Conference on Equity for Discipline-Based Education Researchers in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences

在学科教育研究和高等教育机构内的平等机会对我们的国家很重要。最近，以STEM学科为基础的教育研究界越来越关注其学科内的不平等现象。这次受邀会议将是第一次汇集来自化学，数学和物理学的学科教育研究专家讨论公平问题。会议将包括来自不同学科和类型的教育机构的参与者，分享他们对公平问题和潜在解决方案的见解。会议有三个目标。第一，阐明这些领域内与公平有关的最紧迫需求。第二是制定满足这些需求的战略。第三个是建立跨机构和学科界限的合作，以解决这些问题。该项目支持在罗格斯大学为期两天的会议，约75名受邀参加者在2019年5月。会议将包括思维导图会议，探讨的问题包括：什么是基于学科的教育研究的公平？在各种身份的交叉点上正在进行什么研究？会议有什么收获？以及进一步推动这些想法的下一步是什么？它还将包括海报展示，主题演讲和协作小组讨论。会议将产生一个会议记录，其中包括议程，摘要和主旨演讲，以及海报会议的摘要和海报。PI还将编写一份会议报告，其中将包括一份关于选定学科中公平问题当前工作的附加说明的文献目录。这次会议可以为加速讨论如何改善美国数学、物理和化学学科内的公平性提供一个重要的起点。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的评估来支持智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。

Equal access in discipline-based education research and within institutions of higher education is important for our nation. Recently, STEM discipline-based educational research communities have increased their attention to inequities within their disciplines. This invited conference will be the first of its kind to bring together experts in discipline-based education research from chemistry, mathematics, and physics to discuss equity issues. The conference will include participants from a different disciplines and types of educational institutions to share their insights about equity questions and potential solutions. The conference has three goals. The first is to articulate the most pressing equity-related needs within these fields. The second is to formulate strategies for addressing these needs. The third is to set up collaborations across institutional and disciplinary boundaries to address these issues.This project supports a two-day conference at Rutgers University for about 75 invited participants in May 2019. The conference will include thought-mapping sessions to explore questions including: What is equity in discipline-based education research? What research is being conducted at the intersection of various identities? What are the takeaways from the conference? and What are the next steps to move the ideas further? It will also include poster presentations, keynote speakers, and collaborative group discussions. The conference will produce a conference proceeding that will include the agenda, abstracts and presentations from keynote talks, and abstracts and posters from poster sessions. The PI will also produce a conference report that will include an annotated bibliography of current work on equity in the selected disciplines. This conference could provide a significant starting point for an accelerated discussion of ways to improve equity within the disciplines of mathematics, physics, and chemistry in the United States.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.