Pathways to Indigenous STEM (Ma:cidag wo:g STEM Wui)

部落学院和大学计划(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为国家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。Tohono O‘odham社区学院(TOCC)的“土著STEM之路(Ma：CIDAG wo：G STEM WUI)”项目直接针对这些目标，增加STEM课程的数量和多样化的授课方式，并加强对学生的学术支持。扩大STEM课程设置和改善学术环境以更好地满足本地学生的需求，鼓励学生追求具有挑战性和回报的STEM学位和职业，从而使国家劳动力多样化，为国家的繁荣和安全做出贡献。从研究该项目的成效中获得的知识将有助于我们理解在STEM招收和留住代表性不足的学生以及为下一代STEM专业人员做准备的最佳实践。TOCC开发的“迷宫中的人教育模式”(MIME)将作为一个基于文化的课程开发和项目评估框架，并将为TOCC的STEM课程和项目本土化提供有目的和系统的方法。该项目将通过重点关注四个目标来实现这些目标：(1)应用适应文化的教育模式，以适应文化的方式整合STEM学科，(2)增加物理科学课程和在线STEM课程的数量，(3)通过让学生参与实习和研究经验来促进学生的职业准备，以及(4)增加对从高中过渡到TOCC和TOCC到其他大学的支持。该项目将对STEM教学改进进行评估和设计，在Tohono O‘odham这一代学生的背景下纳入自决和以文化为基础的教育内容。该项目计划包括与Tohono O‘odham文化兼容的独特和创新的教学战略，目标是让学生准备好利用21世纪的知识和传统知识来应对当前和未来的挑战。纳入以MIME模式为基础的土著教育模式是对理解如何实施和评估以文化为基础的教育的重大贡献。尽管MIME模式在文化上特定于TOCC，但该模式将STEM整合到传统文化知识库的概念可以适用于部落学院和大学以及其他少数群体服务机构。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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. The "Pathways to Indigenous STEM (Ma:cidag wo:g STEM Wui)" project at Tohono O'odham Community College (TOCC) directly addresses these goals by increasing the number and diversifying the delivery mode of STEM courses and strengthening the academic support for students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings and improving the academic environment to better meet the needs of Native students encourages students to pursue challenging and rewarding STEM degrees and careers, thus diversifying the nation's workforce and contributing to our country's prosperity and security. The knowledge gained from studying the efficacy of the project will contribute to our understanding of best practices for recruiting and retaining underrepresented students in STEM and preparing the next generation of STEM professionals.The "Man in the Maze Education Model" (MiME) developed at TOCC will serve as a culturally-based framework for curriculum development and program assessment and will provide an intentional and systematic approach to Indigenizing TOCC's STEM curriculum and programs. The project will realize these goals by focusing on four objectives: (1) Application of a culturally responsive education model that integrates STEM disciplines in a culturally-responsive manner, (2) increasing the number of curricular offerings in the Physical Sciences and online STEM courses, (3) promotion of the professional preparedness of students by engaging them in internships and research experiences, and (4) increased support for transitioning students from high school to TOCC and TOCC to other colleges. This project will result in an assessment and design for STEM instructional improvement that will incorporate elements of self-determination and culturally-based education within the context of the current generation of Tohono O'odham students. The project plan includes unique and innovative instructional strategies that are compatible with the Tohono O'odham culture with a goal of preparing students to face current and future challenges using both 21st-century knowledge and traditional knowledge. Incorporating an Indigenous education model based on the MiME Model represents a significant contribution toward understanding how to implement and assess culturally-based education. Although the MiME Model is culturally specific to TOCC, the model's concepts for integrating STEM into a traditional cultural knowledge base can be adapted for application at tribal colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.