Collaborative Research: Enacting Professional Ethics and Disciplinary Transformation through the Promotion of Evidence-based Training and Education Initiatives in Archaeology

该项目将推进被称为“伦理碗”的科学伦理培训干预的知识，该干预采用基于案例研究的竞争性辩论，使参与者在主动学习环境中沉浸在伦理问题、框架和解决问题的策略中。伦理碗，特别是美国考古协会伦理碗（SAA EB），在过去的18年里一直被用来培训考古学学科的学生，导致数百人参与，并建立了一个基线数据集，用于评估这种培训活动的长期影响。随着考古学家与交叉的伦理危机作斗争，SAA EB是该领域为数不多的正式伦理教育机会之一。此外，与其他特定学科的伦理碗不同，SAA EB是为准备进入考古学专业从事研究科学家的研究生而设计的。结合(1)来自混合方法调查的定量和定性数据，(2)来自SAA EB前参与者和未参加伦理碗的考古学家的访谈数据，以及(3)与具有考古伦理和跨学科伦理和负责任的研究行为（RCR）培训专业知识的不同从业者，相关社区合作伙伴和咨询委员会进行磋商，研究团队将：确定道德碗培训的成功方面；重新设计并推出改进的道德碗模式；并为在考古学和其他STEM领域建立和维护道德研究和实践的学科文化做出贡献。具体来说，本项目更广泛的贡献包括(1)创建道德案例研究的索引；(2)以学科为中心、主动学习的科学伦理培训面临的挑战；(3)通过有效、广泛的道德培训，强调考古学家对他们所服务的各种公众的责任；(4)通过资助和指导来自少数族裔服务机构的早期职业学者，支持多元化、公平和包容目标。研究小组预计，这种干预将导致学生和早期职业专业人员的保留和招聘增加，这些背景传统上在考古学和其他STEM领域的代表性不足。总的来说，早期职业研究人员伦理准备的转变将使科学家能够意识到并响应不断变化的社会需求、价值观和规范，从而使社会受益。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 will advance knowledge on a scientific ethics training intervention known as Ethics Bowls, which employ competitive case study-based debate to immerse participants in ethical issues, frameworks, and problem-solving strategies in active-learning environments. Ethics Bowls, particularly the Society for American Archaeology Ethics Bowl (SAA EB), have been used to train students in the discipline of archaeology over the last 18 years, resulting in the participation of hundreds of individuals and establishing a baseline dataset for assessing long-term effects of this training activity. As archaeologists grapple with intersecting ethical crises, the SAA EB is one of the few formal ethics education opportunities in the field. Moreover, the SAA EB, in contrast to other discipline-specific Ethics Bowls, is designed to target graduate students preparing to enter archaeology professions as research scientists.Using a combination of (1) quantitative and qualitative data from a mixed-methods survey, (2) interview data from former SAA EB participants and archaeologists with no Ethics Bowl exposure, and (3) consultations with diverse practitioners, relevant community partners, and Advisory Boards with expertise in archaeological ethics and interdisciplinary approaches to ethics and responsible conduct of research (RCR) trainings, the research team will: identify successful aspects of Ethics Bowl training; redesign and debut an improved Ethics Bowl model; and craft deliverables that contribute to establishing and maintaining a disciplinary culture of ethical research and practice within archaeology and other STEM fields. Specifically, this project’s broader contributions include (1) creating indexes of ethics case studies; (2) documenting challenges in disciplinary-centered, active-learning science ethics trainings; (3) emphasizing archaeologists’ responsibilities to the diverse publics they serve through effective, widespread ethics training; and (4) supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion goals by funding and mentoring early career scholars from minority-serving institutions. The research team anticipates that this intervention will lead to an increase in the retention and recruitment of students and early career professionals from backgrounds that have traditionally been underrepresented both in archaeology and other STEM fields. Overall, the transformation of ethical preparation amongst early career researchers will benefit society by preparing scientists to be aware of—and responsive to—changing social needs, values, and norms.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.