PROMISE: Postdoctoral Research Opportunities and Mentoring for Inclusive STEM Education

该计划将支持三名博士后，专注于高等教育中科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育研究、实践和政策的各个方面的公平和社会正义。PROMISE研究员将利用克莱姆森大学工程与科学教育系（ESED）正在进行的研究、结构和项目，以及其他校园和全州范围内的资源。他们将接受ESED教师和STEM交流专家的指导。通过项目活动，PROMISE学员将建立自己作为包容性STEM教育者的身份，并将社会正义纳入自己的兴趣和专业领域。该项目旨在通过向政策制定者提供有关地区、州和联邦各级STEM教育公平和社会正义问题的见解，并为来自不同人群的新兴学者培养下一代STEM教育工作者和导师，为STEM教育做出贡献。PROMISE将利用现有项目和STEM教育研究人员和政策制定者的国家网络，使研究员能够在STEM教育的社会正义背景下将基础研究和应用研究联系起来。PROMISE将采用认知学徒的方法来提供内容和应用实践，并将借鉴黑人女权主义思想，为研究员提供必要的指导结构，以建立健全的研究组合。为那些寻求扩大其教学组合的人提供的指导教学经验将包括课堂观察、指导和实施包容性和创新性教学方法的指导。促进STEM教育知识和政策的机会包括关于研究方法、社会正义、STEM教育政策和STEM交流的研讨会和专题讨论会，最终，研究员们撰写了一份拨款提案，以资助并在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚市举办STEM教育政策峰会。承诺研究员将展示他们的研究成果，并与立法者、政策倡导者和社区利益相关者讨论STEM教育政策和行动。承诺奖学金获得者将获得教育研究方法方面的专业知识，为研究文献做出贡献，并参与学术和政策相关社区。本项目由STEM教育博士后研究奖学金计划（STEM Ed PRF）与EDU核心研究能力建设STEM教育研究计划（ECR: BCSER）和EDU核心研究（ECR）计划合作资助。STEM Ed PRF计划旨在提高STEM、STEM教育、教育和相关学科的近期博士的研究知识、技能和实践，以促进他们从事基础和应用研究的准备，从而提高该领域的知识。ECR:BCSER项目旨在培养研究人员开展高质量STEM教育研究的能力。ECR计划强调在该领域产生基础知识的基础STEM教育研究。投资在至关重要、广泛和持久的关键领域：STEM学习和STEM学习环境，扩大STEM参与，以及STEM劳动力发展。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。

The PROMISE program will support three postdoctoral fellows focused on equity and social justice in all aspects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education research, practice, and policy at the higher education level. PROMISE Fellows will tap into ongoing research, structures and projects in the Department of Engineering and Science Education (ESED) at Clemson University, as well as other campus- and state-wide resources. They will be mentored by ESED faculty and experts in STEM communication. Through program activities, PROMISE Fellows will build their identity as inclusive STEM educators and incorporate social justice into their own areas of interest and expertise. This project is designed to contribute to STEM education by providing insights to policy-makers on issues of equity and social justice in STEM education at regional, state and federal levels and by preparing the next generation of STEM educators and mentors to emerging scholars from diverse populations. PROMISE will leverage existing projects and national networks of STEM education researchers and policy makers to enable Fellows to connect fundamental and applied research in the context of social justice in STEM education. PROMISE will employ a cognitive apprenticeship approach to provide the content and applied practice, and will draw on Black Feminist Thought to provide a mentoring structure necessary for Fellows to build robust research portfolios. Mentored teaching experiences for those seeking to expand their teaching portfolio will include classroom observations, instruction, and guidance on implementing inclusive and innovative pedagogical methods. Opportunities to advance knowledge and policy in STEM education include workshops and symposia on research methods, social justice, STEM education policy, and STEM communication, culminating with the Fellows writing a grant proposal to fund and conduct a STEM Education Policy Summit in Columbia South Carolina. PROMISE Fellows will present their research and discuss STEM education policy and action with lawmakers, policy advocates and community stakeholders. PROMISE Fellows will acquire expertise in education research methods, contribute to the research literature, and participate in scholarly and policy-related communities. This project is funded by the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program (STEM Ed PRF) in partnership with the EDU Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research Program (ECR: BCSER) and the EDU Core Research (ECR) Program. The STEM Ed PRF Program aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field. The ECR:BCSER Program is designed to build investigators’ capacity to carry out high-quality STEM education research. The ECR Program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development.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.