Research on Educational Equity and Diversity in STEM

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。该项目将为博士后研究员提供机会，在研究密集型西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）的背景下参与STEM教育实践。该项目团队将为多元化的研究员群体创造研究机会，促进STEM本科教育中的多样性和公平研究，为研究员提供包容和公平的研究环境，并培养博士后研究人员利用和促进公平实践的能力作为早期职业STEM教育者。该项目将推进有关扩大STEM参与的奖学金，并为致力于改善STEM教育实践的学者和从业者社区的专业发展做出贡献。博士后研究员将制定一项研究议程，探索文化响应实践与几个关键成果之间的关系，包括i）文化响应实践对早期STEM兴趣的影响，成功和坚持;（二）STEM转移率; 3. STEM身份;（四）对STEM的归属感。从已经建立的研究项目中获得的丰富数据将使研究员有机会在导师的支持下获得项目领导经验，从而能够通过介绍和出版物分析和传播成果。在每位导师的领导下，四个研究项目将为研究员的工作奠定基础，并为他们的独立研究议程提供框架。对研究员专业发展的关注将贯穿于他们的整个经历之中，使学习和发展成为一个通过反思和提高而螺旋式增长的过程。特别是，每个研究员将创建一个个人发展计划，这将作为一个框架，以评估他们的技能，兴趣和能力，与导师沟通，并实施活动，以实现学术和专业目标。该项目是为了响应STEM教育博士后研究奖学金（STEM艾德PRF）的竞争。STEM艾德PRF项目旨在提高STEM、STEM教育和相关学科的近期博士生的研究知识、技能和实践，以增强他们从事STEM教育基础和应用研究的准备。该项目由HSI计划共同资助，旨在加强本科STEM教育，扩大STEM参与，并建立HSI的能力。实现这些目标，鉴于HSIs的多样性和背景，需要创新的方法，激励机构和社区转型，促进基础研究（i）参与学生学习，（ii）关于如何有效地使STEM多样化和增加参与，以及（iii）该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得支持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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project will provide opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to engage with STEM educational practices within the context of a research-intensive Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The project team will create research opportunities for a diverse cohort of fellows, foster research on diversity and equity in STEM undergraduate education, support inclusive and equitable research environments for the fellows, and develop the postdoctoral researchers’ capacity to utilize and advance equitable practices as early-career STEM educators. The project will advance the scholarship about broadening participation in STEM and contribute to the professional development of a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to improving educational practices in STEM.The cohort of postdoctoral fellows will develop a research agenda exploring the relationship between culturally responsive practices and several critical outcomes, including i) the impact of culturally responsive practices on early STEM interest, success, and persistence; ii) STEM transfer rates; iii) STEM identity; and iv) sense of belonging in STEM. Rich data from already established research projects will afford fellows the opportunity for project leadership experiences with mentor support, enabling analysis and dissemination of results through presentations and publications. Under the leadership of each mentor, four research projects will ground the fellows’ work and serve to frame their independent research agendas. Attention to the professional development of the fellows will be woven throughout their experience such that learning and development will be a spiraling process of growth through reflection and enhancement. In particular, each fellow will create an individual development plan that will serve as a framework to assess their skills, interests, and abilities, to communicate with mentors, and to implement activities to achieve academic and professional goals.This project was submitted in response to the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) competition. The STEM Ed PRF program is designed to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM Education, and related disciplines to enhance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research in STEM education.This project is being supported with co-funding by the HSI Program which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of the HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs.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.