A Stanford - SJSU Postdoctoral Training Program to Enhance URM Teaching

斯坦福大学 - SJSU 博士后培训计划以加强 URM 教学

基本信息

批准号：
8733706
负责人：
John C Boothroyd
金额：
$ 110.69万
依托单位：
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-09-01 至 2018-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diversity in science is a challenge to our society. A diverse scientific community is needed to provide novel perspectives on complex problems, to drive economic growth and prosperity, and to complete the promise of our society. Attrition of URM scientists during training occur at every step, but particularly at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral level. URM-serving institutions are wellsprings for URM scientists, but teaching this complex population is challenging. Committed, well-trained URM scientist-educators are needed to address the need for more URM scientists. However, traditional training of faculty usually involves research alone, with no experience in teaching methods. Here we proposed an IRACDA training program that combines rigorous postdoctoral training at Stanford University, with exposure to modern teaching approaches at a primarily URM-serving institution (San Jose State University, SJSU). The program will select a cohort of 5 postdoctoral scholars for a traditional postdoctoral training program in a principle investigator-directed laboratory. The cohort will be mentored by the PI and by a committee of scientists from both Stanford and SJSU. The Scholars will develop a traditional research plan in the PI laboratory, and will mentor undergraduate students from SJSU in the first years of the program. In subsequent years, the scholars will learn modern digital teaching methods at SJSU, and will gain teaching experience there using these skills. The program will merge the best aspects of the research environment at Stanford with exposure to the challenges of teaching URM scientists at SJSU. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The goal of this research program is to create a cohort of trained scientist-educators who can move into faculty positions at URM-serving institutions to bootstrap the flow of more URM scientists into our society.

描述（由申请人提供）：科学的多样性是我们社会的挑战。需要一个多样化的科学界来提供有关复杂问题，推动经济增长和繁荣以及完成社会承诺的新观点。在培训期间，URM科学家的消耗量发生在每个步骤，尤其是在本科，研究生和博士后水平。 URM服务机构是URM科学家的韦尔斯普林斯，但教导这个复杂的人群具有挑战性。需要训练有素，训练有素的URM科学家教育者来满足更多URM科学家的需求。但是，对教师的传统培训通常仅涉及研究，而没有教学方法的经验。在这里，我们提出了一项IRACDA培训计划，该计划将斯坦福大学的严格博士后培训结合在一起，并在主要是URM服务机构（SAN JOSE State University，SJSU）的现代教学方法中接触了现代教学方法。该计划将在主要调查员指导的实验室中，为传统的博士后培训计划选择5个博士后学者。该队列将由PI和斯坦福大学和SJSU的科学家委员会进行指导。学者将在PI实验室制定一项传统的研究计划，并将在该计划的头几年中指导来自SJSU的本科生。在随后的几年中，学者将在SJSU学习现代数字教学方法，并将使用这些技能获得教学经验。该计划将融合斯坦福大学研究环境的最佳方面，并接受SJSU教授URM科学家的挑战。相关性（请参阅说明）：该研究计划的目标是创建一系列受过训练的科学家教育者，他们可以进入URM服务机构的教师职位，以引导更多的URM科学家进入我们的社会。