Native Cases Initiative

跨学科（99）本地案例倡议项目包括常青州立学院、西北印第安学院、萨利什库特奈学院、格雷斯港学院和华盛顿州远程学习联盟华盛顿在线。该项目填补了以美国印第安人为重点的STEM课程文献中的空白。此外，该项目通过开发和使用土著案例研究来促进科学素养，重点是非专业学生的科学知识。与文化相关的教育材料对于提高土著学生的参与率和毕业率很重要。该项目扩展了之前的一个项目，该项目表明，将学科学习融入当代印度问题是一个成功的策略。该项目将现有案例深入纳入合作机构的课程，并正在开发16个新案例，特别侧重于科学素养和定量推理。该项目还涉及大量的科学教师，并传播产品。这些案例侧重于跨学科主题和美洲土著人民和社区面临的问题，如环境、可持续发展、自然资源、健康和保健。详细的教学笔记描述了如何以不同的交付模式（面对面和在线）从不同的学科角度教授跨学科案例。研讨会使合作机构的教师能够发展写作和应用案例研究方法的专业知识。其他有大量母语学生的大学也提供讲习班。其他传播方法包括网站和通过国家科学基金会的数字图书馆和华盛顿在线传播。

INTERDISCIPLINARY (99)The Native Cases Initiative Project involves Evergreen State College, Northwest Indian College, Salish Kootenai College, Grays Harbor College, and Washington Online, the state's distance learning consortium. The project addresses a void in the literature in STEM curriculum focusing on American Indians. In addition, the project promotes scientific literacy through development and use of Native case studies with an emphasis on science for non-majors. Culturally relevant educational materials are important in improving the participation and graduation rates of Native students. This project expands a previous project which demonstrated that embedding disciplinary learning into contemporary Indian issues was a successful strategy. The project deeply embeds existing cases in the partnering institutions' curricula and is developing 16 new cases specifically focusing on scientific literacy and quantitative reasoning. The project also involves large numbers of science faculty, and disseminates the products. These cases focus on interdisciplinary topics and issues confronting Native American people and communities such as the environment, sustainable development, natural resources, and health and wellness. Detailed teaching notes describe how to teach interdisciplinary cases in different modes of delivery (face-to-face and online) and from different disciplinary perspectives. Workshops enable faculty at the partner institutions to develop expertise in writing and applying case study methods. Workshops are also offered at other colleges with substantial Native enrollments. Other dissemination methods include a website and dissemination through NSF's Digital Library and Washington Online.