STEAM Education and Training for Underrepresented Students and Teachers in the Arkansas Delta

为阿肯色三角洲地区代表性不足的学生和教师提供 STEAM 教育和培训

基本信息

批准号：
10450466
负责人：
Tameka Arnett Bailey
金额：
$ 26.38万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-08-05 至 2027-06-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10450466
关键词：
Academic achievement Acclimatization Affect African American African American student Area Arkansas Arts Awareness Behavior Biology Budgets Career Choice Child Communities Control Groups Deposition Discipline Economic Development Education Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Engineering Enrollment Exercise Faculty Family Financial Support Focus Groups Fostering Foundations Funding Future Future Teacher Gender Gifts Goals Graduation Rates Grant Habits Hour Kinesiology Knowledge Laboratories Lead Learning Life Low income Mathematics Measures Mentors Methodology Methods Middle School Student Molecular Chaperones Outcome Measure Parents Participant Pathway interactions Performance Personal Satisfaction Pilot Projects Population Problem Solving Process Professional counselor Public Health Readiness Research Project Grants Rural STEM field STEM program Savings Schedule Schools Science Seeds Siblings Social Problems Social Work Students Surveys System Teacher Professional Development Teaching Method Technology Time Training Training Programs Training and Education Underrepresented Minority Underrepresented Students Universities University resources Women&apos s Group Youth base career college design education research elementary school engineering design experience faculty mentor financial literacy fitness graduate student health disparity high school improved innovation interest learning strategy member minority student ninth grade operation outreach peer coaching people of color programs project-based learning racial diversity recruit rural African American school district science education sixth grade social social media socioeconomics success summer program teacher undergraduate student university student volunteer

项目摘要

ABSTRACT People of color are underrepresented in STEAM education and careers, often due to socio-economic and institutional factors. Success in pre-collegiate courses predicts African American student success in STEM disciplines. A STEAM Summer Program pilot project with 6-9th grade students from Dumas, Arkansas (AR) Public School, a predominately African American, low-income, rural town located in the AR Delta, has been in operation at the University of Arkansas (UA) for the past 5 years. Financial support began with a two-year grant from a local women’s group and has continued with commitments from University resources. The goals of our proposed STEAM Summer Program are to recruit 400 rising 6th grade students from Dumas public school and to increase engagement, outreach, and support for students and their families, STEAM teachers, and Dumas surrounding communities through STEAM education and training. In 2018, the STEM program expanded to include Art (now called STEAM) for broadening the knowledge of its students. Thus, we plan to: (1) provide project-based STEAM curriculum modules and hands-on education and training to 400 rising 6th grade students (80 per year); (2) support success by engaging 15 Dumas STEAM teachers in a project-based STEAM Teacher Training Program; and (3) provide a pathway to college via a Child Savings Account (CSA) program and accompanying financial education classes. The first three short-term objectives of this proposal are to increase awareness, future orientation and efficacy in STEAM and STEAM-related fields for 400 rising 6th grade, under-represented minority (URM) students from the Dumas, AR public elementary school. The long-term objectives are to promote excellence in STEAM teaching at Dumas schools, student efficacy and interest in STEAM coursework, high school retention and graduation, college savings, college enrollment and completion, and a career path in STEAM and STEAM-related fields for participants. We have partnered with faculty experts in Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, Art, Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Education, and Social Work to conduct the STEAM Summer Program at our campus. During the same time frame of the STEAM Summer Program, we also plan to bring Dumas STEAM Teachers to the UA Campus in years 1-4 to engage in 36 hours of STEAM curriculum and assessment training and to teach their new modules to their own students; Year 5 training will be at the Dumas schools. An external evaluator will use surveys (e.g. Measure of Problem-Solving Fitness (MPSF); Child Savings Account survey) and focus groups to (a) assess the manner in which students and teachers solve problems, the strategies they utilize, and their use of engineering design methodologies to efficiently solve technical and social problems that they encounter; (b) gauge financial literacy and college savings; and (c) measure personal, social, and financial well-being. The same outcome measures will be collected from the control group (N=400).

抽象的有色人种在 STEAM 教育和职业中的代表性不足，通常是由于社会经济和制度因素。大学预科课程的成功预示着非裔美国学生在 STEM 方面的成功。与来自阿肯色州杜马斯 (AR) 的 6-9 年级学生一起开展的 STEAM 暑期项目试点项目公立学校 (Public School) 是一个以非裔美国人为主的低收入乡村小镇，位于 AR 三角洲，过去 5 年在阿肯色大学 (UA) 运营，从为期两年的财政支持开始。当地妇女团体的资助，并继续履行大学资源的承诺。我们提议的 STEAM 暑期项目的一部分是从 Dumas 公立学校招收 400 名即将升入六年级的学生学校，并增加对学生及其家人、STEAM 教师、杜马斯通过 STEAM 教育和培训围绕社区开展 2018 年 STEM 计划。扩大到包括艺术（现在称为 STEAM），以拓宽学生的知识因此，我们计划：（1）为400名升六级提供基于项目的STEAM课程模块和实践教育培训年级学生（每年 80 名）；(2) 通过让 15 名杜马斯 STEAM 教师参与基于项目的项目来支持成功 STEAM 教师培训计划；(3) 通过儿童储蓄账户 (CSA) 提供进入大学的途径该计划的前三个短期目标。旨在提高 400 名正在崛起的人在 STEAM 和 STEAM 相关领域的意识、未来定位和功效来自阿肯色州杜马斯公立小学的六年级少数族裔 (URM) 学生。长期目标是促进杜马斯学校 STEAM 教学的卓越性、学生的效能和对 STEAM 课程、高中保留和毕业、大学储蓄、大学入学和毕业的兴趣我们与参与者合作，完成了 STEAM 和 STEAM 相关领域的职业道路。生物学、生物医学科学、工程、艺术、运动机能学、运动科学、教育、和社会工作在我们校园的同一时间段内开展 STEAM 暑期项目。 STEAM 暑期项目，我们还计划在 1-4 年级将 Dumas STEAM 教师带到 UA 校园，参加 36 小时的 STEAM 课程和评估培训，并向他们教授新模块自己的学生；第 5 年级的培训将在杜马斯学校进行，外部评估员将使用调查（例如解决问题能力的衡量（MPSF）和焦点小组（a）评估学生和教师解决问题的方式、他们使用的策略以及他们使用的方法 (b) 有效解决他们遇到的技术和社会问题的工程设计方法；衡量金融知识和大学储蓄；(c) 衡量个人、社会和财务状况。将从对照组（N = 400）收集相同的结果测量。