The Science Education Resource Virtual Diversity Center

在与science .gov联盟的合作下，首席研究员william E. McHenry博士和联合首席研究员John S. Colonias博士提议创建一个基于网络的综合一站式科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育资源工具——科学教育资源虚拟多样性中心（SER VirtualDiversity Center）。SER虚拟多样性中心将包括：(1)按联邦支持类别划分的STEM教育项目；(2)从联邦STEM教育支持机构及其支持的机构获得的有希望的实践和经验教训；(3)面向学生和家长的stem教育资源；(4)虚拟电子校园，旨在帮助院校利用互联网共享stem教育课程和学位课程。SER虚拟多样性中心将作为联邦项目的主要STEM教育内容门户，旨在提高女性、未被充分代表的少数民族和残疾人在STEM劳动力中的参与度，并最终成为共享旨在满足国家STEM劳动力需求的所有战略信息的工具。SER虚拟多样性中心将使用技术支持的流程将联邦机构彼此之间以及与高等教育教师和管理人员联系起来；K-12教师、辅导员、管理人员；学生和家长，以实现效率的显著提高，让越来越多的少数民族参与STEM，尤其是联邦机构。正如BEST报告所概述的那样，如果美国要在全球经济中保持竞争力，就必须大幅增加美国学生在stem领域的参与度。随着美国人口变得越来越多样化，必须鼓励来自传统上在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的学生参与。历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）、西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）和部落学院在招收这些学生方面取得了无与伦比的成功。美国联邦教育基金会的人力资源开发项目，特别是卓越示范机构（MIE）和联盟项目，是联邦政府和少数族裔服务机构之间的伙伴关系对提高这些机构培养STEM专业人才的能力产生影响的例子。有目的地，SER虚拟多样性中心将使联邦机构项目官员能够更好地跨部门访问信息，协调科学教育倡议，并更直接地将机构与高等教育机构及其教师、学区、教师、辅导员、学生和家长联系起来，以创建基于STEM知识的社区。作者建议创建一个一站式的SER虚拟多样性中心，通过该中心，联邦机构的项目官员和其他人可以查看：(1)按联邦支持类别划分的STEM教育项目；(2)从联邦stem教育支持机构及其支持的机构获得的有前途的实践和经验教训；(3)面向学生和家长的stem教育资源；(4)虚拟电子校园，旨在帮助院校利用互联网共享STEM教育课程和学位课程。

AbstractIn partnership with the Science.gov Alliance, the principal investigator, Dr.William E. McHenry and the co-principal investigator Dr. John S. Colonias propose tocreate a web-based comprehensive one-stop science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) educational resource tool the Science Education Resource VirtualDiversity Center (SER Virtual Diversity Center). The SER Virtual Diversity Center willfeature: (1) STEM education programs by category of federal support; (2) promisingpractices and lessons learned from federal STEM education supporting agencies as well asfrom the institutions they support; (3) STEM-based educational resources for students andparents; and (4) a virtual electronic campus designed to assist institutions in sharingSTEM educational courses and degree programs using the internet.Merit. The SER Virtual Diversity Center will serve as the major STEM education contentportal for federal programs that target increasing participation from women,underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities in the STEM workforce andeventually serve as a tool for sharing information on all strategies designed to addressthe nation's STEM workforce needs. The SER Virtual Diversity Center will usetechnology-enabled processes to connect federal agencies with each other and with highereducation faculty and administrators; K-12 teachers, counselors, administrators; studentsand parents in order to achieve dramatic improvement in efficiency for those involved inincreasing minority participation in STEM -- especially federal agencies.Impact. As outlined in the BEST Report, the participation of American students in STEMfields must dramatically increase if America is to remain competitive in a global economy.With the American population becoming more diverse, students from groups that aretraditionally underrepresented in STEM fields must be encouraged to participate.Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions(HSIs), and Tribal Colleges have a record of unparalleled success with these students. TheNSF's HRD Programs, especially the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) and allianceprograms, are examples of the impact partnerships between the federal government andminority-serving institutions can have on increasing the capacity of those institutionsfor producing STEM professionals. Purposively, the SER Virtual Diversity Center willenable federal agency program officers to better access information across agency lines,coordinate science education initiatives, and connect agencies more directly with highereducation institutions and their faculty and school districts and their teachers,counselors, students, and parents to create STEM knowledge-based communities.The authors propose to create a one-stop SER Virtual Diversity Center through whichfederal agency program officers and others can view: (1) STEM education programs bycategory of federal support; (2) promising practices and lessons learned from federal STEMeducation supporting agencies as well as from the institutions they support; (3)STEM-based educational resources for students and parents; and (4) a virtual electroniccampus designed to assist institutions in sharing STEM educational courses and degreeprograms using the internet.