Postdoctoral Fellows as Leaders in Next-Generation Computer Science Education Research-Practice Partnerships Serving Minoritized Communities

博士后研究员作为下一代计算机科学教育研究与实践合作伙伴关系的领导者，为少数群体服务

• 批准号: 2329579
• 负责人: Johannes Strobel
• 金额: $ 120.27万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329579&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellows; Leaders; Next; Generation

This post-doctoral training fellowship project addresses two broad issues: (1) Hispanic/Latinx students are underrepresented in the computing industry; and (2) computer science (CS) education has yet to find a way to connect and draw from the experience of Hispanic/Latinx students to design better educational processes and learning experiences within their communities to encourage them to study computer science. CS education is a nascent field compared to other STEM education fields. To better understand the complex issues of introducing CS to minoritized and marginalized communities, the field needs an intellectually diverse set of researchers who are passionate for the topic and can conduct more research and identify opportunities for engaging communities in CS education. This project builds capacity in CS education by engaging a new cohort of post-doctoral fellows who are positioned to advance the field of CS education research and ultimately increase the number of computer science graduates to bolster the US economy.The postdoctoral training grant will strengthen the capacity (i.e., knowledge, skills, practices) of recent doctoral graduates to engage in research at the intersection of CS and other STEM disciplines in predominantly Hispanic-serving K-12 environments. Computer science education research projects will be structured around (a) learning of CS, (b) teaching of CS, and (c) CS policy in K-12. The research and training plan is based on a model of co-generative mentorship and provides comprehensive professional development and mentorship opportunities to participating postdoctoral fellows who will be embedded in existing research projects and supported to design and execute their own independent research projects. Situated at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), one of the largest producers of Hispanic computer scientists in the country, this organizational postdoctoral fellowship program will be closely aligned with the endowed Hopper-Dean Center of Excellence for K-12 Computer Science Education in the UTEP College of Education and the NSF-funded and UTEP-led Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions [CAHSI], an Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES national alliance. The project has potential to make significant contributions to the field by providing advanced training and professional development opportunities to postdoctoral researchers. The project has further potential to enhance the research skills of postdoctoral researchers and prepare them for successful careers as researchers, policy influencers, and educators in computer science education, especially in Hispanic-serving K-12 environments. This project is supported by NSF’s STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) Program with co-funding from the Racial Equity in STEM Education Program (EDU Racial Equity) and the CS for All: Research and RPPs program. The STEM Ed PRF Program aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field. The EDU Racial Equity Program supports projects that advance racial equity in STEM education and workforce development through research and practice.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.

该博士后培训奖学金项目解决了两个广泛的问题：（1）西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生在计算行业中的代表性不足； （2）计算机科学（CS）教育尚未找到一种方法，可以从西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生的经验联系和借鉴社区内部设计更好的教育过程和学习经验，以鼓励他们学习计算机科学。与其他STEM教育领域相比，CS教育是一个新生的领域。为了更好地理解将CS引入少数化和边缘化社区的复杂问题，该领域需要一组智力多样的研究人员，他们热衷于该主题，可以进行更多的研究并确定使社区参与CS教育的机会。该项目通过参与新的博士后研究员来建立CS教育的能力，这些研究员有能力提高CS教育研究领域的领域，并最终增加计算机科学毕业生的数量来增强美国的经济。西班牙裔服务的K-12环境。计算机科学教育研究项目将围绕（a）学习CS，（b）CS教学以及（c）K-12中的CS政策。研究和培训计划基于一个共同思想的模型，并提供了参与博士后奖学金的全面专业发展和心态机会，该奖学金将嵌入现有研究项目中，并支持设计并执行自己的独立研究项目。该组织在德克萨斯大学El Paso（UTEP）是该国最大的西班牙裔计算机科学家之一的生产商之一，该组织博士后奖学金计划将与endep and Nsf fundies and utep and utep and Computiance的K-12计算机科学教育的K-12计算机科学教育的Endowed hopper-dean卓越中心（C）紧密相符。埃迪·伯尼斯·约翰逊（Eddie Bernice Johnson）包括国家联盟。该项目有可能通过为博士后研究人员提供高级培训和专业发展机会为该领域做出重大贡献。该项目具有进一步的潜力，可以提高博士后研究人员的研究技能，并为成功的职业做好准备，因为研究人员，政策影响者和计算机科学教育的教育者，尤其是在西班牙裔服务的K-12环境中。该项目得到了NSF的STEM教育博士后研究奖学金（STEM ED PRF）计划，并从STEM教育计划（EDU种族资产）和CS的CS共同资助：研究和RPPS计划。 STEM ED PRF计划旨在增强STEM，STEM教育，教育和相关学科的最新博士学位的研究知识，技能和实践，以推动他们准备从事该领域知识的基本和应用研究的准备。 EDU种族平等计划支持通过研究和实践来推动STEM教育和劳动力发展中的赛车公平的项目。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为通过评估来获得珍贵的支持。