Roundtable on Systemic Change and the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education

该项目旨在通过协调和促进国家改善本科STEM教育的努力，为国家利益服务，使学习者更好地为成为科学知识的社会成员和参与未来的STEM劳动力做好准备。美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院的科学教育委员会和高等教育和劳动力委员会将利用本科STEM教育系统性变革圆桌会议，利用和加速正在进行的、以证据为基础的努力，改善本科STEM教育，同时制定应对未来几十年高等教育面临的重大变革的战略。通过一系列相互关联的项目和会议，圆桌会议将帮助该领域根据快速变化的社会和经济环境预测STEM教学和学习需求。这些项目和会议将吸引在高等教育中扮演不同角色的专家（如课堂教学、实验室指导、教育研究、教师和讲师的专业发展、系主任、院长、教务长和校长）以及来自高等教育内部和周围不同部门的专家。圆桌会议旨在确定当前工作中的差距，确定关键后续步骤的优先事项，并将人员和项目联系起来，以改善本科STEM教育。这项工作将通过研讨会、会议、规划会议、有针对性的工作组努力以及一系列参与和沟通活动来实施，这些活动既可以收集和传播信息，也可以促进信息共享和关系发展。圆桌会议的行动机制基于对网络的研究、关于创新传播的文献和关于证据使用的研究。圆桌会议旨在作为一个网络的网络，将学术界、政府、专业协会和工业界的主要利益攸关方和团体代表联系起来。这有可能实现更协调的进步，改善学生在本科STEM教育中的学习体验，并利用现有工作增加整个高等教育生态系统的影响力。NSF IUSE: EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过机构和社区转型轨道，该计划支持高等教育机构和学科社区的STEM教育转型和改善。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。

This project aims to serve the national interest by coordinating and catalyzing national efforts to improve undergraduate STEM education so that learners are better prepared to be scientifically informed members of society and participate in the future STEM workforce. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Science Education and Board on Higher Education and Workforce will utilize the Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education to harness and accelerate on-going, evidence-based efforts to improve undergraduate STEM education while at the same time developing strategies for responding to the major transformations that face higher education in the coming decades. Through a series of interconnected projects and convenings, the Roundtable will help the field anticipate STEM teaching and learning needs in light of the rapidly changing social and economic environment. The projects and convenings will engage experts with diverse roles within higher education (such as classroom teaching, laboratory instruction, research on education, professional development for faculty and instructors, department chairs, deans, provosts, and presidents) as well as experts from different sectors within and around higher education.. The Roundtable is designed to identify gaps in current efforts, establish priorities for key next steps, and connect people and projects in the service of improving undergraduate STEM education. This work will be enacted through workshops, conferences, planning meetings, targeted work group efforts and through a suite of engagement and communication activities that both collect and disseminate information as well as facilitate information sharing and relationship development. The Roundtable’s mechanism of action is based on the research on networks, literature on the spread of innovations, and research on evidence use. The Roundtable is designed to serve as a network of networks linking key stakeholders and representatives of groups from academia, government, professional societies, and industry. This has the potential to allow for more coordinated advances that improve students learning experiences in undergraduate STEM education and leverage existing work to increase impact across the higher education ecosystem. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Institutional and Community Transformation track, the program supports efforts to transform and improve STEM education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities.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.