Collaborative Research: Overcoming Isolation and Scholarly Devaluation by Bolstering the Collective Agency of Black Discipline-Based Education Researchers

合作研究：通过支持黑人学科教育研究人员的集体机构来克服孤立和学术贬值

• 批准号: 2315023
• 负责人: Walter Lee
• 金额: $ 109.53万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Overcoming; Isolation; Scholarly

There is a growing need for scholars specializing in discipline-based education research (DBER) due to the importance of STEM in preparing the technical workforce and a science-literate citizenry. DBER is defined as a collection of related research fields (e.g., physics, biology, engineering, computer science) executing basic and applied research centered on education research questions anchored in the context of their specific field of study. The proposed project aims to advance understanding and mitigate the impact of systemic racism on the collective agency of Black scholars engaged in DBER focused on engineering and computer science. The project team conceptualizes systemic racism as the complex array of practices, policies, and systems of evaluation that contribute to the de facto segregation and scholarly devaluation of Black scholars. This combination of challenges presents obstacles for scholars working to maximize their potential impact as change agents within their disciplines. This project aims to examine how systemic racism restricts scholars' impact and shapes their individual and collective agency. The long-term goals of the project are to foster collaboration among STEM education researchers who are geographically dispersed across the country; build capacity for culturally-competent STEM education research and dissemination; enhance the visibility of the work done by Black scholars; and advocate for field-level changes to practices and policies that reinforce systemic racism.The main goal of this project is to advance understanding of the impact systematic racism has on the individual and collective agency of Black scholars engaged in DBER. The research team will use an asset-based, trauma-informed, community-oriented approach. First, the project team will collect, compile, analyze, and visualize data about the population of Black DBER scholars. Second, the project will interview a cross-generational subset of late-, mid-, and early-career Black scholars about the workplace challenges encountered during their professional journey and the tactics used to overcome them. Finally, the project will scaffold new collaborations between discipline-based education researchers through workshops focused on forming and sustaining productive research collaborations. This project is designed to expand prior literature about discipline-based education research to include substantial considerations of race or racism. The research design guiding this study will leverage and foster authentic partnerships among Black scholars engaged in DBER. This study design may also serve as a model for subsequent studies on collective agency. This collaborative project is funded through the Racial Equity in STEM Education activity (EDU Racial Equity). The activity supports research and practice projects that investigate how considerations of racial equity factor into the improvement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce. Awarded projects seek to center the voices, knowledge, and experiences of the individuals, communities, and institutions most impacted by systemic inequities within the STEM enterprise. This activity aligns with NSF’s core value of supporting outstanding researchers and innovative thinkers from across the Nation's diversity of demographic groups, regions, and types of organizations. Programs across EDU contribute funds to the Racial Equity activity in recognition of the alignment of its projects with the collective research and development thrusts of the four divisions of the directorate.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.

由于 STEM 在培养技术劳动力方面的重要性，以及具有科学素养的公民的 DBER 被定义为相关研究领域（例如物理、生物学、工程学、计算机科学）开展以特定研究领域背景下的教育研究问题为中心的基础和应用研究。拟议的项目旨在增进理解并减轻系统性种族主义对黑人学者集体机构的影响。 DBER 博士专注于工程和该项目团队将系统性种族主义概念化为一系列复杂的做法、政策和评估系统，这些做法、政策和评估系统导致了黑人学者事实上的种族隔离和学术贬低，这些挑战的结合为学者们努力最大限度地发挥其潜在影响带来了障碍。该项目旨在研究系统性种族主义如何限制学者的影响并塑造他们的个人和集体机构。该项目的长期目标是促进分布在全国各地的 STEM 教育研究人员之间的合作。建设能力；具有文化能力的 STEM 教育研究和传播；提高黑人学者所做工作的知名度；并倡导对强化系统性种族主义的做法和政策进行实地变革。该项目的主要目标是增进对系统性种族主义影响的理解；种族主义对从事 DBER 的黑人学者的个人和集体机构产生影响。研究团队将采用基于资产、创伤知情、面向社区的方法，首先，项目团队将收集、编译、分析和可视化相关数据。黑人 DBER 学者群体。其次，该项目将采访一批处于职业生涯晚期、中期和早期的跨代黑人学者，了解他们在职业生涯中遇到的工作场所挑战以及用于克服这些挑战的策略。最后，该项目将为双方之间的新合作提供支持。该项目旨在扩展有关基于学科的教育研究的先前文献，以纳入对种族或种族主义的实质性考虑。从事 DBER 的黑人学者之间的合作可能会导致这一研究设计。也可作为集体机构后续研究的模型。该合作项目由 STEM 教育中的种族平等活动（EDU 种族平等）资助，该活动支持研究和实践项目，研究如何考虑种族平等因素来改善。科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教育和劳动力项目旨在集中受 STEM 企业内系统性不平等影响的个人、社区和机构的声音、知识和经验。支持优秀的核心价值来自全国不同人口群体、地区和组织类型的研究人员和创新思想家为种族平等活动提供资金，以表彰其项目与四个部门的集体研究和发展目标的一致性。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进行评估，被认为值得支持。