Conference: INCLUDES: Culturewise Pathways to Indigenous STEM Education

在美国国家科学基金会INCLUDES项目的支持下，该项目旨在解决当地生态知识与西方STEM教育持续缺乏整合的问题。忽视土著观点限制了土著学习者学习STEM课程和职业的机会，并造成了STEM教育参与的挑战。为了应对这一挑战，该项目将召集一群土著学术、社区和教育领袖。在三个阶段的会议中，该小组将分享真实的、特定文化的例子，说明在土著学习者的STEM教育中哪些有效，哪些无效。这些讨论将有助于建立包容性土著教育的愿景。该项目将编制一份学习资料汇编，供当面、印刷品和网上传播。评估可以揭示会议参与者和教育工作者如何处理和提供具有文化响应性的STEM教育。该项目的目标是收集为土著学生设计的示范性社区驱动的STEM教育。在第一阶段，与会者将促进知识共享并确定创新战略。在第二阶段，参与者将以小组为单位，利用所学知识制定建议和行动计划，以扩大土著居民对STEM的参与。项目团队假设，会议论文集的第三阶段传播可以提高教育工作者设想和制定符合文化的STEM教学的能力。此外，这些资源有助于系统地改进STEM教育，促进土著学习者的包容性和广泛参与。通过这些努力，该项目旨在弥合土著知识与西方STEM素养之间的差距，最终为增加土著在STEM领域的代表性和成功铺平道路。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。

With support from the NSF INCLUDES Program, this project aims to address the significant and persistent lack of integration of local ecological knowledge with western STEM education. Neglecting Indigenous perspectives limits opportunities for Indigenous learners to pursue STEM courses and careers and creates broadening participation challenges in STEM education. To address this challenge, the project will convene a group of Indigenous academic, community, and education leaders. Over three conference phases, this group will share authentic, culturally specific examples of what works and does not work in STEM education for Indigenous learners. These discussions will help establish a vision for inclusive Indigenous education. The project will produce a compendium of learnings for dissemination in-person, in print, and online. The evaluation may reveal how conference participants and educators approach and deliver culturally responsive STEM education. The goal of the project is to gather exemplary community-driven STEM education designed for Indigenous students. During Phase I, conference participants will facilitate knowledge sharing and identify innovative strategies. In Phase II, participants will work in small groups using learnings to develop recommendations and action plans for broadening Indigenous participation in STEM. The project team hypothesizes that the Phase III dissemination of conference Proceedings can improve educator capacities to envision and enact culturally appropriate STEM instruction. In addition, these resources can contribute to systemic improvements in STEM education that foster inclusivity and broaden participation among Indigenous learners. Through these efforts, the project aims to bridge the gap between Indigenous knowledge and western STEM literacy, ultimately paving the way for increased Indigenous representation and success in STEM fields.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.