STEM Person Of The Week Cymru - STFC role models in Wales (SPOTW Cymru)

本周 STEM 人物 Cymru - STFC 威尔士榜样 (SPOTW Cymru)

• 批准号: ST/Y002938/1
• 负责人: Wendy Sadler
• 金额: $ 10.67万
• 依托单位: Science made simple
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FY002938%2F1
• 关键词: STEM; Person; Week; Cymru; STFC

STEM Person of the Week (SPOTW) Cymru is an evolution of an established and evidence-backed initiative created, developed, and tested by NUSTEM at Northumbria University. SPOTW Cymru provides interventions - including a STEM Person Of The Week show, classroom resources and teacher CPD - serving a new primary schools' audience in Wales, where country-specific needs exist.The project aims to tackle the barriers faced by young people who see STEM jobs as not for 'people like me'. What makes this different to other role model schemes is that it uses the attributes of people working in STEM that are then observed and highlighted in a classroom situation over a further 5 weeks during day-to-day teaching. These observations help to show students how they already have inherent skills that mean they could naturally 'belong' in a STEM working environment. By working with the teachers as STEM influencers and providing take home resources for students to share with parents there is added value to this STEM confidence-building activity. In addition, teachers gain a wider awareness of the diversity of jobs you can do with STEM skills, which helps build a legacy in their knowledge for years to come. Research conducted on the project to date has shown that the negative stereotypes of people working in STEM were reduced and some changes persisted for at least 12 months. The precursor project has so far been delivered by NUSTEM in 42 schools to over 10,000 students in England. In the SPOTW Cymru project Science Made Simple (SMS) will expand this successful English initiative to respond to the needs of primary schools in Wales and provide localised connections for students to STFC connected staff who have Welsh heritage or another connection to Wales. The adoption of a new Curriculum for Wales provides an opportunity (and a need) to provide bilingual resources that focus on STEM skills and careers related experiences. Careers and work-related experiences (CWRE) are a core cross-cutting theme that schools now must address (in a similar way to the Gatsby benchmarks used in England). We propose that an adaptation of materials to involve SPOTW role models from Wales would help Welsh students see the local relevance of STEM jobs to them in their own region. In addition, we would aim to encourage that the scheme is adopted more widely across Wales and this will require the creation of bilingual materials and Welsh-language delivery being available to all. SMS currently delivers STFC's Early Career Public Engagement training programme at the three main STFC facilities to encourage more participation from early careers staff in public engagement and outreach work. SMS aims to link SPOTW Cymru to those graduate and apprentice training cohorts to identify and invite participation from STFC people with Welsh connections, thereby providing an additional public engagement opportunity for those on this scheme. As an additional motivation to schools, and to help raise the profile of the resources, we will build on the experience that Science Made Simple (SMS) has in delivering role-model themed interactive shows. In this way we are not just adapting the existing scheme with a Welsh flavour but also adding a face-to-face experience as a kick-start event in the school, alongside a series of teacher CPD training, and the option for parental involvement in the show itself. By using consistent evaluation tools with the wider programme this will allow us to test the impact the show has on the uptake and the engagement from schools. This learning will be shared back to the NUSTEM team and aims to enhance the sustainability and growth of the UK-wide programme long-term.

STEM本周人物（SPOTW）Cymru是由诺森比亚大学的NUSTEM创建，开发和测试的一个成熟和证据支持的计划的演变。SPOTW Cymru提供干预措施-包括STEM周人物秀、课堂资源和教师持续专业发展-为威尔士的新小学观众提供服务，这些观众存在国家特定的需求。该项目旨在解决年轻人所面临的障碍，他们认为STEM工作不适合“像我这样的人”。这与其他榜样计划的不同之处在于，它使用了在STEM工作的人的属性，然后在日常教学过程中，在未来5周的课堂环境中观察和强调这些属性。这些观察有助于向学生展示他们已经拥有的内在技能，这意味着他们可以自然地“属于”STEM工作环境。通过与作为STEM影响者的教师合作，并为学生提供带回家的资源与家长分享，这种STEM建立信心的活动具有附加值。此外，教师们更广泛地认识到可以用STEM技能完成的工作的多样性，这有助于在未来几年内建立他们的知识遗产。迄今为止就该项目进行的研究表明，对STEM工作人员的负面刻板印象有所减少，一些变化持续了至少12个月。到目前为止，NUSTEM已经在英格兰的42所学校向10，000多名学生提供了前体项目。在SPOTW Cymru项目中，Science Made Simple（SMS）将扩大这一成功的英语计划，以满足威尔士小学的需求，并为学生提供本地化的联系，以联系具有威尔士遗产或与威尔士有其他联系的STFC工作人员。威尔士新课程的通过提供了一个机会（和需要），提供双语资源，重点放在STEM技能和职业相关的经验。职业和工作相关经验（CWRE）是学校现在必须解决的核心交叉主题（类似于英国使用的盖茨比基准）。我们建议，材料的适应，涉及SPOTW从威尔士的榜样将帮助威尔士学生看到当地的STEM工作的相关性，他们在自己的地区。此外，我们的目标是鼓励在威尔士更广泛地采用该计划，这将需要制作双语材料，并向所有人提供威尔士语。SMS目前在STFC的三个主要设施提供STFC的早期职业公众参与培训计划，以鼓励早期职业工作人员更多地参与公众参与和外展工作。SMS旨在将SPOTW Cymru与那些毕业生和学徒培训队伍联系起来，以确定并邀请与威尔士有联系的STFC人员参与，从而为该计划的参与者提供额外的公众参与机会。作为对学校的额外激励，并帮助提高资源的知名度，我们将借鉴科学简单（SMS）在提供角色模型主题互动节目方面的经验。通过这种方式，我们不仅调整了现有的威尔士风格的计划，而且还增加了面对面的体验，作为学校的启动活动，以及一系列教师CPD培训，以及家长参与节目本身的选择。通过在更广泛的项目中使用一致的评估工具，这将使我们能够测试该节目对学校的吸收和参与的影响。这一学习将分享回NUSTEM团队，旨在提高英国范围内的长期计划的可持续性和增长。