Postdoctoral Fellows as Leaders in Next-Generation Computer Science Education Research-Practice Partnerships Serving Minoritized Communities

这个博士后培训奖学金项目解决了两个广泛的问题：（1）西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生在计算机行业的代表性不足;（2）计算机科学（CS）教育尚未找到一种方法来连接和借鉴西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生的经验，以设计更好的教育过程和学习经验，鼓励他们学习计算机科学。与其他STEM教育领域相比，CS教育是一个新兴的领域。为了更好地了解将CS引入少数民族和边缘化社区的复杂问题，该领域需要一组智力多样的研究人员，他们对该主题充满热情，可以进行更多的研究并确定参与CS教育的社区的机会。该项目通过聘请一批新的博士后研究员来提高计算机科学教育的能力，这些博士后研究员将致力于推进计算机科学教育研究领域，并最终增加计算机科学毕业生的数量，以促进美国经济。博士后培训补助金将加强能力（即，知识，技能，实践）最近的博士毕业生从事研究在CS和其他STEM学科的交叉点，主要是西班牙裔服务K-12环境。计算机科学教育研究项目将围绕（a）CS学习，（B）CS教学和（c）K-12中的CS政策。该研究和培训计划基于共同生成导师模式，为参与的博士后研究员提供全面的专业发展和导师机会，他们将嵌入现有的研究项目，并支持设计和执行自己的独立研究项目。该组织性博士后奖学金计划位于德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP），该大学是该国最大的西班牙裔计算机科学家培养基地之一，该组织性博士后奖学金计划将与UTEP教育学院的K-12计算机科学教育霍珀-迪恩卓越中心密切合作，以及NSF资助和UTEP领导的西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟[CAHSI]，埃迪伯尼采约翰逊包括全国联盟。该项目有可能通过为博士后研究人员提供高级培训和专业发展机会，为该领域做出重大贡献。该项目有进一步的潜力，以提高博士后研究人员的研究技能，并准备他们成功的职业生涯作为研究人员，政策影响者和教育工作者在计算机科学教育，特别是在西班牙裔服务K-12环境。该项目由NSF的STEM教育博士后研究奖学金（STEM艾德PRF）计划提供支持，并由STEM教育计划中的种族平等（EDU种族平等）和CS for All：研究和RPPs计划共同资助。STEM艾德PRF计划旨在提高STEM，STEM教育，教育和相关学科的近期博士学位的研究知识，技能和实践，以促进他们准备从事基础和应用研究，促进该领域内的知识。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。

This post-doctoral training fellowship project addresses two broad issues: (1) Hispanic/Latinx students are underrepresented in the computing industry; and (2) computer science (CS) education has yet to find a way to connect and draw from the experience of Hispanic/Latinx students to design better educational processes and learning experiences within their communities to encourage them to study computer science. CS education is a nascent field compared to other STEM education fields. To better understand the complex issues of introducing CS to minoritized and marginalized communities, the field needs an intellectually diverse set of researchers who are passionate for the topic and can conduct more research and identify opportunities for engaging communities in CS education. This project builds capacity in CS education by engaging a new cohort of post-doctoral fellows who are positioned to advance the field of CS education research and ultimately increase the number of computer science graduates to bolster the US economy.The postdoctoral training grant will strengthen the capacity (i.e., knowledge, skills, practices) of recent doctoral graduates to engage in research at the intersection of CS and other STEM disciplines in predominantly Hispanic-serving K-12 environments. Computer science education research projects will be structured around (a) learning of CS, (b) teaching of CS, and (c) CS policy in K-12. The research and training plan is based on a model of co-generative mentorship and provides comprehensive professional development and mentorship opportunities to participating postdoctoral fellows who will be embedded in existing research projects and supported to design and execute their own independent research projects. Situated at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), one of the largest producers of Hispanic computer scientists in the country, this organizational postdoctoral fellowship program will be closely aligned with the endowed Hopper-Dean Center of Excellence for K-12 Computer Science Education in the UTEP College of Education and the NSF-funded and UTEP-led Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions [CAHSI], an Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES national alliance. The project has potential to make significant contributions to the field by providing advanced training and professional development opportunities to postdoctoral researchers. The project has further potential to enhance the research skills of postdoctoral researchers and prepare them for successful careers as researchers, policy influencers, and educators in computer science education, especially in Hispanic-serving K-12 environments. This project is supported by NSF’s STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) Program with co-funding from the Racial Equity in STEM Education Program (EDU Racial Equity) and the CS for All: Research and RPPs program. The STEM Ed PRF Program aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field. The EDU Racial Equity Program supports projects that advance racial equity in STEM education and workforce development through research and practice.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.