NSF INCLUDES DDLP: Project SYSTEMIC (A Systems-Thinking Approach to STEM Ecosystem Development In Chicago)

NSF 包括 DDLP：SYSTEMIC 项目（芝加哥 STEM 生态系统开发的系统思维方法）

• 批准号: 1744523
• 负责人: Natasha Smith-Walker
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Project Exploration
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-02-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744523&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; INCLUDES; DDLP; Project; SYSTEMIC

Project SYSTEMIC (A Systems Thinking Approach to STEM Ecosystem Development in Chicago) will apply systems thinking to a community-level STEM ecosystem development effort in one of Chicago's largest and most distressed neighborhoods. The project aims to broaden participation of African American and low-income Chicago Public School students (preK-12) in STEM learning opportunities. The proposed model of collaborative change for this project builds on the work of two coordinated collective impact initiatives--the Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative and Austin Coming Together, a network of local organizations committed to improving educational and economic outcomes for the community. A key feature of this project is that it adds innovative, interactive, visual problem structuring and solving strategies to highlight and uncover the systemic interdependencies that contribute to the BP challenge for African American youth. The project will convene a series of workshops to engage community stakeholders in the mapping of the STEM ecosystem. A broad and representative cross-section of community stakeholders will design and develop evidence-based STEM ecosystem organizing and implementation strategies. Key outcomes anticipated from this project are the development of a shared understanding, agenda, activities, and commitment to collectively address the underlying challenges of STEM access and participation for African American youth. The goal of this community-driven project is to develop a viable system model that elevates neighborhood voices, historically excluded from the problem-solving table and decision-making processes, to leverage existing assets, build local capacity, increase messaging and awareness of the value of STEM, identify needed new programs, and develop coordination/resource sharing mechanisms across partners to support implementation. The evaluation of this project will be grounded in systems thinking and culturally-responsive approaches that seek to understand the diverse perspectives of stakeholders while measuring progress toward project goals. Evaluation data will be used to assess the problem structuring process, to evaluate the organizational strategy designed to address the structured problem, and to support adaptive learning among stakeholders.

项目系统性（芝加哥的STEM生态系统开发的系统思维方法）将在芝加哥最大，最苦恼的社区之一的社区级STEM生态系统开发工作中应用系统思维。该项目旨在扩大非裔美国人和低收入芝加哥公立学校学生（PREK-12）在STEM学习机会中的参与。该项目的合作变革的拟议模型建立在两项协调的集体影响计划的工作基础上 - 芝加哥STEM PATERAINT和AUSTIN聚集在一起，这是一个当地组织的网络，致力于改善社区的教育和经济成果。该项目的一个关键特征是，它增加了创新，互动，视觉问题结构和解决策略，以突出和揭示有助于非裔美国人青年BP挑战的系统性相互依存。该项目将召集一系列研讨会，以使社区利益相关者参与STEM生态系统的映射。社区利益相关者的广泛而代表性的横截面将设计和开发基于证据的STEM生态系统组织和实施策略。该项目预期的关键成果是开发共同理解，议程，活动和承诺，以共同解决非裔美国人青年的STEM访问和参与的潜在挑战。这个社区驱动的项目的目的是开发一个可行的系统模型，该模型可以提升社区声音，历史上排除在问题解决问题的桌子和决策过程中，以利用现有资产，建立本地能力，提高消息传递和对STEM价值的认识，确定所需的新程序，并确定新程序，并开发跨合作伙伴的协调/资源共享机制，以支持实施。对该项目的评估将基于系统思维和文化响应的方法，这些方法旨在了解利益相关者的不同观点，同时衡量项目目标的进步。评估数据将用于评估问题结构过程，评估旨在解决结构化问题的组织策略，并支持利益相关者之间的自适应学习。