The Cultural Roots of STEM: A Synthesis of Non-Western STEM Learning Paradigms

STEM 的文化根源:非西方 STEM 学习范式的综合

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    2313979
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 49.92万
  • 依托单位:
  • 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:
    2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
  • 项目状态:
    未结题

项目摘要

Despite efforts to foster inclusivity in Informal Science Learning (ISL), achieving equity remains challenging. Learners and professionals in the ISL field predominantly experience science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through a Eurocentric or Western paradigm, which reinforces and seeks to normalize the perspectives and practices of privileged groups who have historically dominated STEM fields. Learners/professionals with worldviews and ways of learning different from what is presented as normative in STEM may experience exclusion, face difficulties, or be pressured to assimilate, which may add barriers to their engagement and success in STEM. While there is a growing commitment in ISL to broadening participation in STEM, genuine diversity cannot be attained if current efforts continue to revolve around a dominant paradigm. This research synthesis project will review, summarize, and interpret existing research and knowledge on non-Western STEM knowledge, worldviews, and ways of knowing. It will also provide evidence-based resources for promoting diverse ways of learning and doing STEM in Informal Science Learning (ISL) environments. These resources will enhance awareness, expand conversations, and advance research on pluralistic STEM knowledge systems among ISL professionals. This project is led by the Exploratorium with contributions from a national advisory panel.The project's overarching research question is: What are the extent, range, and nature of existing literature on the heterogeneity of STEM knowledge systems and ways of knowing? To answer this question, the research team will follow a three-phase approach guided by a Community Engagement in Research framework. Phase 1 will be a scoping review to systematically collate and catalog existing research on non-Western STEM knowledge, ways of knowing, and sense-making. In Phase 2, project advisors and selected community knowledge brokers--professionals from community-based and other organizations and/or individuals who have a foot in the ISL world and a foot in marginalized communities of color--will participate in a professionally-facilitated consultation exercise. The goal of this stakeholder consultation is to validate the findings from Phase 1 and identify topics and research questions for further exploration. Based on this consultation exercise, the research team will conduct a synthesis study tailored to address the identified research questions. Phase 3 will consist of two virtual facilitated convenings. The convenings will engage members from historically marginalized communities of color, science museum practitioners, and project advisors to collectively interpret and discuss Phase 1 and 2 synthesis results. The main objective of Phase 3 activities is to collectively identify knowledge gaps in the current literature to inform future research and propose evidence-based design principles and recommendations that reflect and support diverse worldviews and ways of knowing. In summary, the project will generate these deliverables: (1) Reports of the project's synthesis findings; (2) A research agenda identifying primary research necessary for the promotion of onto-epistemic heterogeneity [multiple ways of knowing and being] in ISL; and (3) Community-informed strategies, and design principles to encourage exploration of the affordances of multicultural STEM knowledge, ways of knowing, and sense-making in ISL. The project will contribute to the National Science Foundation's strategic goal of broadening participation in STEM learning and careers by providing a research foundation and pathway for both marginalized communities of color and privileged, dominant communities to explore and embrace multiple ways of knowing without compromising their cultural identities. This Synthesis project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which supports projects that: (a) contribute to research and practice that considers informal STEM learning's role in equity and belonging in STEM; (b) promote personal and educational success in STEM; (c) advance public engagement in scientific discovery; (d) foster interest in STEM careers; (e) create and enhance the theoretical and empirical foundations for effective informal STEM learning; (f) improve community vibrancy; and/or (g) enhance science communication and the public's engagement in and understanding of STEM and STEM processes.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.
尽管努力促进非正式科学学习(ISL)的包容性,实现公平仍然具有挑战性。ISL领域的学习者和专业人士主要通过以欧洲为中心或西方的范式体验科学,技术,工程和数学(STEM),该范式加强并寻求规范化历史上主导STEM领域的特权群体的观点和实践。世界观和学习方式与STEM规范不同的学习者/专业人员可能会受到排斥,面临困难或被迫同化,这可能会增加他们参与STEM和成功的障碍。虽然ISL越来越多地致力于扩大STEM的参与,但如果目前的努力继续围绕主导范式,就无法实现真正的多样性。这个研究综合项目将回顾,总结和解释现有的研究和非西方STEM知识,世界观和知识的方式。它还将提供基于证据的资源,以促进在非正式科学学习(ISL)环境中学习和做STEM的多种方式。这些资源将提高意识,扩大对话,并推进ISL专业人员对多元化STEM知识体系的研究。该项目由Exploratorium领导,由国家咨询小组提供意见。该项目的首要研究问题是:现有文献中关于STEM知识体系和认知方式异质性的程度、范围和性质是什么?为了回答这个问题,研究团队将遵循一个由社区参与研究框架指导的三阶段方法。第一阶段将是一个范围审查,以系统地整理和编目现有的非西方STEM知识,认知方式和意义的研究。在第二阶段,项目顾问和选定的社区知识经纪人-来自社区和其他组织的专业人员和/或涉足ISL世界和有色人种边缘化社区的个人-将参加专业促进的协商活动。本次利益相关者咨询的目的是验证第一阶段的研究结果,并确定进一步探索的主题和研究问题。在这一协商活动的基础上,研究小组将进行一项综合研究,以解决确定的研究问题。第三阶段将包括两次虚拟主持会议。会议将邀请来自历史上边缘化的有色人种社区、科学博物馆从业者和项目顾问的成员共同解释和讨论第一阶段和第二阶段的综合结果。第3阶段活动的主要目标是共同确定当前文献中的知识差距,为未来的研究提供信息,并提出基于证据的设计原则和建议,以反映和支持不同的世界观和认知方式。总之,该项目将产生以下成果:(1)项目综合结果报告;(2)确定促进国际空间语言中本体认识异质性[多种认识和存在方式]所需的主要研究的研究议程;以及(3)社区知情战略和设计原则,以鼓励探索多元文化STEM知识的可供性,了解的方式,和意义的创造。该项目将有助于国家科学基金会的战略目标,即通过为边缘化的有色人种社区和特权,占主导地位的社区提供研究基础和途径,以探索和接受多种方式的知识,而不损害他们的文化身份。这一综合项目由促进非正式STEM学习(AISL)方案资助,该方案支持的项目:(a)促进研究和实践,考虑非正式STEM学习在STEM中的公平和归属感方面的作用;(B)促进STEM中的个人和教育成功;(c)促进公众参与科学发现;(d)培养对STEM职业的兴趣;(e)促进科学、技术、工程和数学领域的研究和实践。(e)为有效的非正式STEM学习建立和加强理论和经验基础;(f)提高社区活力;和/或(g)加强科学传播和公众参与和理解STEM和STEM过程。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学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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Isabel Hawkins其他文献

Isabel Hawkins的其他文献

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{{ truncateString('Isabel Hawkins', 18)}}的其他基金

Generating Engagement and New Initiatives for All Latinos (GENIAL): Informal Science Education Para Todos
为所有拉丁美洲人创造参与和新举措(GENIAL):非正式科学教育 Para Todos
  • 批准号:
    1611143
  • 财政年份:
    2016
  • 资助金额:
    $ 49.92万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant

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