PPD: Engaging, Recruiting, Retaining Students with Disabilities in SEM

特拉华大学Kenneth Barner，首席研究员“在科学、工程和数学领域吸引、招募、留住残疾学生”&；摘要：本实验项目探讨了在科学、工程和数学（SEM）教育中纳入残疾学生的问题。该项目的目标是在SEM教育项目中吸引、招募和留住残疾人士，从而扭转目前这些人在SEM教育项目和职业中的代表性不足的情况。该项目试图展示一个由具体活动组成的模型，该模型将消除态度、身体和课程上的障碍，这些障碍结合在一起，使残疾人无法从事电子商务研究和职业。设计了六个项目任务，以消除全面融入电子商务教育的障碍。(1)开展区域外展计划：家庭、辅导员和教师将接受意识培训、解决方案研讨会和能力展示。这些活动旨在为目标受众提供有关残疾人士所面临障碍的相关信息，以及残疾人士使用的许多实用和基于技术的解决方案，以克服障碍并积极参与电子商务。此外，个人及其学校将获得技术援助，以克服他们的障碍。(2)开展SEM课外活动：对现有的SEM课外活动进行更新，使所有学生都能参与。残疾学生将被纳入更新后的课程和夏令营。这些额外的课程活动将有助于提供积极的扫描电镜经验，这将导致越来越多的残疾学生对扫描电镜研究感兴趣并参与其中。(3)建立电子辅导：建立基于电子沟通的辅导项目。学生、教师和残障人士以及对SEM感兴趣的专业人士将通过互联网进行沟通、交换意见和访问SEM资源。(4)建立虚拟实验室：设计并测试虚拟SEM实验室。这个基于计算机的实验室将最大限度地减少物理要求，并允许所有学生通过集成仪器和使用模拟软件与强大的工作站访问实验室设备。该实验室将用于特拉华大学现有的电子显微镜课程，为广大学生提供实验室体验。它不会是一个专门为残疾人设立的实验室，而是一个为所有人设计的通用实验室。h) 0*0*0*(5)开发可访问的基于探究的SEM教育体验：将开发一种面向所有学生的基于探究的SEM问题解决方法。解决问题的方法将被打包和传播，以便所有学生都能平等地分享电子商务课程。(6)信息传播的进行：在整个项目中采取的方法是最大限度地利用可修改和可访问的现有程序。地区外展、课外经验和辅导可以在全国大多数地区复制。新实验室和课程的设计将分发给一些对改善一般人口的电子管理系统教育感兴趣的组织。他的项目成果旨在影响其他组织，使其改进后的课程易于使用。总之，项目活动的六个领域旨在形成一个全面的模型，以增加SEM中残疾人的数量。每项任务的结果都将被记录和广泛传播。＊＊＊

HRD #9450019 University of Delaware Kenneth Barner, Principal Investigator "Engaging, Recruiting, Retaining Students with disabilities in Science, Engineering, and Math" & ABSTRACT This Experimental Project addresses the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in science, engineering and math (SEM) education. The goal of the project is to engage, recruit, and retain individuals with disabilities in SEM educational programs so that the current under representation of these individuals in both SEM educational programs and professions will be reversed. The project attempts to demonstrate a model comprised of specific activities that will eliminate the attitudinal, physical, and curriculum barriers that combine to keep individuals with disabilities from pursuing SEM studies and careers. Six project tasks have been designed to attack the barriers to full inclusion in SEM education. (1) Conduct of regional outreach programs: Families, counselors, and faculty will be given awaremess training, solutions seminars, and abilities demonstrations. These activities will be designed to provide the targeted audiences with relevant information concerning the impediments faced by people with disabilities and many practical and technolgy based solutions used by individuals with disabilities to overcome the impediments and to participate actively in SEM. In addition, individuals and their schools will receive technical assistance in overcoming their barriers. (2) Conduct of extracurricular SEM programs: Existing extracurricular SEM programs will b3 updated to allow participation by all students. Students with Disabilities will then be enrolled in the updated programs and c amps. These extra curricula activities will serve to provide positive SEM experimeences that should lead to increased numbers of students with disabilities who are interested and engaged in SEM studies. (3) Establishment of electronic mentoring: A mentoring program based on electronic communication will be established. Students, faculty, and professional with disabilities and SEM interests will communicate, exchage ideas, and access SEM resources through the Internet. (4) Development of a cirtual laboratory: A virtual SEM laboratory will be designed and tested. This computer based laboratory will minimize the physical requirments and allow all students access to laboratory equipment through the integratioon of instrumentation and the use of simulation solftware with powerful workstations. This laboraotry will be used in existing University of Delaware SEM courses to offer laboratory experiences to a wide range of students. It will not be a special laboratory restricted to individuals with disabilities, rather it will be a general laboratory that is designed to be useable by everyone. h) 0*0*0* (5) Development of accessible inquiry based SEM educational experiences: An inquiry based approach to SEM problem solving that is accessible to all students will be developed. The problem solving approach to pre college level SEM education will be packaged and disseminated so that all students will be able to share equally in SEM curricula. (6) Conduct of information dissemination: The approach taken throughout this project is to maximize the use of existing programs that can be modified and made accessible. The regional outreach, extra curricular experiences, and mentoring can be replicated in most regions of the nation. The design of new laboratories and curricula will be disseminated to a number of organizations interested in improving SEM education for the population in general. The results of his project are intended to influence other organizations to make thei r improved curricula accessible. Together, the six areas of project activity are meant to form a comprehensive model for increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in SEM. Results of each task will be documented and disseminated extensively. ***