Collaborative Research: Overcoming Isolation and Scholarly Devaluation by Bolstering the Collective Agency of Black Discipline-Based Education Researchers

合作研究：通过支持黑人学科教育研究人员的集体机构来克服孤立和学术贬值

• 批准号: 2315023
• 负责人: Walter Lee
• 金额: $ 109.53万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 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: 2023-09-15 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Overcoming; Isolation; Scholarly

There is a growing need for scholars specializing in discipline-based education research (DBER) due to the importance of STEM in preparing the technical workforce and a science-literate citizenry. DBER is defined as a collection of related research fields (e.g., physics, biology, engineering, computer science) executing basic and applied research centered on education research questions anchored in the context of their specific field of study. The proposed project aims to advance understanding and mitigate the impact of systemic racism on the collective agency of Black scholars engaged in DBER focused on engineering and computer science. The project team conceptualizes systemic racism as the complex array of practices, policies, and systems of evaluation that contribute to the de facto segregation and scholarly devaluation of Black scholars. This combination of challenges presents obstacles for scholars working to maximize their potential impact as change agents within their disciplines. This project aims to examine how systemic racism restricts scholars' impact and shapes their individual and collective agency. The long-term goals of the project are to foster collaboration among STEM education researchers who are geographically dispersed across the country; build capacity for culturally-competent STEM education research and dissemination; enhance the visibility of the work done by Black scholars; and advocate for field-level changes to practices and policies that reinforce systemic racism.The main goal of this project is to advance understanding of the impact systematic racism has on the individual and collective agency of Black scholars engaged in DBER. The research team will use an asset-based, trauma-informed, community-oriented approach. First, the project team will collect, compile, analyze, and visualize data about the population of Black DBER scholars. Second, the project will interview a cross-generational subset of late-, mid-, and early-career Black scholars about the workplace challenges encountered during their professional journey and the tactics used to overcome them. Finally, the project will scaffold new collaborations between discipline-based education researchers through workshops focused on forming and sustaining productive research collaborations. This project is designed to expand prior literature about discipline-based education research to include substantial considerations of race or racism. The research design guiding this study will leverage and foster authentic partnerships among Black scholars engaged in DBER. This study design may also serve as a model for subsequent studies on collective agency. This collaborative project is funded through the Racial Equity in STEM Education activity (EDU Racial Equity). The activity supports research and practice projects that investigate how considerations of racial equity factor into the improvement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce. Awarded projects seek to center the voices, knowledge, and experiences of the individuals, communities, and institutions most impacted by systemic inequities within the STEM enterprise. This activity aligns with NSF’s core value of supporting outstanding researchers and innovative thinkers from across the Nation's diversity of demographic groups, regions, and types of organizations. Programs across EDU contribute funds to the Racial Equity activity in recognition of the alignment of its projects with the collective research and development thrusts of the four divisions of the directorate.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.

由于STEM在培养技术劳动力和具有科学素养的公民方面的重要性，越来越需要专门从事基于学科的教育研究（DBER）的学者。DBER被定义为相关研究领域（如物理、生物、工程、计算机科学）的集合，在其特定研究领域的背景下，以教育研究问题为中心进行基础和应用研究。拟议的项目旨在促进理解和减轻系统性种族主义对从事DBER的黑人学者集体机构的影响，这些学者专注于工程和计算机科学。项目团队将系统性种族主义定义为一系列复杂的实践、政策和评估体系，这些都导致了黑人学者事实上的种族隔离和学术贬值。这些挑战的结合给学者们带来了障碍，他们努力将自己作为学科变革推动者的潜在影响最大化。该项目旨在研究系统性种族主义如何限制学者的影响，并塑造他们的个人和集体代理。该项目的长期目标是促进分布在全国各地的STEM教育研究人员之间的合作；建设具有文化竞争力的STEM教育研究和传播能力；提高黑人学者工作的知名度；并倡导在实地层面改变强化系统性种族主义的做法和政策。该项目的主要目标是促进对系统性种族主义对从事DBER的黑人学者的个人和集体机构的影响的理解。研究小组将采用一种基于资产、了解创伤、面向社区的方法。首先，项目团队将收集、汇编、分析和可视化有关黑人DBER学者人口的数据。其次，该项目将采访跨代的职业生涯晚期、中期和早期的黑人学者，了解他们在职业生涯中遇到的职场挑战以及克服这些挑战的策略。最后，该项目将通过侧重于形成和维持富有成效的研究合作的研讨会，在以学科为基础的教育研究人员之间建立新的合作。这个项目的目的是扩展先前关于基于学科的教育研究的文献，包括对种族或种族主义的实质性考虑。指导本研究的研究设计将利用和促进从事DBER的黑人学者之间的真正伙伴关系。本研究设计也可作为后续集体代理研究的模型。这个合作项目是通过STEM教育中的种族平等活动（EDU种族平等）资助的。该活动支持研究和实践项目，调查种族平等因素如何影响科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育和劳动力的改善。获奖项目旨在将STEM企业中受系统性不平等影响最大的个人、社区和机构的声音、知识和经验集中起来。这项活动符合美国国家科学基金会的核心价值，即支持来自全国不同人口群体、地区和组织类型的杰出研究人员和创新思想家。EDU的项目为种族平等活动提供资金，以表彰其项目与董事会四个部门的集体研究和发展重点相一致。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。