CAREER: Educational trajectories of low-income urban youth in science and technology

在总体生态模型的指导下，本研究将采用纵向设计来研究学生从高中到高等教育或工作的过渡。入选的学生来自两个少数民族人口较多的小城市。三个相互关联的主题将被研究：(1)教育和职业抱负的社会谈判，包括学生的科学和技术抱负如何随着时间和社会背景而发展；(2)有效师徒策略的性质，包括学生和教师优化学生接触导师的途径；(3)跨情境的科技学习与动机模式。定量和定性方法将用于分析调查，访谈和观察。该教育计划的特点是，让本科生（包括职前教师）参加PI以社区为基础的教育心理学课程，与两个城市社区的青年合作开展教学活动，并共同开展实地教育研究。本科生也将在学年和夏季与PI一起进行研究，并为传播工作做出贡献。

Guided by an overarching ecological model, this research will employ alongitudinal design to study students' transitions from high school to post-secondary education or work. The students selected are from two small cities with high ethnic minority populations. Three interconnected topics will be examined: (1) the social negotiations of educational and career aspirations including how the students' science and technology aspirations develop over time and across social contexts; (2) the nature of effective mentoring strategies, including ways students and teachers can optimizestudents' access to mentors; and (3) patterns of science and technology learning and motivation across contexts. Quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to analyze surveys, interviews, and observations.The education plan features having undergraduate students, including pre-service teachers, enrolled in the PI's community-based educational psychology courses, collaborate with youth in the two urban neighborhoods on teaching and learning activities while jointly conducting field-based educational research. Undergraduates will also conduct research with the PI, during the year and in the summer, and contribute to dissemination efforts.