Preparing African American Males for Energy & Education (PAAMEE)

为非洲裔美国男性提供能源做好准备

• 批准号: 1614741
• 负责人: Jason Lee
• 金额: $ 103.68万
• 依托单位: Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2020-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1614741&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; African; American; Males; Energy

This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) by engaging in hands-on field experience, laboratory/project-based entrepreneurship tasks and mentorship experiences.The proposed project, Preparing African American Males for Energy and Education (PAAMEE), is an ITEST Strategies project designed to expose, motivate and prepare African American males for technical careers and post-secondary education in the Power Generation and Renewable Energy industries. The project will engage 240 Metropolitan Detroit African American males, grades 10-12, in project based out-of-school time science and engineering activities that teach concepts related to the production and storage of energy. Using a cohort model, students will engage in STEM educational programming, college readiness and youth mentoring over a 15 month period. In addition to technical concept mastery, students will be meeting business professionals, entrepreneurs and university students pursing degrees in science and engineering.The major content areas of the program includes project based engineering and leadership courses, career exploration activities, and a community service opportunity. Each course will be structured to meet the learning needs of high school students. Courses will rotate throughout the campuses of Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program with partners located in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, Michigan State University (Lansing, MI) and Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI) A key aspect of the program is to provide the opportunity for student participants to engage in academic and technical work in the university environment. The program will conduct a mixed methods research study to directly address three guiding research questions: 1) What coherent sets of experiences effectively and efficiently support student competency, motivation and persistence for productive participation in the STEM-related workforce today or in the future. 2) What roles might business and industry workforce members play in motivating students to become aware of, interested in, and prepared for careers in the STEM-related workforce? 3) Given the shifting demographics reflected in our current classrooms and in our country, what are effective and productive ways to ensure broadening participation by engaging divers underrepresented populations in STEM programs and careers?

该项目将推进“学生和教师创新技术体验”(ITEST) 计划的工作，以更好地理解和推广实践，通过参与，提高学生在科学、技术、工程或数学 (STEM) 领域追求职业的动力和能力。实践现场经验、基于实验室/项目的创业任务和指导经验。拟议项目“为非洲裔美国男性做好能源和教育准备”(PAAMEE) 是一个 ITEST 战略项目，旨在揭露、激励和准备非洲裔美国人男性在发电和可再生能源行业从事技术职业和高等教育。该项目将吸引 240 名 10 至 12 年级的底特律大都会非裔美国男性参与基于项目的校外科学和工程活动，教授与能源生产和储存相关的概念。使用队列模型，学生将在 15 个月的时间内参与 STEM 教育计划、大学准备和青少年辅导。除了掌握技术概念外，学生还将结识商业专业人士、企业家和攻读科学与工程学位的大学生。该计划的主要内容领域包括基于项目的工程和领导力课程、职业探索活动以及社区服务机会。每门课程的结构都将满足高中生的学习需求。课程将在底特律地区大学预科工程项目的各个校区轮流授课，合作伙伴位于底特律都会区、密歇根州立大学（密歇根州兰辛）和密歇根理工大学（密歇根州霍顿）。该项目的一个关键方面是提供为学生参与者提供在大学环境中从事学术和技术工作的机会。该计划将进行混合方法研究，直接解决三个指导性研究问题：1）哪些连贯的经验有效且高效地支持学生在当今或未来有效参与 STEM 相关劳动力的能力、动机和毅力。 2) 在激励学生了解、感兴趣并为 STEM 相关劳动力的职业做好准备方面，商业和工业劳动力成员可以发挥哪些作用？ 3) 鉴于我们当前的课堂和国家所反映的人口结构变化，有哪些有效且富有成效的方法可以通过让不同的代表性不足的人群参与 STEM 项目和职业来确保扩大参与？