Collaborative Research: Chemistry Education Research through the Lens of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Conference

批判的现代学术认为，学科为基础的教育研究（DBER），如化学教育研究（CER），是有限的，在其理论基础，并侧重于赤字为基础的方法。为了促进一个更加公平和包容的科学界，拥抱和支持来自边缘化群体的科学家，项目组将设计和实施一个虚拟会议，汇集化学教育研究（CER）学者和多样性，公平和包容性（DEI）专家来自化学和其他领域，以提高CER学者开展以DEI实践为中心的研究和教学的能力。本次会议将包括演讲，研讨会和分享会，以学习，获取工具，并培养学者在研究和教学中制定以公平为中心的实践的能力。为了解决渗透化学教育领域的关键DEI问题，虚拟会议将包括1）来自各个STEM学科的受邀DEI研究专家的演讲，2）工作会议，探讨研究方法，并确定未来的方向，以DEI为重点的CER，和3）分享会议。与会者将反思自己的经验和实地的气氛。与会者将反思研究来自边缘化群体的学生的道德，了解超越赤字模型框架的研究方法，并确定改善该领域气候的变化，并确保来自边缘化群体的学者得到支持。本次会议将包括三个主要支柱：（1）促进以公平原则为中心的化学教育实践，（2）展示DEI原则如何为化学教育研究提供信息，以及（3）打破学术孤岛，促进跨学科知识共享和技能建设。公平是这些问题的核心，贯穿于所有三大支柱。会议组织者将利用一个社区组织框架和战略，为会议活动的设计提供信息，这些活动将吸引社区成员聚集在一起，以建立在化学教育界制定DEI实践的能力，并激励行动。外部评估员将评估项目的成功，并协助项目团队了解与会者如何利用他们的学习和会议提供的支持来开始打破障碍。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

Critical modern scholarship argues that discipline-based education research (DBER), such as chemistry education research (CER), is limited in its theoretical underpinnings and focuses on deficit-based methodologies. To promote a more equitable and inclusive scientific community that embraces and supports scientists from marginalized groups, the project team will design and implement a virtual conference to bring together Chemistry Education Research (CER) scholars and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) experts from within chemistry and other fields to enhance the capacity of CER scholars to carry out research and teaching centered on DEI practices. This conference will include presentations, workshops, and share-out sessions to learn, acquire tools, and build the capacity for scholars to enact equity-centered practices in research and teaching.To address critical DEI issues permeating the chemistry education field, the virtual conference will include 1) presentations by invited DEI research experts from various STEM disciplines, 2) working sessions to explore research methods and identify future directions of DEI-focused CER, and 3) share-out sessions. Participants will reflect on their own experiences and the climate in the field. Attendees will reflect on the ethics of studying students from marginalized groups, learn about research methods that move beyond deficit-model frameworks, and identify changes to improve the climate in the field and to ensure that scholars from marginalized groups are supported. This conference will encompass three main pillars to: (1) promote chemistry education practices centered around equity principles, (2) demonstrate how DEI principles can inform chemistry education research, and (3) break down academic silos to facilitate interdisciplinary knowledge sharing and skill building. Equity is central to these issues and permeates through all three pillars. The conference organizers will utilize a community organizing framework and strategies to inform the design of conference activities that will draw community members together to build capacity to enact DEI practices within the chemistry education community and motivate action. An external evaluator will assess the success of the project and assist the project team in understanding how attendees use their learning and the supports provided by the conference to begin to break down barriers.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.