research findings from various initiatives already underway at Santa Monica College, including the NSF-funded grant Fostering an Equity Minded Student Success Culture in STEM, the California Board of Trustee’s math initiative, the SMC Equitizing Gateway Courses initiative, and the redesign of Student Services around the student experience. It will also showcase STEM equity-focused initiatives from other California community colleges and will allow STEM equity practitioners to gain knowledge and insight on how to best serve our Black and Latinx students in STEM to help close racial equity gaps. This conference will help build a broader network of equity practitioners among STEM faculty at California Community Colleges.Through a combination of online presentations and workshops, participants will be exposed to high-impact equitable teaching practices designed to close academic achievement gaps often experienced by Black and Latinx students in STEM courses, including how intersectional identities often amplify existing equity gaps. The goal of the conference will be to highlight how the unique goals, strengths, challenges, and experiences of community college students require intentional approaches to pedagogical practices designed around closing educational equity gaps. This conference will consist of concurrent presentations and workshops, along with a keynote speaker that will allow presenters and participants to share their knowledge and experiences with equitable pedagogical practices in STEM. Workshops will be organized around the following themes: sense of belonging, intrusive advising, early alert systems, asset-based approaches, and student services. A conference-specific Canvas course will be used to share resources and foster discussion among participants. Conference presentations and materials will be made widely available in a publicly accessible archive. An external evaluator will survey conference participants to measure their understanding of the conference sessions, as well as their likelihood to promote, develop and improve their own teaching practices with an equity-minded focus.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.

在改进的本科生STEM教育：拉美裔服务机构(HSI计划)的支持下，该会议提案旨在由圣莫尼卡学院主办一场为期一天的地区性会议，题为“加州社区学院的公平STEM教育学”，与会者将在加州社区学院和HSI的STEM课程中分享公平教学实践的模式。虽然许多教育公平研究都集中在四年制院校学生的经历上，但还需要对社区学院学生的经历进行更多的研究。这是一个相关的研究领域，因为从比例上讲，更多的拉美裔/拉丁裔和黑人/非裔美国学生在社区学院开始他们的高等教育生涯；在加州社区学院的人口结构中，46.04%的学生是拉美裔/拉丁裔学生，而他们的成功率和毕业率低于同龄人，特别是在STEM教育方面。这次会议将有助于更丰富地了解社区学院和HSI的有效股权实践，并将为加州社区学院STEM教职员工之间的更大合作建立一个平台。本次会议将重点介绍圣莫尼卡学院已经开展的各种活动的主要研究成果，包括NSF资助的在STEM培养具有公平意识的学生成功文化的拨款、加州董事会的数学倡议、SMC均等化门户课程倡议，以及围绕学生体验重新设计学生服务。它还将展示加州其他社区学院以STEM公平为重点的倡议，并将允许STEM公平从业者获得关于如何最好地为STEM的黑人和拉丁裔学生提供服务的知识和见解，以帮助缩小种族平等差距。这次会议将有助于在加州社区学院的STEM教师中建立更广泛的平等从业者网络。通过在线演讲和研讨会的结合，与会者将接触到旨在缩小黑人和拉丁裔学生在STEM课程中经常遇到的学业成就差距的高影响力公平教学实践，包括跨部门身份往往如何放大现有的平等差距。会议的目标将是强调社区大学学生的独特目标、优势、挑战和经验如何需要有目的的方法来进行围绕缩小教育公平差距而设计的教学实践。这次会议将包括同时进行的演讲和研讨会，以及一位主旨演讲者，让演讲者和与会者分享他们在STEM公平教学实践方面的知识和经验。研讨会将围绕以下主题组织：归属感、侵入性建议、早期警报系统、基于资产的方法和学生服务。将使用专门针对会议的画布课程来分享资源并促进与会者之间的讨论。会议介绍和材料将以可供公众查阅的档案形式广泛提供。一名外部评估员将调查会议参与者，以衡量他们对会议会议的理解，以及他们以公平的焦点促进、发展和改进自己的教学实践的可能性。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。