Collaborative Research: NRT-IGE: The NAVIGATE Project: A Case-Study Approach to Overcoming Barriers to Advancement for Women in STEM

合作研究：NRT-IGE：NAVIGATE 项目：克服女性在 STEM 领域进步障碍的案例研究方法

基本信息

批准号：
1735143
负责人：
Liesl Folks
金额：
$ 42.89万
依托单位：
SUNY at Buffalo
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735143&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research NRT IGE NAVIGATE

项目摘要

Women are underrepresented in STEM disciplines despite widespread efforts to increase participation, creating an economic barrier as industry demand for STEM employees grows rapidly with advancing technology. Even more apparent is the shortage of women in leadership roles in STEM fields. Many women in STEM disciplines continue to be dissuaded from lofty career goals when they encounter gender bias, discrimination and inequity, reporting that they find it challenging to navigate these adverse situations without derailing their careers. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award in the Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Track to the University at Buffalo and California Polytechnic State University will support the development of the NAVIGATE Project, which aims to increase the number of women STEM graduates who persist in their chosen disciplines, and achieve leadership roles. The NAVIGATE Project is an innovative training program that relies on Case Study Teaching Methods to increase the skills of STEM women to navigate effectively past instances of bias, inequity or discrimination in the workforce. Persistence within career paths will be increased, and the numbers of women in leadership roles nationally will be enhanced. A team comprising scientists and engineers, academic and industry leaders, case studies teaching experts, and evaluation and educational researchers will design and implement the program. The NAVIGATE program employs a proven pedagogy from business, law, and medicine, the Case Study Teaching Method, which has been shown to promote internalization of learning and the development of analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, to empower women STEM graduate students to recognize and combat gender bias, inequity and discrimination. The program is informed by current theories of equity, diversity and inclusion, and by literature on the issues women STEM professionals encounter in the workforce. This project will test, for the first time, the effectiveness of the Case Study Method for developing students' skills to navigate these issues. The project team will use a mixed methods research design to collect qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate the effectiveness of the graduate training program. The team will create a collection of case studies that will be widely disseminated through the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science or through Lead it Yourself, an NSF-funded project hosted by the University of Washington. The project addresses a national priority to grow and diversify the STEM workforce with methods that have not previously been tried and tested. The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The Innovations in Graduate Education Track is dedicated solely to piloting, testing, and evaluating novel, innovative, and potentially transformative approaches to graduate education.

尽管广泛的努力增加了参与，但妇女在STEM学科中的代表性不足，随着行业对STEM员工的需求随着技术的发展而迅速增长，造成了经济障碍。更明显的是，女性在STEM领域的领导角色短缺。当遇到性别偏见，歧视和不平等时，许多在STEM学科中的妇女继续避免了崇高的职业目标。这项国家科学基金会研究培训（NRT）授予研究生教育创新（IGE）的轨道（IGE）轨道，在布法罗大学和加利福尼亚理工大学大学的大学将支持导航项目的发展，该项目旨在增加坚持自己选择学科的女性STEM毕业生的数量，并获得领导力。导航项目是一项创新的培训计划，依靠案例研究教学方法来提高STEM妇女的技能，以有效地导航劳动力中的偏见，不平等或歧视。职业道路上的持久性将增加，在全国范围内领导职位的妇女人数将得到增强。由科学家和工程师，学术和行业领导者，案例研究教学专家以及评估和教育研究人员组成的团队将设计和实施该计划。该案例研究教学方法采用了从商业，法律和医学的验证教学法，该方法已被证明可以促进学习内部化以及分析，解决问题和决策技巧的发展，以赋予女性STEM研究生的能力，以识别并打击性别偏见，不平等和歧视。该计划是由当前关于公平，多样性和包容性的理论以及有关女性STEM专业人士在劳动力中遇到的问题的文献所示的。该项目将首次测试案例研究方法的有效性，以发展学生的技能来应对这些问题。项目团队将使用混合方法研究设计来收集定性和定量数据，以评估研究生培训计划的有效性。该团队将创建一系列案例研究，这些案例研究将通过国家科学案例研究中心广泛传播，或者您自己是由华盛顿大学主持的NSF资助的项目。该项目旨在通过以前尚未尝试和测试的方法来增长和多样化STEM劳动力的国家优先事项。 NSF研究训练（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施用于STEM研究生教育培训的大胆，新的，潜在的变革性模型。研究生教育轨道的创新仅致力于试点，测试和评估新颖，创新和潜在的变革性研究生教育方法。