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.

SYSTEMIC 项目（芝加哥 STEM 生态系统开发的系统思维方法）将把系统思维应用于芝加哥最大和最困难社区之一的社区级 STEM 生态系统开发工作。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（K-12 年级）参与 STEM 学习的机会。该项目拟议的协作变革模型建立在两个协调一致的集体影响倡议的工作基础上：芝加哥 STEM 路径合作组织和奥斯汀联合组织，这是一个致力于改善社区教育和经济成果的当地组织网络。该项目的一个关键特点是，它增加了创新、互动、可视化的问题构建和解决策略，以突出和揭示有助于非洲裔美国青年面临 BP 挑战的系统性相互依赖性。该项目将召开一系列研讨会，让社区利益相关者参与 STEM 生态系统的规划。广泛且具有代表性的社区利益相关者将设计和制定基于证据的 STEM 生态系统组织和实施策略。该项目预期的主要成果是制定共同的理解、议程、活动和承诺，共同应对非裔美国青年获取和参与 STEM 的潜在挑战。这个社区驱动项目的目标是开发一个可行的系统模型，提高邻里的声音（历史上被排除在问题解决表和决策过程之外），以利用现有资产，建设当地能力，增加信息传递和价值意识STEM，确定所需的新计划，并在合作伙伴之间制定协调/资源共享机制以支持实施。该项目的评估将基于系统思维和文化响应方法，寻求了解利益相关者的不同观点，同时衡量项目目标的进展情况。评估数据将用于评估问题结构化过程，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适应性学习。