Collaborative Research: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Studying Equitable and Inclusive Strategies for Mentoring in CUREs

合作研究：HSI 实施和评估项目：研究 CURE 指导的公平和包容性策略

• 批准号: 2317752
• 负责人: Jeffrey Olimpo
• 金额: $ 92.92万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 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: 2023-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2317752&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; HSI; Implementation; Evaluation

Collaborative Research: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Studying Equitable and Inclusive Strategies for Mentoring in CUREsWith support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this Track 2 project aims to rigorously examine mentoring relationships and structures as they are enacted in the context of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in the biological sciences. Further, this project seeks to identify the associations that exist between the aforementioned facets of the CURE learning environment, CURE students’ attitudes and professional dispositions (e.g., their development as scientists), and their persistence in research. These analyses will be leveraged to establish working groups tasked with developing and evaluating instructional materials and professional development opportunities that foster equitable and inclusive mentoring strategies in CUREs. Collectively, the findings and products generated from this work are poised to make a substantial contribution to the field and to educational practices by revealing key mentoring behaviors, institutional-/course-level policies, and learning supports that drive success in the CUREs space.Specifically, this project will: (1) use quantitative approaches to characterize the relationship between instructor/student demographic attributes and students’ perceptions of mentoring in CUREs as well as students’ perceptions of mentoring and their affective/psychosocial development; (2) employ qualitative methods (principally ethnographic case studies) to investigate the role of social structure and power dynamics on mentoring in the CUREs context; and (3) leverage research findings to organize and convene working groups focused on the sharing of ideas and resources necessary to build a culture of effective, equitable, and inclusive mentorship in CUREs. Thus, the proposed project will not only contribute new theoretical and practical knowledge to the field, but also cultivate the human and social capital needed to ensure that mentoring in CUREs becomes an explicit focus of the CURE teaching and learning environment. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

合作研究：HSI 实施和评估项目：研究 CURE 中公平和包容性的指导策略在改善本科 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI) 计划的支持下，该轨道 2 项目旨在严格检查指导关系和结构。此外，该项目旨在确定上述方面之间存在的关联。 CURE 学习环境、CURE 学生的态度和专业倾向（例如，他们作为科学家的发展）以及他们对研究的坚持这些分析将用于建立工作组，负责开发和评估教学材料和促进专业发展机会。总的来说，这项工作产生的结果和产品将通过揭示关键的指导行为、机构/课程层面的政策和学习支持，为该领域和教育实践做出重大贡献。推动成功具体而言，该项目将：(1) 使用定量方法来描述教师/学生人口统计属性与学生对 CURE 中辅导的看法以及学生对辅导的看法及其情感/心理社会发展之间的关系； ）采用定性方法（主要是人种学案例研究）来调查社会结构和权力动态对 CURE 背景下的指导的作用；以及（3）利用研究结果组织和召集工作组，重点关注分享想法和因此，拟议的项目不仅将为该领域贡献新的理论和实践知识，而且还将培养确保 CURE 指导所需的人力和社会资本。成为 CURE 教学和学习环境的明确重点。HSI 计划旨在加强 HSI 本科生 STEM 教育和能力建设。HSI 计划支持的项目也将产生有关如何实现这些目标的新知识。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定规定。使命和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，该项目被认为值得支持。