STEMcyclists: Black and Brown Youth Transforming Science and Engineering via Bikes

STEMcyclists：黑人和棕色人种青年通过自行车改变科学和工程

• 批准号: 2314260
• 负责人: Noemi Waight
• 金额: $ 198.28万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2314260&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEMcyclists; Black; Brown; Youth; Transforming

The bike is an engineering system centered on a transparent technology that promotes freedom of movement and thus has the potential to democratize mobility and access. As an accessible technology it allows for tinkering, redesigning, repairing, customizing, re-mixing, repurposing, building, and re-building. This project uses bikes and biking to introduce STEM content and experiences to traditionally underrepresented youth (grades 9-10) by having them participate in place-based informal learning activities. The researchers along with community organizations work together to plan and facilitate a summer institute and cohort sessions during the academic year. The youth will engage in STEM learning in their community by creating and contributing knowledge that informs their own learning in topics like science, engineering, and biomechanics.The goal of this project is to use bikes and biking learning experiences to advance STEM, human-centered engineering, and science frameworks through the assets of an urban, community-based youth organization. The project will impact 96 students in grades 9 and 10 in an urban setting. Data will be collected before, during, and after summer and fall/spring sessions over the course of three years. The main data sources will be observations of, and videorecording of all sessions; semi-structured interviews with youth, peer mentors, instructors, team members and community partners; and, youth produced project artifacts, and planning and design, modules, and institute artifacts. This asset-based approach will be accomplished through four overlapping foci: (a) applying the STEM processes (engineering design principles and scientific practices) of rebuilding bikes; (b) understanding the biomechanics of bikes and biking; (c) using the bike as a medium to experience and uncover STEM phenomena in the community; to (d) transform youth STEM identities. This project will get youth interested and engaged in STEM by having their understandings represented based on how they engage with and apply engineering principles to rebuild bikes, the actual bike rebuild, youth discussions as well as interactions with peers and instructors/facilitators.This Type 4, Integrating Research and Practice, project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which supports projects that: (a) contribute to research and practice that considers informal STEM learning's role in equity and belonging in STEM; (b) promote personal and educational success in STEM; (c) advance public engagement in scientific discovery; (d) foster interest in STEM careers; (e) create and enhance the theoretical and empirical foundations for effective informal STEM learning; (f) improve community vibrancy; and/or (g) enhance science communication and the public's engagement in and understanding of STEM and STEM processes. The project is co-funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts, and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.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.

自行车是一个以透明技术为中心的工程系统，可促进行动自由，从而有可能实现流动性和交通的民主化。作为一种易于使用的技术，它允许修补、重新设计、修复、定制、重新混合、重新调整用途、构建和重建。该项目利用自行车和自行车运动，通过让传统上代表性不足的青少年（9-10 年级）参与基于场所的非正式学习活动，向他们介绍 STEM 内容和体验。研究人员与社区组织共同规划和促进学年期间的暑期学院和队列会议。青少年将通过创造和贡献知识，为自己在科学、工程和生物力学等主题的学习提供信息，从而在社区中参与 STEM 学习。该项目的目标是利用自行车和骑行学习经验来推进以人为本的 STEM 教育通过城市社区青年组织的资产建立工程和科学框架。该项目将影响城市环境中的 96 名 9 年级和 10 年级学生。数据将在三年的夏季和秋季/春季会议之前、期间和之后收集。主要数据来源是所有会议的观察和录像；对青少年、同伴导师、讲师、团队成员和社区合作伙伴进行半结构化访谈；并且，青年人制作了项目工件、规划和设计、模块以及研究所工件。这种基于资产的方法将通过四个重叠的重点来实现： (a) 应用重建自行车的 STEM 流程（工程设计原理和科学实践）； (b) 了解自行车和骑自行车的生物力学； (c) 使用自行车作为媒介来体验和发现社区中的 STEM 现象； (d) 转变青年 STEM 身份。该项目将根据青少年如何参与和应用工程原理来重建自行车、实际的自行车重建、青少年讨论以及与同龄人和教练/辅导员的互动来表达他们的理解，从而激发青少年对 STEM 的兴趣和参与。此类型 4 ，整合研究与实践，该项目由推进非正式 STEM 学习 (AISL) 计划资助，该计划支持以下项目：(a) 促进研究和实践，考虑非正式 STEM 学习在公平和归属感方面的作用 干; (b) 促进 STEM 方面的个人和教育成功； (c) 促进公众参与科学发现； (d) 培养对 STEM 职业的兴趣； (e) 为有效的非正式 STEM 学习创造和加强理论和实证基础； (f) 提高社区活力； (g) 加强科学传播以及公众对 STEM 和 STEM 流程的参与和理解。该项目由学生和教师创新技术体验 (ITEST) 计划共同资助，该计划支持加深对实践、计划要素、背景和流程的理解的项目，有助于增加学生对科学、技术、工程的知识和兴趣该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。