NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM (CIRCLES) Alliance

NSF 包括联盟：培养本土研究社区以发挥教育和 STEM 领导力 (CIRCLES) 联盟

• 批准号: 2217344
• 负责人: Aaron Thomas
• 金额: $ 999.59万
• 依托单位: University of Montana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-15 至 2027-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2217344&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; INCLUDES; Alliance; Cultivating; Indigenous

The Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM (CIRCLES) Alliance builds on the collaborative efforts of an existing partnership among six EPSCoR states - Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming - to address the severe underrepresentation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines and within the STEM workforce. Through intentional collaboration with STEM and traditional knowledge holders, including AI/AN students, faculty and staff, and Indigenous communities, this project aims to develop and sustain a national model for centering Indigenous, culturally responsive educational approaches and practices in STEM to enhance inclusivity, increase participation, and build capacity among AI/AN STEM educators and other professionals. The CIRCLES Alliance is establishing a system of place-based educational resources and activities, teacher professional development, and student supports to effect change in the awareness of, and support for, culturally relevant STEM education.Research has considered the marginalization of AI/AN students in STEM due to an inherent epistemological conflict between mainstream STEM educational contexts and AI/AN identity, traditional knowledge, and ways of knowing. The CIRCLES Alliance is addressing this challenge. The network of experts, institutions, and communities in these six states, which represent 10.5% percent of the Nation’s AI/AN population, participate in a Networked Improvement Community to develop an evidence-based model of working hand- in-hand with tribal communities to enhance STEM education through the integration of Indigenous ways of knowing. Each of the CIRCLES Alliance states has AI/AN representation and established relationships with tribes, tribal colleges and universities, and professionals engaged in working within tribal communities. This project will generate tangible resources and new partnerships by building a repository of culturally relevant K-12 STEM curricular materials and providing tailored supports and learning opportunities for students, faculty, and staff involved in STEM disciplines and the STEM workforce. This NSF INCLUDES Alliance is funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion, and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The Alliance is jointly funded by the NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program.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.

培养教育和STEM联盟领导力领导力的土著研究社区基于六个EPSCOR州之间现有合作伙伴关系的合作努力 - 爱达荷州，爱达荷州，蒙大拿州，新墨西哥州，北达科他州，南达科他州，以及怀俄明州 - 解决美国印第安人和阿拉斯加本地人（AI/AN）的探索者（AI/AN）的严重不足STEM劳动力。通过与STEM和传统知识持有人的有意合作，包括AI/A A A A/A A A，教职员工以及土著社区，该项目旨在开发和维持国家模型，以中心，以STEM中的土著，文化反应式的教育方法和实践来增强AI/A AI/STEM教育工作者之间的参与性，增强参与能力，并增强参与能力。圈子联盟正在建立一个基于地点的教育资源和活动，教师专业发展以及学生支持，以实现对文化相关的STEM教育的认识和支持的变化。研究考虑了由于主流STEM教育环境与AI/AI/AI/AI/A I SEMITITION和SEMITITION和SEMATITION和SEAMITIONITION和SEAMITION和SENSSION CELLACTION和SENSSSION CELLACTION和SELLACTION和SELLACTION和LOGESSSENTICE和LOGHSESS STEM的AI/AN学生的边缘化。圈子联盟正在应对这一挑战。这六个州的专家，机构和社区网络占全国AI/A人口的10.5％，参与了一个网络改善社区，以与部落社区的手工合作开发基于证据的模型，以通过融合土著知识方式来增强STEM教育。每个圈子联盟国家都有与部落，部落学院和大学以及从事部落社区工作的专业人士的代表和建立关系。该项目将通过建立具有文化相关的K-12 STEM课程材料的存储库来产生切实的资源和新合作伙伴关系，并为学生，教职员工以及参与STEM学科和STEM劳动力的员工提供量身定制的支持和学习机会。 NSF包括联盟包括在整个国家的NSF纳入工程和科学发现者（NSF Incluction）社区的NSF包容性的资金，这是一项全面的国家倡议，旨在通过专注于多样性，包容性和扩大STEM参与的范围来增强美国在发现和创新方面的领导力。该联盟由NSF成立的计划共同资助，以刺激竞争性研究（EPSCOR）计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，通过评估被认为是宝贵的支持。