NSF INCLUDES DDLP: Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS) Program to Bridge inclusion in Post-Secondary Education Through the Sciences

缅因大学将在一项NSF INCLUDES设计和开发启动试点项目中应对增加美国原住民参与科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）事业的巨大挑战，该项目涉及与文化相关的教学法，包括社区长者、文化知识守护者、以及主流中等和高等教育机构在发展STEM教学法方面的合作，这些教学法可以复制到其他代表性不足和服务不足的人群中。参与这项工作的伙伴包括瓦巴纳基青年科学计划（WaYS）（一个非营利组织）、萨利什库特奈学院（一个部落学院）、麻省理工学院（一个研究型大学）、全国印第安人教育协会（一个非营利会员组织）和目前在缅因大学进行的国家科学基金会INCLUDES设计和开发启动试点项目（雨水研究管理小组）。NSF INCLUDES伙伴关系为学生提供基于证据的STEM活动，包括与文化相关的实习、指导、STEM专业发展活动和其他支持。非土著学生将相互参与到印第安人的学习环境中。该项目活动的基础是科学教育中的WaYS计划，该计划结合了传统生态知识（TEK）。该项目的目标是：1)创建和整合将科技与西方科学作为平等伙伴的课程；2)制定和实施协议，为WaYS和STREAM工程专业的学生提供持续的指导计划；3)制定一个框架，弥合高中和大学之间的差距；4)促进社区长者、文化知识守护者和缅因大学教师之间的合作，这种模式可以转移到其他社区。内部和外部评估活动将增加关于教育美国原住民和非原住民学生STEM学科的学术文献。项目成果的传播将包括在美国印第安人科学与工程（AISES）全国会议、全国STEM多样性会议、全国科学教师协会、美国科学促进会（AAAS）、美国科学促进会（ASEE）和国家科学基金会（NSF） INCLUDES网络上发表的同行评议的期刊文章和会议报告。

The University of Maine will address the grand challenge of increasing Native American participation in the science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enterprise in an NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot project addressing culturally relevant pedagogy, incorporating Community Elders, Cultural Knowledge Keepers, and mainstream secondary and higher education institutions in the development of STEM pedagogy that can be replicated to other underrepresented and underserved populations. Partners in the effort include the Wabanaki Youth in Science program (WaYS)(a non-profit organization), Salish Kootenai College (a Tribal College), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (a research university), the National Indian Education Association (a non-profit membership organization) and the current NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot project at the University of Maine (the Stormwater Research Management Team (SMART)). This NSF INCLUDES partnership provides students with evidence-based STEM activities involving culturally relevant internships, mentoring, STEM professional development activities and other support. Non-native students will reciprocally participate in Native American learning environments.The foundation for the project's activities is based on the WaYS program in science education that incorporates Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). The goals of the project are to: 1) create and integrate curriculum that embraces TEK and western science as equal partners; 2)develop and implement protocols to incorporate a continued mentorship program for WaYS and STREAM engineering students; 3)develop a framework to bridge the gap between high school and college; and 4) foster collaboration among Community Elders, Cultural Knowledge Keepers and University of Maine faculty in a model that could be transferred to other communities. Internal and external evaluation activities will add to the scholarly literature on educating Native Americans and non-native students in STEM disciplines. Dissemination of project results will include published peer-reviewed journal articles on newly developed pedagogy and conference presentations at the American Indian Science and Engineering (AISES) national conference, the National Diversity in STEM Conference, National Science Teachers Association, AAAS, ASEE and the National NSF INCLUDES Network.