Partnership to Provide Technology Experiences through Aerial Drones in High Schools of the Alabama Black Belt

合作伙伴通过空中无人机为阿拉巴马州黑带高中提供技术体验

• 批准号: 1614845
• 负责人: Fan Wu
• 金额: $ 119.26万
• 依托单位: Tuskegee University
• 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: 2016-05-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1614845&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnership; Provide; Technology; Experiences; through

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.This project, based on the use of a Project Based Learning (PBL) environment with high school students, is a partnership between Tuskegee University, Auburn University, a rural and an urban school district in the historic Black Belt region of the state of Alabama, and the Alabama State Department of Education. The focus of the partnership is to recruit annually a cohort of thirty ethnically and racially diverse high school students from the partnering school districts for immersion in a STEM intensive PBL four-week "STEM Summer Academy" hosted by Tuskegee University. The Academy is designed to provide 30 rising 10th and 11th grade students annually (90 over the life of the three-year grant) with far-reaching technological experiences through the exciting exploration of aerial drones under a PBL framework. Students in each cohort will form a diverse group in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and residing in urban or rural areas. The key questions being addressed are: (1) What coherent sets of experiences effectively and efficiently support student competency (e.g., knowledge, skills), motivation and persistence for productive participation in the STEM-related workforce of 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? and (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 diverse underrepresented populations in STEM programs and careers?The goals of this project have been developed in collaboration with officials from the partner school districts, faculty at Tuskegee University and Auburn University and representatives from the Alabama State Department of Education. They are formulated to determine the impact of immersing students in technology experiences and special partnerships at the STEM Summer Academy based on their STEM interest, STEM knowledge, and awareness of the pathways needed to take for successful STEM careers. A mixed-method design with both qualitative and quantitative data will be used to examine the students' motivation and attitude towards science in a PBL environment.

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。该项目基于对高中生使用基于项目的学习 (PBL) 环境，是塔斯基吉大学、奥本大学、农村和城市阿拉巴马州历史悠久的黑带地区的学区和阿拉巴马州教育部。此次合作的重点是每年从合作学区招募 30 名来自不同民族和种族的高中生，参加由塔斯基吉大学主办的为期 4 周的 STEM 强化 PBL“STEM 夏季学院”。该学院旨在通过在 PBL 框架下对无人机进行令人兴奋的探索，每年为 30 名 10 年级和 11 年级新生（三年资助期内的 90 名学生）提供影响深远的技术经验。每个批次的学生将在种族、性别、民族、社会经济地位以及居住在城市或农村地区方面形成多元化的群体。正在解决的关键问题是：（1）哪些连贯的经验有效且高效地支持学生的能力（例如知识、技能）、积极性和持久性，以有效地参与当今或未来的 STEM 相关劳动力？ (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我国人口结构的变化，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？该项目的目标是与官员合作制定的来自合作学区的塔斯基吉大学和奥本大学的教师以及阿拉巴马州教育部的代表。它们的制定是为了根据学生的 STEM 兴趣、STEM 知识以及对成功 STEM 职业所需途径的认识，确定在 STEM 夏季学院让学生沉浸在技术体验和特殊合作伙伴关系中的影响。将使用定性和定量数据的混合方法设计来检查学生在 PBL 环境中对科学的动机和态度。