Project Empower: Collaborative Curriculum Design Tailored for Student Success and Inclusive Culture in Algebra-Based Physics

项目授权：为学生成功和代数物理包容性文化量身定制的协作课程设计

• 批准号: 2216167
• 负责人: Idaykis Rodriguez
• 金额: $ 28.55万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-15 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2216167&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; Empower; Collaborative; Curriculum; Design

This project aims to serve the national interest by improving curricula in physics education. Algebra-based physics is taught to thousands of U.S. students every year, many of whom are non-physics majors who may be apprehensive of physics and may not know how physics knowledge may be relevant for their future careers. This project involves recruiting undergraduate students in algebra-based physics courses to help identify their career needs, exploring their interests related to physics, and aligning their needs with the utility of physics concepts to design a culturally appropriate and student-centered curriculum. This project intends to provide algebra-based physics students with an opportunity to meaningfully engage in their physics learning by giving them a voice in the curriculum and allowing them to build connections between their own career interests and physics concepts. The project should yield curricular materials for algebra-based physics courses that other instructors will be able to adapt through their participation in immersive workshops. It is hoped that improved algebra-based physics curricula will support better-prepared STEM professionals who can more effectively use their physics knowledge in their chosen careers. Guided by elements of a framework for culturally relevant pedagogy, the project plans to design, adapt, and pilot Modeling Instruction curriculum materials for introductory algebra-based physics courses. The three-year project design will address the following research questions: 1) What are the motivations and expectations of students enrolled in the algebra-based physics course? 2) How does culturally responsive and student-centered curricular activities impact students’ expectancy values, physics identities and sense of belonging in physics? 3) For instructors implementing this curriculum, how do they perceive that culturally responsive pedagogy and student-centered activities can be applied within their own course contexts? The data that will drive the design and adaptation of the curriculum will center the experiences of undergraduates enrolled in algebra-based physics, who will be recruited to be participant researchers and co-designers of curricular reforms. Immersive summer workshops will be offered for faculty from other institutions who are interested in adopting the new curriculum. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools. This project is also supported by the NSF IUSE:HSI program, which has the goals of enhancing the quality of undergraduate STEM education, and increasing the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.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.

该项目旨在通过改善物理教育课程来满足国家利益。每年都会向成千上万的美国学生教授基于代数的物理学，其中许多是非物理专业的学生，​​他们可能会担心物理学，并且可能不知道物理学知识可能与其未来职业有关。该项目涉及在基于代数的物理课程中招募本科生，以帮助确定他们的职业需求，探索与物理学相关的兴趣，并使他们的需求与物理学概念的实用性保持一致，以设计适合文化和学生的课程。该项目旨在为基于代数的物理学生提供机会，有机会通过在课程中发表声音并允许他们在自己的职业兴趣和物理概念之间建立联系，从而有意义地从事物理学习。该项目应为基于代数的物理课程产生课程材料，其他讲师将能够通过参加沉浸式研讨会来适应这些课程。希望改进的基于代数的物理课程将支持可以在所选择的职业中更有效地使用其物理知识的准备好的STEM专业人员。该项目在针对文化相关教学法的框架的元素中进行了指导，该项目计划设计，适应和试点建模教学课程材料，用于简介基于代数的物理课程。为期三年的项目设计将解决以下研究问题：1）参加基于代数的物理课程的学生的动机和期望是什么？ 2）以文化响应和以学生为中心的现代活动如何影响学生的期望价值，物理身份和物理学意义？ 3）对于实施此课程的讲师，他们如何看待可以在自己的课程环境中应用文化响应式教学法和以学生为中心的活动？将推动课程设计和适应的数据将集中在基于代数的物理学的本科生的经验，他们将被招募为参与者的研究人员和课程改革的共同设计者。将向其他有兴趣通过新课程的机构的教师提供身临其境的夏季讲习班。 NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持了承诺实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。 NSF IUSE：HSI计划也支持该项目，该计划的目标是提高本科STEM教育的质量，并提高招聘，保留和毕业率的学生在STEM中攻读合伙人或学士学位的学生的毕业率。该奖项颁发了NSF的法定任务，并反映了通过评估师的构成群体的诚实范围，并反映了构成的范围。