Collaborative Research: The Curriculum Mapping Tool for Sociology: Development, Implementation, Assessment, and Dissemination

合作研究：社会学课程映射工具：开发、实施、评估和传播

• 批准号: 1827322
• 负责人: Susan Ferguson
• 金额: $ 9.26万
• 依托单位: Grinnell College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Curriculum; Mapping; Tool

In an increasingly technological society, the improvement of undergraduate preparedness for STEM fields is of vital interest to the advancement of science, health, prosperity, and national defense. Evidence indicates that students in many undergraduate STEM programs progress through their majors without sufficient engagement with scientific content, especially with respect to data analysis and rigorous scientific inquiry. Clear learning objectives coupled with meaningful assessment have great promise to address this concern. The proposed study seeks to refine and disseminate a curriculum development tool and facilitate its use in 150 undergraduate sociology programs. The tool will assist faculty members in their efforts to evaluate programmatic strengths and weaknesses with respect to seventy objectives contained within twelve overarching recommendations advanced by the American Sociological Association's report "The Sociology Major in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Curriculum, Careers, and Online Learning." The tool will facilitate curriculum review, guide faculty members through the process of curriculum revision, and provide benchmarking data. The project is designed to help departments understand how they compare to peer institutions. If successful, the curriculum mapping tool can be modified for use in other STEM fields. The study has four distinct goals. Goal 1 is to develop a curriculum mapping tool for sociology, which draws upon an already tested tool developed by the researchers. The tool will integrate spreadsheets, videos, and other supplemental components within a survey platform. Goal 2 is to engage 150 sociology departments in curriculum mapping activities, which involves teaching faculty the process of curriculum mapping and gauging their response to insights identified. Goal 3 is to benchmark conformance to recommended curricular standards, which requires analyzing the curriculum maps developed in individual departments. Goal 4 is to assess the impact that curriculum mapping has on program quality, which involves identifying the extent that curriculum mapping produced meaningful changes to course offerings and program structures. Department chairs will be surveyed at three points over the course of three years, providing detailed information on faculty receptivity to curriculum mapping and impacts on program design at their institutions. Impact of exposure to benchmarking data will be examined with a randomized experimental design. Curriculum maps generated will document the extent to which departments conform to disciplinary standards. In addition to publication of results, leading scholars of teaching and learning in other STEM fields will be shown how curriculum mapping operates within sociology programs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在一个越来越多的技术社会中，对STEM领域的本科准备的改善对于发展科学，健康，繁荣和国防的发展至关重要。 证据表明，许多本科STEM课程中的学生通过专业的发展而没有足够的科学内容参与，尤其是在数据分析和严格的科学探究方面。清晰的学习目标以及有意义的评估有很大的希望可以解决这一问题。 拟议的研究旨在完善和传播课程开发工具，并促进其在150个本科社会学计划中的使用。 该工具将协助教师努力评估有关美国社会学协会报告“高等教育不断变化的环境：课程，职业和在线学习”中的十二个总体建议中的70个目标，以评估计划的优势和劣势。 该工具将促进课程审查，指导教师通过课程修订过程，并提供基准测试数据。 该项目旨在帮助部门了解与同行机构的比较。 如果成功，则可以修改课程映射工具以在其他STEM字段中使用。 该研究有四个不同的目标。 目标1是为社会学开发课程映射工具，该工具借鉴了研究人员开发的已经经过测试的工具。 该工具将在调查平台内集成电子表格，视频和其他补充组件。目标2是让150个社会学部门参与课程映射活动，其中涉及教授课程映射过程，并评估他们对所确定的见解的反应。目标3是基于推荐的课程标准的基准，该标准需要分析各个部门开发的课程图。目标4是评估课程映射对计划质量的影响，这涉及确定课程映射对课程和计划结构产生有意义的更改的程度。部门主席将在三年的时间内进行三分调查，提供有关课程映射的教师接受的详细信息，并在其机构对计划设计的影响。 接触基准数据的影响将通过随机实验设计检查。 生成的课程图将记录部门符合纪律标准的程度。 除了发布结果外，还将展示其他STEM领域的教学和学习学者在社会学计划中如何运作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来进行评估。