Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) National Summit: Inspiring the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education

本项目由美国国家科学基金会改善本科STEM教育计划：教育与人力资源（IUSE: EHR）资助，旨在通过综合和传播有关STEM教与学的研究和知识，为国家利益服务。美国科学促进会（AAAS）将开展一项为期60个月的项目，建立一个博客来分享信息，并召开一系列会议和网络研讨会，以增加有效的本科教育策略的使用。该项目的预期成果是为IUSE项目的主要研究人员、评估人员、研究人员和其他领导者提供一个机会：(a)传播创新的、基于证据的实践，以改变本科专业和非专业的STEM教育，包括改善参与STEM教育的学生和教师的多样性；(b)分享STEM教育研究，特别是针对不同类型院校和不同学生群体的研究；(c)在教育工作者、研究人员、评估人员和机构之间建立合作。该项目的主要目标是：(a)综合和传播有关STEM教学和学习的研究和知识；(b)增加有效的基于证据的本科课程和教学策略的使用，从而培养多样化的STEM劳动力和具有STEM素养的公众。为此，美国科学促进会将提供面对面和虚拟学习和对话的机会。具体活动包括为来自高等教育机构以及专业和教育组织的教职员工举行的两次全国首脑会议。峰会将包括全体会议报告、海报、论文、研究者领导的工作和讨论小组，以及由NSF项目主任领导的会议。正在进行的对话将通过峰会后的在线论坛来促进，旨在促进研究人员和更广泛的STEM教育界之间的持续传播和合作。美国科学促进会将与美国国家科学基金会的项目主管一起，举办IUSE提案准备网络研讨会，重点审查和讨论IUSE提案的指导方针，以鼓励更广泛地参与这一资助机会。美国科学促进会还将主办一个关于研究和循证战略的博客，以培养多样化的STEM劳动力和科学素养的公众，其中包括来自不同部门和角色的专家作者和客座编辑。美国科学促进会（AAAS-NSF） 2018年“变革杠杆工作会议”（杠杆for Change Working Meeting）的后续会议也计划在2023年举行，届时STEM教育研究人员和从业者将齐聚一堂，评估进展情况，并概述本科STEM教育未来潜在的高影响力方向。其他产品将包括一份关于本科STEM教育变革杠杆的印刷和电子报告，以及一个带有在线海报和纸质摘要定位器的项目网站，以及存档的峰会计划、网络研讨会、博客和报告资源。该项目将包括IUSE项目资助的400多个机构的数千名IUSE首席研究员、联合研究员和工作人员，以及目前由IUSE资助的机构以外的相关利益相关者，以促进循证实践的产生、交流和使用，以改善本科STEM教育的未来。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

With support from the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR), this project aims to serve the national interest by synthesizing and disseminating research and knowledge about STEM teaching and learning. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will undertake a 60-month project to establish a blog to share information and to convene a series of meetings and webinars that lead to increased use of effective undergraduate education strategies. The intended outcomes of this project are to provide principal investigators in the IUSE program, evaluators, researchers, and other leaders with an opportunity to: (a) disseminate innovative, evidence-based practices for transforming undergraduate STEM education for majors and non-majors, including improving the diversity of students and faculty participating in STEM education; (b) share STEM education research studies, particularly those focused on different types of institutions and diverse student populations; and (c) establish collaborations among educators, researchers, evaluators, and institutions.The major goals of this project are to (a) synthesize and disseminate research and knowledge about STEM teaching and learning and (b) increase the use of effective evidence-based undergraduate curricula and instructional strategies that will lead to a diverse STEM workforce and a STEM-literate public. To this end, AAAS will provide opportunities for in-person and virtual learning and dialogue. Specific activities include two national summits for faculty and staff from institutions of higher education, as well as professional and educational organizations. The summits will feature plenary presentations, posters, papers, investigator-led working and discussion groups, and sessions led by NSF program directors. Ongoing conversations will be facilitated through post-summit online forums intended to foster continued dissemination and collaboration among investigators and the broader STEM education community. In conjunction with NSF program directors, AAAS will offer IUSE proposal preparation webinars focused on reviewing and discussing the guidelines for IUSE proposals to encourage broader participation in this funding opportunity. AAAS will also host a blog on research and evidence-based strategies to prepare a diverse STEM workforce and science-literate public featuring expert authors and guest editors across various sectors and roles. A 2023 follow-up to the AAAS-NSF 2018 "Levers for Change Working Meeting" is also planned, to assemble STEM education researchers and practitioners who will assess progress and outline potential high-impact future directions in undergraduate STEM education. Additional products will include a printed and electronic report about levers of change in undergraduate STEM education as well as a project website with online poster and paper abstract locators and archived summit programs, webinars, blog, and report resources. The project will include thousands of IUSE principal investigators, co-investigators, and staff across the more than 400 institutions funded by the IUSE program, as well as relevant stakeholders beyond those currently funded by IUSE to promote the generation, exchange, and use of evidence-based practices to improve the future of undergraduate STEM education.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.