Collaborative Research: Native American Science Curriculum

生物科学（61）. 该项目正在开发一个五门课程的土著科学课程，重点是美国土著和阿拉斯加土著学生寻求STEM学科，特别是生物学和环境科学职业的需求。在全国美洲原住民本科生和研究生人数最多的三所主流院校中，正在通过开发基于网络的互动应用程序来加强课程，这有助于弥补该领域出版教科书的不足，并通过远程授课技术，使教师能够为其他院校提供的课程提供讲座和讨论。学生进度评估和项目目标评估涉及课程内容以及文化背景和敏感性。一个长期目标是向部落学院和大学以及对土著科学感兴趣的主流机构的方案传播课程材料，并向培训部落环境专业人员、资源管理机构人员和社区的方案传播课程材料。

Biological Sciences (61). This project is developing a five-course curriculum in indigenous science focused on the needs of Native American and Alaska Native students seeking careers in STEM disciplines, especially biology and environmental science. Courses at three of the mainstream institutions with the highest number of Native American undergraduate and graduate students in the country are being enhanced by the development of web-based interactive applications, which are helping to compensate for the lack of published textbooks in the field, as well as by distance-delivery technology that is allowing faculty to provide lectures and discussions for courses offered at other institutions. Assessment of student progress and evaluation of project objectives is addressing course content as well as cultural context and sensitivity. A long-term goal is to disseminate the curricular materials to programs at tribal colleges and universities and at mainstream institutions with interest in indigenous science, as well as to programs training tribal environmental professionals, resource management agency personnel, and communities.This project is partially funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure in the Directorate for Biological Sciences.