BSCER Investigator Initiated Development program. Justice-orientated Approaches for Data science Education (JADE)

这个能力建设项目由夏威夷大学管理，旨在通过参与密集的专业成长活动来发展研究者在STEM教育研究（SER）方面的知识和技能，这些活动包括STEM教育研究专家团队的指导，研究方法和文化能力的研讨会，以及参与SER专业会议。与该项目的专业发展活动相结合，研究者将设计并实施一项SER研究，重点关注在数据科学教育（DSE）中使用以正义为导向的方法，以增加来自代表性不足群体的人在数据科学研究中的参与。研究结果将增加有关扩大STEM参与的最佳实践的知识体系。研究者将参与一套全面的专业成长活动，通过自我评估来解决SER知识的差距，包括在项目的两年期间定期与导师进行形成性会议。本研究将检验以公正为导向的数据科学训练对本科生和研究生参与者的公正取向、归属感、持久性和DSE成功的影响的假设。数据将通过调查、访谈、焦点小组和反思收集，并使用定性和定量方法进行分析和解释。该项目将扩大STEM的参与，并为支持跨学科参与和包括代表性不足群体的DSE提供最佳实践。将广泛传播适用于多种情况的研究成果和干预产品。长期的社会效益包括有可能改善不同民族的经济流动性和自决，以及参与区域和全球司法挑战。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 capacity-building project, administered by the University of Hawaii, is designed to develop the investigator’s knowledge and skills in STEM Education research (SER) through participation in intensive professional growth activities including mentoring by a team of experts in STEM Education research, workshops in research methods and cultural competence, and participation in SER professional conferences. In tandem with the project’s professional development activities, the investigator will design and implement a SER study focused on the use of justice-oriented approaches in data science education (DSE) to increase participation of people from underrepresented groups in the study of data science. The research findings will add to the body of knowledge on best practices for broadening participation in STEM.The investigator will engage in a comprehensive set of professional growth activities that addresses gaps in SER knowledge identified through self-assessment, including regular formative meetings with mentors throughout the project’s two-year duration. The research study will test hypotheses regarding the effects of justice-oriented data science training on undergraduate and graduate student participants’ justice-orientation, as well as sense-of-belonging, persistence, and success in DSE. Data will be collected via surveys, interviews, focus groups and reflections and analyzed and interpreted using qualitative and quantitative methods. The project will broaden participation in STEM and inform best practices for DSE that support transdisciplinary engagement and are inclusive of underrepresented groups. Research findings and intervention products, adaptable for use in multiple contexts, will be widely disseminated. Long-term societal benefits include the potential for improved economic mobility and self-determination for diverse peoples and engagement with regional and global justice challenges.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.