Madigadao Aru Maagigishki (Study of our STEM Family): Transformative Capacity Building Project

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为本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领域追求富有挑战性和回报的职业的机会，提供在可能具有文化意义的领域进行研究的机会，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。Madigadao Aru Maagigishki：变革性能力建设项目通过重点加强和更新Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish学院(NHSC)的环境科学(ES)和计算机科学(CS)学位课程，使用各种基于证据的战略来招收、留住和研究生这些学位，从而与这一目标保持一致。该项目有可能增加获得STEM大学学位并追求具有挑战性的STEM职业生涯的原住民的代表性。Madigadao Aru Maagigishki项目的目标是丰富和扩大STEM教学，以此作为增加NHSC学生完成STEM学位和进入STEM职业的一种手段。该项目将重点关注ES和CS的学科，通过发展学生学习社区，为学生提供教师指导的暑期研究实习，将重要的文化内容和背景纳入课程，并让学院和更大的部落社区参与研究座谈会，来加强这些学位课程。课程改进将包括在研究与部落社区有关的STEM问题时采用循证教学法，例如基于问题的学习。当地部落长老将与教职员工密切合作，修改课程，纳入文化内容。该学院CS课程的工作将重点更新课程，以满足该领域当前的需求。

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. The Madigadao Aru Maagigishki: Transformative Capacity Building Project aligns with this goal through its focus on enhancing and updating the environmental science (ES) and computer science (CS) degree programs at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC), using a variety of evidence-based strategies to recruit, retain and graduate students with these degrees. The project has the potential to increase the representation of Native people earning STEM college degrees and pursuing challenging STEM careers.The Madigadao Aru Maagigishki project's goal is to enrich and expand STEM instruction as a means to increase NHSC students' completion of STEM degrees and entry into STEM professions. Focusing on the disciplines of ES and CS, the project will enhance these degree programs by developing student learning communities, providing faculty-mentored summer research internships for students, incorporating significant cultural content and contexts into the curriculum, and engaging the college and larger tribal community in research symposia. Curriculum improvements will include employing evidence-based pedagogies such as problem-based learning in the study of STEM issues relevant to the tribal community. Local tribal elders will work closely with faculty members in revising their courses to include cultural content. Work on the college's CS program will emphasize updating the curriculum to meet the current demands of the field.