STEM Central STATION

博伊西州立大学创建了STEM中心站(战略转型调整教学、沉浸、外展和知识)，以扩大NSF支持的STEM项目在校园内的范围、效率和有效性，并催化STEM学生和教职员工机构文化的转变。博伊西州立大学正在从专注于高质量的教学和学习向卓越的教学、学习和研究转变，使其成为研究STEM教育相关制度变革的理想实验室。STEM招生人数(四年内增长32%)和研究经费(2009年增长32%)的异常增长汇聚在一起，为STEM教育转型提供了最佳时机。STEM中心站建立在现有STEM计划(LSAMP、MSP、NOYCE、STEP、S-STEM、GK-12和爱达荷州EPSCoR)的基础上，提供的增值活动包括：1)STEM资源、研究和计划的校园中心；2)支持所有NSF STEM计划的同行学习促进者计划；3)STEM社区研讨会系列，以促进跨学科研究、教学和学生支持；以及4)STEM教学研讨会和教职员工研究小组。该电台专注于学生和教职员工的关键时刻以及STEM研究和评估。该站的总体目标是：-促进和实现STEM学生在学术和认知关键时刻的过渡；-提高STEM教职员工对以学生为中心的教学方法的欣赏和实施，并让学生参与研究，特别是参与NSF STEM项目的教职员工；-开展机构转型研究，评估项目对STEM学生满意度、保留率和完成率以及教师对STEM教育学学习的影响；以及-为其他经历类似转型的大都市大学提供示范。STEM中心站以学习理论和制度变革方面的文献为基础，强调自我创作的概念。该站的评估计划提供了一个案例研究，即一所都市大学正在向研究型大学转型，同时继续重视和促进高质量的教学和学习。该项目的成果正在扩大博伊西州立大学NSF STEM项目的成果，其中包括重点关注少数群体和代表性不足群体(特别是LSAMP、STEP和EPSCoR)的学生，服务于低收入和第一代学生、女性和拉美裔/AS，他们的地区人口最近增加了一倍多。学习促进员培训课程的服务学习部分向K-12学生和教师提供外联服务，使STEM能够在K-12教室扩大外联活动。在大学校长的坚定承诺以及资源、研究生助理和空间的领导下，项目执行计划包括逐步停止赠款支助和过渡到大学支助以在赠款期间后维持空间站的战略。

Boise State University has created the STEM Central STATION (Strategic Transformation Aligning Teaching, Immersion, Outreach and kNowledge) to increase the scope, efficiency and effectiveness of NSF-supported STEM programs on campus, and catalyze the transformation of STEM institutional culture for students and faculty. Boise State is transforming from a focus on high-quality teaching and learning to excellence in teaching, learning and research, making it an ideal "laboratory" to study institutional change related to STEM education. Exceptional growth in STEM enrollment (32% over four years) and research funding (32% in 2009) converge to provide optimal timing for STEM education transformation. The STEM Central STATION builds upon current STEM programs (LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, STEP, S-STEM, GK-12, and Idaho EPSCoR) by providing value added activities including: 1) a campus hub for STEM resources, research and programs, 2) a peer Learning Facilitators program that supports all the NSF STEM programs, 3) a STEM Community Seminar Series to foster interdisciplinary research, teaching and student support, and 4) STEM pedagogy workshops and research groups for faculty. The STATION focuses on critical junctures for students and faculty and STEM research and evaluation. Overall goals of the STATION are to: - Facilitate and achieve STEM students' transitions through academic and cognitive critical junctures; - Increase STEM faculty appreciation for and implementation of student-centered pedagogy and inclusion of students in research, particularly for faculty involved with NSF STEM programs; - Conduct research on institutional transformation and evaluate program impact on STEM student satisfaction, retention, and completion, and faculty engagement in learning about STEM pedagogy; and - Provide a model for other metropolitan universities undergoing similar transformations. The STEM Central STATION is grounded in literature regarding learning theories and institutional change, with an emphasis on concepts of self-authorship. The evaluation plan of the STATION offers a case study of a metropolitan university in transition to a research university, while continuing to value and advance quality teaching and learning. The outcomes of the project are amplifying the results of the NSF STEM programs at Boise State, which include emphases on students from minority and underrepresented groups (particularly LSAMP, STEP and EPSCoR), serving low income and first-generation students, women, and Latinos/as, whose regional population has recently more than doubled. The Service Learning component of the Learning Facilitators training course provides outreach to K-12 students and teachers, enabling expansion of STEM outreach in K-12 classrooms. With strong commitments from the university president and leadership of resources, graduate assistants and space, the project implementation plan includes strategies to phase out grant support and transition to university support to sustain the STATION after the grant period.