NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Developing a Shared Vision for Engaging Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering

该NSF INCLUDES规划拨款由NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science（NSF INCLUDES）资助，这是一项全面的国家计划，旨在通过关注多样性，包容性和扩大STEM的参与来加强美国在发现和创新方面的领导地位。这项规划补助金的目标是建立一个研究人员网络，努力为有形和无形的残疾人参与的教室创造一个共同愿景，同时考虑到课程和身体的角度。对于这个项目的目的，残疾学生被定义为是与残疾资源中心或同等办公室注册的学生。虽然科学和工程教育都倾向于更积极的学习方法，但大多数积极的学习方法都假设学生身体健全。与此同时，许多高等教育教室，特别是用于介绍科学和工程课程的大型演讲霍尔斯，是在现行《美国残疾人法案》规定之前设计和建造的，因此物理空间可能会对残疾人参与科学和工程教室构成额外的障碍。与残疾资源工作人员和基本建设项目工作人员一道，制定一项共同议程，以创建包容性教室，使残疾人有效参与。特别是，将举办两个讲习班，以概述包容性课堂教学法和（物理）设计的目标，并强调每个讲习班的相关研究和最佳做法。第一个研讨会将寻求将教学知识带给物理空间设计师，反之亦然，使每个小组能够更批判性地思考他们的工作如何影响其他人。第二次研讨会将侧重于实施包容性教室，突出成功经验，并挑战与会者制定计划，设计和建设包容性教室和可更广泛共享的课程。预计第二次讲习班还将侧重于制定一个创新的研究议程和计划，以设计教学法和教室，更好地吸引所有学习者，同时确保残疾人的参与，无论是有形的还是无形的，这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This NSF INCLUDES planning grant is funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The goal of this planning grant is to develop a network of researchers working to create a shared vision for classrooms that engage persons with disabilities, both visible and concealable, considering both a curricular and physical perspective. For the purpose of this project, a student with a disability is defined to be a student that is registered with the Disability Resource Center or equivalent office. While science and engineering education are both trending toward more active learning approaches, most active learning approaches assume that students are able-bodied. At the same time, many higher education classrooms, particularly large lecture halls used for introductory science and engineering courses, were designed and constructed prior to current Americans with Disabilities Act regulations, so the physical spaces may present additional barriers to engaging persons with disabilities in science and engineering classrooms.The approach to this shared visioning project is to convene workshops that bring together faculty, disability resource staff, and capital projects staff to develop a common agenda for creating inclusive classrooms that effectively engage persons with disabilities. In particular, two workshops will be convened to outline the goals of inclusive classroom pedagogy and (physical) design and highlight relevant research and best practices in each. The first workshop will seek to bring pedagogical knowledge to physical space designers and vice versa, enabling each group to think more critically about how their work impacts the other. The second workshop will focus on implementation of inclusive classrooms, highlighting successes and challenging participants to develop a plan to design and build inclusive classrooms and pedagogies that can be shared more broadly. It is expected that this second workshop will also focus on developing an innovative research agenda and plan for designing pedagogy and classrooms that better engage all learners, while ensuring engagement of persons with disabilities, both visible and concealable.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.