STEAM Education and Training for Underrepresented Students and Teachers in the Arkansas Delta

为阿肯色三角洲地区代表性不足的学生和教师提供 STEAM 教育和培训

基本信息

批准号：
10676305
负责人：
Tameka Arnett Bailey
金额：
$ 24.99万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-08-05 至 2027-06-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10676305
关键词：
Academic achievement Acclimatization Affect African American African American student Area Arkansas Awareness Behavior Biology Budgets Career Choice Child Communities Control Groups Deposition Discipline Economic Development Education Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Engineering Enrollment Exercise Faculty Family Financial Support Focus Groups Fostering Foundations Funding Future Gender Gifts Goals Graduation Rates Grant Habits Hour Institution Kinesiology Knowledge Laboratories Lead Learning Life Low income Mathematics Measures Mentors Methodology Methods Middle School Student Molecular Chaperones Outcome Measure Parents Participant Pathway interactions Performance Personal Satisfaction Pilot Projects Population Problem Solving Process Professional counselor Public Health Readiness Research Research Project Grants Rural STEM field STEM program Savings Schedule Schools Science Siblings Social Problems Social Work Steam Students Surveys System Teacher Professional Development Teaching Method Technology Time Training Training Programs Training and Education Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Students Universities University resources Women&apos s Group Youth career college design elementary school engineering design experience faculty mentor financial literacy fitness graduate student health disparity high school improved innovation interest learning strategy member ninth grade operation outreach peer coaching people of color programs project-based learning racial diversity recruit rural African American school district sixth grade social social media socioeconomics success summer program teacher undergraduate student underrepresented minority student university student volunteer

项目摘要

ABSTRACT People of color are underrepresented in STEAM education and careers, often due to socio-economic and institutional factors. Success in pre-collegiate courses predicts African American student success in STEM disciplines. A STEAM Summer Program pilot project with 6-9th grade students from Dumas, Arkansas (AR) Public School, a predominately African American, low-income, rural town located in the AR Delta, has been in operation at the University of Arkansas (UA) for the past 5 years. Financial support began with a two-year grant from a local women’s group and has continued with commitments from University resources. The goals of our proposed STEAM Summer Program are to recruit 400 rising 6th grade students from Dumas public school and to increase engagement, outreach, and support for students and their families, STEAM teachers, and Dumas surrounding communities through STEAM education and training. In 2018, the STEM program expanded to include Art (now called STEAM) for broadening the knowledge of its students. Thus, we plan to: (1) provide project-based STEAM curriculum modules and hands-on education and training to 400 rising 6th grade students (80 per year); (2) support success by engaging 15 Dumas STEAM teachers in a project-based STEAM Teacher Training Program; and (3) provide a pathway to college via a Child Savings Account (CSA) program and accompanying financial education classes. The first three short-term objectives of this proposal are to increase awareness, future orientation and efficacy in STEAM and STEAM-related fields for 400 rising 6th grade, under-represented minority (URM) students from the Dumas, AR public elementary school. The long-term objectives are to promote excellence in STEAM teaching at Dumas schools, student efficacy and interest in STEAM coursework, high school retention and graduation, college savings, college enrollment and completion, and a career path in STEAM and STEAM-related fields for participants. We have partnered with faculty experts in Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, Art, Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Education, and Social Work to conduct the STEAM Summer Program at our campus. During the same time frame of the STEAM Summer Program, we also plan to bring Dumas STEAM Teachers to the UA Campus in years 1-4 to engage in 36 hours of STEAM curriculum and assessment training and to teach their new modules to their own students; Year 5 training will be at the Dumas schools. An external evaluator will use surveys (e.g. Measure of Problem-Solving Fitness (MPSF); Child Savings Account survey) and focus groups to (a) assess the manner in which students and teachers solve problems, the strategies they utilize, and their use of engineering design methodologies to efficiently solve technical and social problems that they encounter; (b) gauge financial literacy and college savings; and (c) measure personal, social, and financial well-being. The same outcome measures will be collected from the control group (N=400).

抽象的有色人种在蒸汽教育和职业中的人数不足，通常是由于社会经济和制度因素。大学前课程的成功预测了非洲裔美国学生在STEM中的成功学科。一个蒸汽夏季计划试点项目，来自阿肯色州杜马斯（AR）的6 - 9年级学生公立学校是位于AR三角洲的主要非洲裔美国人，低收入的乡村小镇过去5年在阿肯色大学（UA）运营。财政支持从两年开始从当地妇女团体那里获得了赠款，并继续承担大学资源的承诺。目标我们拟议的Steam Summer计划将招募400名来自Dumas Public的6年级学生上学并增加对学生及其家人的参与，推广和支持，蒸汽老师，以及通过蒸汽教育和培训围绕社区的杜马斯。在2018年，STEM计划扩展到包括艺术（现称为Steam），以扩大学生的知识。那就是我们计划：（1）提供基于项目的蒸汽课程模块以及动手教育和培训，向第400次上升年级学生（每年80）；（2）通过与15位DUMAS Steam教师互动来支持成功 Steam教师培训计划；（3）通过儿童储蓄帐户（CSA）提供了大学通往大学的途径计划和参与金融教育课程。该提案的前三个短期目标为了提高意识，与蒸汽和蒸汽相关的田地的未来取向和效率400 来自AR公立小学Dumas的六年级，代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生。这长期目标是在杜马斯学校，学生效率和对蒸汽课程，高中保留和毕业，大学储蓄，大学入学和完成，以及参与者的蒸汽和蒸汽相关领域的职业道路。我们与生物学，生物医学，工程，艺术，运动机能学，运动科学，教育，教学专家和社会工作，以在我们的校园进行Steam Summer计划。在同一时间框架 Steam Summer计划，我们还计划将Dumas Steam老师带到1 - 4年的UA校园进行36小时的Steam课程和评估培训，并将其新模块传授给他们的新模块自己的学生；五年级培训将在杜马斯学校举行。外部评估将使用调查（例如解决问题的健身度（MPSF）；儿童储蓄帐户调查）和焦点小组（a）评估学生和教师解决问题的方式，他们利用的策略以及他们对工程设计方法可有效解决它们遇到的技术和社会问题；（b）衡量金融素养和大学储蓄；（c）衡量个人，社会和财务状况。这将从对照组（n = 400）收集相同的结果度量。