RAPID: Learning from the Maui community to understand layers of trauma and trauma-informed STEM education as a tool to support processing, recovery, and healing

青年及其照顾者可以在重建受自然灾害严重影响的社区方面发挥关键作用。了解创伤的STEM教育可以支持青年及其社区在灾后康复和恢复。在这个项目中，毛伊岛社区和夏威夷大学的研究人员将合作了解STEM教育在帮助年轻人通过与野火及其环境影响相关的内容处理社区事件方面的作用。“为了了解野火的原因和影响，年轻人需要能够使用环境科学概念、数学实践和数据科学工具。在创伤的情况下，与受影响的社区合作，制定和实施满足他们需求的项目也很重要。该项目将首先听取毛伊岛社区的组织和学校的意见，并与他们接触。RAPID项目的工作是在恢复过程的早期阶段与社区合作，了解哪些需求和资源将支持STEM学习体验。该项目的研究将调查与社区合作的过程，以参与创伤知情的STEM教育。研究团队之前有使用STEMS2（科学、技术、工程、数学、社会科学和地方感）框架进行创伤性STEM教育的经验，该框架使社区成员参与了解其资源和需求的过程，然后共同设计学习经验。这一过程可能适用于最近面临自然灾害的其他情况，作为帮助青年及其社区在参与STEM内容和实践的同时恢复的一种方式。这项研究将依靠一系列定性的谈话故事、小组对话和访谈来了解青年、社区成员和教育机构的经历和需求。这一阶段的研究代表了对野火的即时反应和反应及其对青年、他们的照顾者和社区的影响。该项目将与K-12学生和合作伙伴组织（如学校、非营利组织）合作。该项目由“面向学生和教师的创新技术体验”（ITEST）项目资助，该项目支持有助于提高学生对科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）以及信息和通信技术（ICT）职业的知识和兴趣的实践、项目要素、背景和过程的理解。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。

Youth and their caregivers can play a critical role in rebuilding communities that are heavily impacted from natural disasters. Trauma informed STEM education can support youth and their communities to heal and recover during the aftermath of disasters. In this project, the Maui community and University of Hawaii researchers will collaborate to understand the role of STEM education in helping youth process the events in their community via content related to wildfires and their environmental impacts. “In order to understand the causes and impacts of wildfires, youth need to be able to use environmental science concepts, mathematical practices, and data science tools. In traumatic situations, it is also important to work with the impacted community to develop and implement programs that will meet their needs. The project will begin by listening to and engaging with organizations and schools in the Maui community. The work in this RAPID project engages with the community in the early stages of the recovery process to understand what needs and resources will support STEM learning experiences. The research for this project will investigate a process of collaboration with the community to engage trauma-informed STEM education. The research team has prior experience using the STEMS2 (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Sense of Place) framework for trauma-informed STEM education that engages community members in the process of learning about their resources and needs followed by the co-design of learning experiences. This process is potentially applicable to other contexts that have recently faced natural disasters as one way to help youth and their communities recover while engaging STEM content and practices. The research will rely on a set of qualitative talk stories, group conversations and interviews to understand the experiences and needs of youth, the community members, and educational organizations. The research in this phase represents the immediate responses and reactions to the wildfire and its impact on youth, their caregivers, and their communities. The project will work with K-12 students and partner organizations (e.g., schools, non-profit organizations). This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.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.