Connecting Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems for Student Success in STEM

该EPSCoR研讨会提案支持2021年5月在阿肯色大学和2021年9月在爱达荷州立大学举办的两次超越成功障碍的虚拟聚会（GTBS）的开发、实施、评估和传播。这些聚会将提供一个对话平台，与当前的国家科学基金会计划进行对话，重点关注美国本土STEM学生和专业人士及其社区的发展。该项目基于凯克基金会一项名为“跨越成功障碍：连接本土和西方知识系统以应对重大挑战”的三年项目的研究成果，以及在其他EPSCoR管辖区部署的参与模式。这些聚会得到了EPSCoR社区的热情支持。研讨会产品将包括阿肯萨斯大学弹性中心专著，班诺克肖肖尼高等教育STEM途径专著，迭代“连接土著知识和西方科学”参考书目和项目报告。所有四个产品都将成为EPSCoR管辖区寻求新的和创新的方式来吸引土著学生、专业人员和社区的宝贵资源。产品将结合口头反思和文字叙述。会议将以“两只眼睛看”的概念为基础，强调通过土著和西方的眼睛看世界的重要性，共同看世界，促进科学、繁荣、健康和福祉的进步。自2000年以来，越来越多的相关框架将土著和西方知识系统联系起来，包括：传统生态知识、生物文化恢复、文化生态系统、共同管理、本土科学、文化响应教育、集体延续和社区参与应对气候变化。知识基金和文化财富理论提供了更广泛的框架。这些会议将促进来自本土知识和西方科学的研究和教育能力，从而为EPSCoR众多辖区和国家的科学发现、创新、学习和基于知识的繁荣做出新的贡献。这些聚会将在土著知识和西方科学之间建立可见和相关的联系，从而推动课程和教育实践的改革，支持土著和所有学生在STEM领域取得成功。在土著社区和校园之间发展持久、持续的伙伴关系，将推动这些改革和对未来的支持。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 EPSCoR workshop proposal supports the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of two virtual Gatherings to Transcend Barriers to Success (GTBS) at the University of Arkansas in May 2021, and at Idaho State University in September 2021. These Gatherings will provide a platform for dialogue with current NSF programming focused on the development of Native American STEM students and professionals and their communities. This project builds on findings from a three-year Keck Foundation project entitled, “Transcending Barriers to Success (TBS): Connecting Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Tackle Grand Challenges,” and engagement models deployed in other EPSCoR jurisdictions. The Gatherings have the enthusiastic support of the EPSCoR community. Workshop products will include a University of Arkansas Resiliency Center monograph, a Bannock Shoshone higher education STEM pathway monograph, an iterative “Connecting Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science” bibliography, and a project report. All four products will be valuable resources for EPSCoR jurisdictions seeking new and innovative ways to engage indigenous students, professionals and communities. Products will combine oral reflection and text narratives.The Gatherings will be rooted in the concept of “Two-Eyed Seeing” which stresses the importance of viewing the world through an indigenous eye and a western eye to see together and advance the progress of science, prosperity, health and well-being. Since 2000, an increasing number of relevant frameworks link indigenous and western knowledge systems, including: traditional ecological knowledge, biocultural restoration, cultural ecosystems, co-management, native science, culturally responsive education, and collective continuance and community engagement in response to climate change. Funds of Knowledge and Cultural Wealth Theories provide broader frameworks. The Gatherings will catalyze research and education capabilities derived from indigenous knowledge and western science resulting in new contributions to scientific discovery, innovation, learning, and knowledge-based prosperity in numerous EPSCoR jurisdictions and nationally. The Gatherings will make visible and relevant connections between indigenous knowledge and western science leading to reforms in curricular and educational practice that are supportive of STEM success for indigenous and all students. Developing durable, continuing partnerships between indigenous communities and campuses will advance these reforms and supports into the future.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.