A Stanford - SJSU Postdoctoral Training Program to Enhance URM Teaching

斯坦福大学 - SJSU 博士后培训计划以加强 URM 教学

基本信息

批准号：
8733706
负责人：
John C Boothroyd
金额：
$ 110.69万
依托单位：
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-09-01 至 2018-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diversity in science is a challenge to our society. A diverse scientific community is needed to provide novel perspectives on complex problems, to drive economic growth and prosperity, and to complete the promise of our society. Attrition of URM scientists during training occur at every step, but particularly at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral level. URM-serving institutions are wellsprings for URM scientists, but teaching this complex population is challenging. Committed, well-trained URM scientist-educators are needed to address the need for more URM scientists. However, traditional training of faculty usually involves research alone, with no experience in teaching methods. Here we proposed an IRACDA training program that combines rigorous postdoctoral training at Stanford University, with exposure to modern teaching approaches at a primarily URM-serving institution (San Jose State University, SJSU). The program will select a cohort of 5 postdoctoral scholars for a traditional postdoctoral training program in a principle investigator-directed laboratory. The cohort will be mentored by the PI and by a committee of scientists from both Stanford and SJSU. The Scholars will develop a traditional research plan in the PI laboratory, and will mentor undergraduate students from SJSU in the first years of the program. In subsequent years, the scholars will learn modern digital teaching methods at SJSU, and will gain teaching experience there using these skills. The program will merge the best aspects of the research environment at Stanford with exposure to the challenges of teaching URM scientists at SJSU. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The goal of this research program is to create a cohort of trained scientist-educators who can move into faculty positions at URM-serving institutions to bootstrap the flow of more URM scientists into our society.

描述（由申请人提供）：科学的多样性是对我们社会的挑战。需要一个多元化的科学界来为复杂问题提供新颖的视角，推动经济增长和繁荣，并完成我们社会的承诺。 URM 科学家在培训期间的每一个环节都会出现人员流失，特别是在本科生、研究生和博士后层面。 URM 服务机构是 URM 科学家的源泉，但教授这个复杂的人群具有挑战性。需要忠诚且训练有素的 URM 科学家教育者来满足对更多 URM 科学家的需求。然而，传统的教师培训通常只涉及研究，没有教学方法方面的经验。在此，我们提出了 IRACDA 培训计划，该计划结合了斯坦福大学严格的博士后培训和主要为 URM 服务的机构（圣何塞州立大学，SJSU）的现代教学方法。该项目将选拔 5 名博士后学者，在首席研究员指导的实验室进行传统的博士后培训项目。该团队将接受 PI 以及来自斯坦福大学和 SJSU 的科学家委员会的指导。学者们将在 PI 实验室制定传统研究计划，并在项目的第一年指导 SJSU 的本科生。在接下来的几年里，学者们将在SJSU学习现代数字化教学方法，并利用这些技能获得教学经验。该项目将把斯坦福大学研究环境的最佳方面与 SJSU 教授 URM 科学家面临的挑战结合起来。相关性（参见说明）：该研究计划的目标是培养一批训练有素的科学家教育工作者，他们可以在 URM 服务机构中担任教职，以引导更多 URM 科学家进入我们的社会。