K12 CS Pathways for Rural and Tribal Communities

农村和部落社区的 K12 CS 途径

• 批准号: 2318354
• 负责人: Jennifer Rosato
• 金额: $ 199.99万
• 依托单位: College of Saint Scholastica
• 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 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2318354&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: K12; CS; Pathways; Rural; Tribal

This partnership between the National Center for CS Education at the College of Saint Scholastica, Hermantown Community School, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, St. Louis County Public schools and Duluth Public schools will build Minnesota district and educator capacity in CS education in order to increase access to and participation in computer science education. Minnesota is currently last in the nation for K-12 CS education with only 21% of high schools offering a foundational CS course according to the 2022 State of Computer Science Education report. CS pathways will include early experiences in elementary and middle school that will help students establish foundational CS knowledge and skills as well as spark the interest of students historically marginalized in computing, followed by the opportunity for interested students to take high school CS electives. Districts participating in the project serve approximately 15,000 students and 1,000 classroom teachers in Minnesota. Given the geographic location, a largely rural area which is the homeland of seven tribes of Anishinaabeg, the most populous Indigenous group in North America, two specific outcomes are to develop Ojibwe language for CS concepts and practices so that CS lessons can be taught in Ojibwe and develop CS lessons that include Ojibwe language and culture.This is a large, Pathways strand research-practitioner partnership between the National Center for CS Education at the College of Saint Scholastica, Hermantown Community School, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, St. Louis County Public schools and Duluth Public schools. To support participating school districts in addressing the CS pathways, the proposed project will: 1) Create a professional learning network (PLN) for 8 school districts in rural or tribal communities; 2) Collaborate with rural and tribal educators to develop inclusive K-8 CS-integrated curricular materials aligned to Minnesota Department of Education standards; 3) Expand connections between Ojibwe language and culture and CS and develop supporting resources; and 4) Support districts in creating sustainable K12 CS pathways. This project will answer the following research questions: 1) How have other Minnesota districts built and implemented a K12 CS Pathway?; 2) For project districts, what are the conditions for addressing equity in CS for Native American students and students with a special education designation?; and 3) After project districts have built and implemented a K12 CS Pathway, what are the conditions for sustainability? The project will develop CS models that other Minnesota districts could use for developing K-12 CS pathways. In particular, the models will have a rural and tribal communities focus, which may inform the development of CS pathways in these communities in other states.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Saint Scholastica学院、Hermantown社区学校、丰迪拉克Ojibwe学校、圣路易斯县公立学校和杜卢斯公立学校的国家计算机科学教育中心之间的这种伙伴关系将建立明尼苏达州地区和教育工作者在计算机科学教育方面的能力，以增加获得和参与计算机科学教育的机会。根据2022年计算机科学教育报告，明尼苏达州目前是K-12 CS教育的最后一个国家，只有21%的高中提供基础CS课程。CS途径将包括小学和中学的早期经验，这将帮助学生建立基本的CS知识和技能，并激发历史上被边缘化的学生在计算方面的兴趣，其次是有兴趣的学生参加高中CS选修课的机会。参与该项目的地区为明尼苏达州约15 000名学生和1 000名教师提供服务。考虑到地理位置，一个主要是农村地区，是北美人口最多的土著群体Anishinaabeg的七个部落的家园，两个具体的成果是为CS概念和实践开发Ojibwe语言，以便可以用Ojibwe教授CS课程，并开发包括Ojibwe语言和文化的CS课程。途径链研究实践者之间的合作伙伴关系的国家中心CS教育在圣斯科拉斯蒂卡学院，赫尔曼敦社区学校，丰迪拉克Ojibwe学校，圣路易斯县公立学校和杜卢斯公立学校。为了支持参与学区解决CS途径，拟议项目将：1）为农村或部落社区的8个学区创建专业学习网络（PLN）; 2）与农村和部落教育工作者合作，开发符合明尼苏达州教育部标准的包容性K-8 CS综合课程材料; 3）扩大Ojibwe语言和文化与CS之间的联系，并开发支持资源;以及4）支持地区创建可持续的K12 CS途径。本项目将回答以下研究问题：1）明尼苏达州其他地区如何建立和实施K12 CS路径？2)对于项目地区，解决美国土著学生和有特殊教育称号的学生在CS中的平等问题的条件是什么？3）项目地区建成并实施K12 CS路径后，可持续性的条件是什么？该项目将开发CS模型，明尼苏达州其他地区可以用于开发K-12 CS途径。特别是，该模型将有一个农村和部落社区的重点，这可能会通知CS路径在这些社区在其他states.This奖项的发展反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。