Creating a Continuum of Integrated STEM Learning Experiences

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高为美国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学和研究能力。在这些机构扩大STEM课程的范围，可以扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供研究，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。该项目直接符合这一目标，而且将告知有关大学预科和本科研究的重要性和行为的知识体系，以及在招募和留住代表性不足的个人进入STEM研究，并为下一代STEM专业人员做好准备方面的教育经验。将教师与研究联系起来，从而将学生与文化和当地相关的研究和STEM教学联系起来，对于毕业的学生来说是一个重要的步骤，他们更有可能追求更高的学位。对于那些直接从部落学院进入劳动力市场的学生来说，同样重要的是，他们在数学、科学和技术方面拥有明确的技能，以便进入STEM劳动力市场。这个项目的目标是提供一个连续的综合学习经验。该项目将在当地初中生、高中生和贝尔纳普堡社区成员中开展密集的外联和招募工作；启动学者暑期研讨会项目，为大学预科学生提供深入文化背景下相关且引人入胜的STEM学习体验；为所有即将入学的STEM专业学生开发和举办第一年专题研讨会，以取代传统的发展技能课程，并将核心学术技能和能力的教学融入内容丰富、基于文化的背景中；为STEM专业的学生建立学科专用的第一年学习社区；扩大STEM学生的暑期研究机会；提供密集的夏季实地课程，通过国际学习和与卡罗尔学院的联合短期课程，提高学生的研究和课堂体验；并提供现场注册和完成卡罗尔学院学士学位课程的机会。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover will inform the body of knowledge about the importance and conduct of pre-college and undergraduate research and educational experiences in recruiting and retaining underrepresented individuals into STEM studies, and preparing the next generation of STEM professionals. The connection of faculty to research and thereby the students to culturally and locally relevant research and STEM instruction is an important step in graduating students who are more likely to pursue advanced degrees. For those students entering the workforce directly from a tribal college it is equally important that they have a well-defined skill set in mathematics, science, and technology for entry into the STEM workforce. The goal of this project is to provide a continuum of integrated learning experiences. The project will conduct intensive outreach and recruiting efforts among local junior high students, high school students and Fort Belknap community members; initiate a Scholars Summer Seminar program that will provide pre-college students with a relevant and engaging STEM learning experience embedded in a deep cultural context; develop and deliver thematic first-year seminars for all incoming STEM majors that will replace traditional developmental skills classes and will embed the teaching and learning of core academic skills and competencies within a content-rich and culturally-based context; establish discipline-specific first-year learning communities for STEM majors; expand summer research opportunities for STEM students; offer intensive summer field courses that enhance students' research and classroom experiences though international study and joint short-course offerings with Carroll College; and provide opportunities for on-site enrollment in, and completion of, baccalaureate degree programs from Carroll College.