Collaborative Research: Parenting for STEM Success in African American Families

这项合作提案的重点是非洲裔美国人父母的种族信仰和经验，作为塑造他们的养育有关青年的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的成功机制。 本研究的目的是探讨父母的种族相关信念与其早期青少年子女的社会化（特别是科学和数学技能的培养）之间的关系。 该项目将种族作为一种社会身份与养育子女和青少年在科学和数学方面的表现联系起来。研究人员将从380名非洲裔美国学生、他们的父母和他们的老师那里获得6、7和8年级的调查数据。 关于父母种族相关经历和信仰之间关系的假设（即，种族歧视、对不平等的了解、种族认同和对种族陈规定型观念的认可）及其子女的学术社会化将受到考验。这些过程中的差异，儿童的性别和能力将进行审查。 该项目的智力价值在于它有可能促进代表性不足的青年对STEM成功的理解。重点将产生新的见解，在非洲裔美国青年可能面临负面的刻板印象和歧视性待遇的领域，以及大多数以前的研究集中在课堂过程，而不是养育。这项工作的更广泛影响是在教育和培训领域;纳入代表性不足的群体;以及向教师、家庭、公众和科学界传播。

This collaborative proposal focuses on African American parents' racial beliefs and experiences as mechanisms shaping their parenting relevant to youths' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) success. The purpose of the longitudinal study is to investigate the relationship of parents' race related beliefs to their socialization (particularly their fostering of science and math skills) of their early adolescent children. The project links race as a social identity with parenting and young adolescents' performance in science and mathematics. The investigators will obtain survey data in Grades 6, 7, and 8 from 380 African American students, one of their parents, and their teachers. Hypotheses regarding the relationships between parents' race-related experiences and beliefs (i.e., racial discrimination, knowledge of inequalities, racial identity, and endorsement of race stereotypes) and the academic socialization of their children will be tested. Differences in these processes by child gender and ability will be examined. The project's intellectual merit is its potential to advance understanding about STEM success for underrepresented youth. The focus will yield new insights in an area where African American youth are likely to face negative stereotypes and discriminatory treatment, and where most prior research has focused on classroom processes rather than parenting. Broader impacts of the work are in the realms of education and training; inclusion of under-represented groups; and dissemination to teachers, families, the public, and to the scientific community.