Biology and Environmental Science Scholars Program to Support Achievement and Persistence in STEM

支持 STEM 成就和坚持的生物学和环境科学学者计划

• 批准号: 1833772
• 负责人: Helen Turner
• 金额: $ 99.95万
• 依托单位: Chaminade University of Honolulu
• 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: 2018-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833772&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biology; Environmental; Science; Scholars; Program

With funding from the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, this project will support high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Throughout its five years of funding, this project will provide 18 scholarships to students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in Biology or Environmental Science. This project will provide these Scholars with culturally relevant STEM education around the theme of island resilience and sustainability and support their academic achievement and persistence in STEM. The project aims to develop a cohort of graduates who are prepared to enter the workforce in STEM disciplines connected to regional needs.The goals of the project are to: 1) mitigate students' financial and academic barriers to STEM participation; 2) acknowledge and address cultural barriers to students' STEM participation; and 3) develop and evaluate new curricular and extracurricular activities that reflect students' needs, challenges, strengths, and cultural expectations. The knowledge gained through this project will enhance understanding of culturally-grounded curricular and academic support approaches to enhance student success. Faculty mentors will provide Scholars with academic support, life coaching, and advocacy. Scholars will participate in academic enrichment activities including tutoring, intensive advising, academic monitoring, academic crisis mitigation, and cohort learning communities. Scholars will have research internship opportunities focused on water sustainability. The project will develop activities to engage Scholars' families and connect to the community; these activities will be designed to decrease 'outsider status' and increase Scholars' sense of belonging within higher education and STEM careers. To support these goals, the project will redesign Biology and Environmental Science courses and pilot a novel 'mountain-to-ocean' four-year, culturally-based curriculum designed to increase retention, performance, cultural identity, and self-efficacy. This project will generate knowledge about student outcomes related to: (1) increasing the cultural relevance of the four-year degree process; (b) implementing and assessing blended indigenous and Western science approaches; and (c) maintaining connections to place and culture. This project aims to implement culturally-relevant, island-focused STEM educational experiences and foster collaborations among major stakeholders that include STEM faculty, campus administrators, and community leaders.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.

在美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金 (S-STEM) 项目的资助下，该项目将为檀香山查米纳德大学表现出经济需求的高成就、低收入学生提供支持。在五年资助期间，该项目将为攻读生物学或环境科学学士学位的学生提供 18 项奖学金。该项目将为这些学者提供围绕岛屿复原力和可持续性主题的文化相关的 STEM 教育，并支持他们的学术成就和对 STEM 的坚持。该项目旨在培养一批毕业生，准备进入与区域需求相关的 STEM 学科劳动力队伍。该项目的目标是： 1) 减轻学生参与 STEM 的经济和学术障碍； 2) 承认并解决学生参与 STEM 的文化障碍； 3) 开发和评估反映学生需求、挑战、优势和文化期望的新课程和课外活动。通过该项目获得的知识将增强对基于文化的课程和学术支持方法的理解，以提高学生的成功。教师导师将为学者提供学术支持、生活指导和宣传。学者将参加学术丰富活动，包括辅导、强化咨询、学术监控、学术危机缓解和队列学习社区。学者将获得专注于水可持续性的研究实习机会。该项目将开展活动，吸引学者家庭并与社区建立联系；这些活动旨在减少“局外人地位”并增加学者对高等教育和 STEM 职业的归属感。为了支持这些目标，该项目将重新设计生物学和环境科学课程，并试行一种新颖的“从山到海”的四年制、基于文化的课程，旨在提高记忆力、表现、文化认同和自我效能。该项目将产生有关学生成果的知识，这些成果涉及：（1）提高四年制学位课程的文化相关性； (b) 实施和评估混合的本土和西方科学方法； (c) 保持与地方和文化的联系。该项目旨在实施与文化相关、以岛屿为中心的 STEM 教育体验，并促进主要利益相关者（包括 STEM 教师、校园管理人员和社区领袖）之间的合作。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

Developing a family engagement plan for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander STEM students in higher education: A review and critique of the literature

为接受高等教育的夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民 STEM 学生制定家庭参与计划：文献综述和批评

• DOI: 10.1111/apv.12288
• 发表时间: 2020-08
• 期刊: Asia Pacific Viewpoint
• 影响因子: 2.1
• 作者: Baker, Jonathan D.;Keahiolalo, RaeDeen M.;Keahi‐Wood, Kahoali'i;Cogbill, Jolene;Naeole, Chrystie;Turner, Helen
• 通讯作者: Turner, Helen