检查学生身份如何与沉浸式现场生态课程相互作用及其对研究生学校教育的影响
Sriparna Saha1, Valerie McKenzie1, Nancy Emery1
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80302.
CBE life sciences education
|September 23, 2024
概括
多元化的学生.
科学领域:
- 生态和环境科学教育.
- 高等教育和STEM.
- 社会科学和学生的归属.
背景情况:
- 不同个体在生态学中的不足代表性从本科到研究生水平持续存在.
- 学生在实地学科中的归属感受到了身份和背景的影响.
- 现有的生态项目可能无法充分支持边缘化的学生.
研究的目的:
- 评估研究生实地课程对学生归属感的影响.
- 了解课程设计如何影响学生在生态学中的各种经验.
- 确定在STEM中支持边缘化的学生的最佳实践.
主要方法:
- 一项为期两年的FIRED UP (强调阿尔卑斯山区多样性UP的实地密集研究) 项目的评估.
- 通过学生调查和采访收集定性数据.
- 使用现象学变体生态系统理论进行分析.
主要成果:
- 确定了不同学生在现场研究中对归属感的不同结果.
- 强调了课程,实地技能和队列结合的重要性.
- 提供学生批判性和建设性的视角的案例研究.
结论:
- 基于现场的课程设计必须满足各种学生对包容性的需求.
- 有效的本科培训和队列建设对于边缘化的STEM学生至关重要.
- 这项研究提供了关于培养生态科学中的归属感的见解.
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