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.

圣克罗斯特纳学院国家CS教育中心，赫曼敦社区学校，Fond du Lac Ojibwe学校，圣路易斯县公立学校和Duluth公立学校之间的这种合作伙伴关系将在CS教育中建立明尼苏达州教育能力，以增加对计算机科学教育的访问和参与。根据2022年计算机科学教育报告，明尼苏达州目前在全美接受K-12 CS教育，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，这些经验将帮助学生建立基础CS知识和技能，并激发历史上被边缘化的学生的兴趣，然后是有兴趣的学生参加高中CS选修课的机会。参加该项目的地区为明尼苏达州的大约15,000名学生和1,000名课堂老师提供服务。鉴于地理位置，在很大程度上是农村地区，它是北美人口最多的土著群体的七个部落的祖国，两个具体的结果是为CS概念和实践开发Ojibwe语言，以便在Ojibwe中教授CS教训，并在包括Ojibwe语言的CS Lessions中进行教学。 CS教育在圣克罗斯蒂亚学院，赫曼敦社区学校，Fond du Lac Ojibwe学校，圣路易斯县公立学校和Duluth公立学校。为了支持参与学区解决CS途径，拟议的项目将：1）为农村或部落社区的8个学区创建专业学习网络（PLN）； 2）与农村和部落教育者合作开发与明尼苏达州教育部标准一致的包容性K-8 CS集成的课程材料； 3）扩展Ojibwe语言和文化与CS之间的联系，并开发支持资源； 4）支持区域创建可持续的K12 CS途径。该项目将回答以下研究问题：1）其他明尼苏达州其他地区如何建立和实施K12 CS途径？ 2）对于项目区，为美国原住民学生和具有特殊教育指定的美国原住民学生和学生解决公平的条件是什么？ 3）在项目地区建立和实施K12 CS途径之后，可持续性的条件是什么？该项目将开发其他明尼苏达州其他地区可以用于开发K-12 CS途径的CS模型。特别是，这些模型将具有农村和部落社区的重点，这可能会为其他州这些社区中CS途径的发展提供信息。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。