PROMISE: Postdoctoral Research Opportunities and Mentoring for Inclusive STEM Education

Promise计划将支持三名博士后研究员，他们专注于科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育研究、实践和高等教育政策各个方面的公平和社会正义。Promise Flowers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的资源。他们将接受ESED教职员工和STEM沟通专家的指导。通过计划活动，Promise Flowers将建立他们作为包容性STEM教育者的身份，并将社会正义纳入他们自己的兴趣和专业领域。该项目旨在通过在地区、州和联邦各级就STEM教育中的公平和社会正义问题向政策制定者提供见解，并为来自不同人口的新兴学者培养下一代STEM教育者和导师，为STEM教育做出贡献。Promise将利用STEM教育研究人员和政策制定者的现有项目和国家网络，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、指导和关于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交流的研讨会和研讨会，最终由研究员撰写一份赠款提案，以资助和举办在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚举行的STEM教育政策峰会。Promise Flowers将介绍他们的研究，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。Promise研究员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。该项目由STEM教育博士后研究奖学金计划(STEM ED PRF)与EDU STEM教育研究能力建设计划(ECR：BCSER)和EDU核心研究(ECR)计划共同资助。STEM ED PRF计划旨在增强STEM、STEM教育、教育和相关学科的新近博士的研究知识、技能和实践，以促进他们从事基础和应用研究，促进该领域知识的发展。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计划强调基础STEM教育研究，以产生该领域的基础知识。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，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.