Using the ACS to Introduce Demographic Approaches in Undergraduate Courses

摘要 这一更新项目建立在最初获奖期间取得成功的头五年进展的基础上，该项目侧重于 关于利用美国社区调查(ACS)数据和课程材料介绍人口统计学 在广泛的课程范围内为本科生提供视角。该项目将使基于ACS的课程 为许多本科课程的本科生提供材料，以使他们接触到人口统计学 适用于不同学科领域的方法，以及与人口有关的职业道路 菲尔兹。作为美国人口普查长表的继任者，美国人口普查委员会为本科生提供了以下潜力 探索广泛的主题。通过这种探索，本科生遇到了人口统计 透视图，以使他们熟悉框架、概念和分析技术的方式 被人口统计学家利用，从而使他们接触到人口统计学领域的课程，而这些课程的内容并不 必须与人口研究联系在一起。该续订项目将更新和扩展数据的创建 和课程材料，本科生可以访问，通过直接与本科生合作 教师参加研讨会和跟进网络研讨会，并通过增强我们的通用网络教学材料。 此外，应早期参与者和审查员的要求，它将扩大培训机会 通过为对访问ACS数据感兴趣的教师提供高级分析级别的培训 复杂的软件和网络门户。此外，通过与研究生培训人口方案合作， 而教员网、项目的网站和工作人员将向感兴趣的人提供信息 本科生了解研究生培训和人口领域的职业，并积极努力将它们联系起来 有了这些机会。

ABSTRACT This renewal project builds on the successful first five years of progress during the initial award, which focused on utilizing American Community Survey (ACS) data and curricular materials to introduce demographic perspectives to undergraduates in a wide spectrum of courses. This project will make ACS-based curricular materials available to undergraduates in many undergraduate courses in order to expose them to demographic approaches as applied to different subject areas, as well as to pathways toward careers in population related fields. The ACS, as a successor to the US Census long form, provides the potential for undergraduates to explore a wide range of topics. Through this exploration, undergraduates encounter demographic perspectives, in a way that will familiarize them with frameworks, concepts and analysis techniques commonly utilized by demographers, thus exposing them to the field of demography in courses whose content they do not necessarily associate with population studies. This renewal project will update and expand the creation of data and curricular materials that are accessible to undergraduates, by working directly with undergraduate teachers in workshops and follow up webinars, and by enhancing our general use web instructional materials. Further, in response to requests by earlier participants and reviewers, it will broaden the training opportunities by introducing an advanced analysis tier of training for teachers interested in accessing ACS data with more sophisticated software and web portals. In addition, by working with graduate training population programs and the faculty teacher network, the project's website and staff will provide information to interested undergraduates about graduate training and careers in the population field and work actively to connect them with those opportunities.