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The Science of Broadening Participation

The Science of Broadening Participation. Kellina Craig-Henderson, Ph.D. Program Director, SBE National Science Foundation NIH Interventions Conference – May 8, 2009. National Science Foundation. NSF Directorates:. Biological Sciences (BIO)

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The Science of Broadening Participation

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  1. The Science of Broadening Participation Kellina Craig-Henderson, Ph.D. Program Director, SBE National Science Foundation NIH Interventions Conference – May 8, 2009

  2. National Science Foundation NSF Directorates: • Biological Sciences (BIO) • Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) • Education and Human Resources (EHR) • Engineering (ENG) • Geosciences (GEO) • Mathematical and Physical Science (MPS) • Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) • NSF Offices: • Cyberinfrastructure • Integrative Activities • Polar Programs • International Science and Engineering

  3. Percentage of College-Educated Science and Engineering Workers who are women and ethnic minorities 1980-2005. SOURCE: NSF Division of SRS, Decennial Census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), 1980-2000; and Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2005.

  4. Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE) “The National Science Foundation should sponsor additional social science research that will advance understanding of the causes and effects of progress and barriers to broadening participation in STEM at all levels…” (2004)

  5. Many Strategies and Interventions proposed • Gut instinct, and common sense • Limited to face validity • Lack empirical support

  6. Why We Need A Science of Broadening Participation donot lead to women’s • Assertivenesstraining programs success at negotiation. donot • Diversity training programs increasethe likelihood of of minorities in management.. An evidence-based approach is needed.

  7. Examples of SBP Research Findings • Organizational Sciences: • Gender segregation depends on post-industrial economic development. • Cognitive Neuroscience: • Low SES and brain development • Science, Technology & Society: • Culturally Situated Design Tools • Social Psychology: • Stereotype Vulnerability • Self-efficacy

  8. SBE Research in SBP sciences continued: • Political Science: • Women’s Participation in Politics • Economics • “Portfolio” metaphor • Linguistics • African American Vernacular English (AAVE) • Sociology: • The value-in-diversity approach

  9. Science of Broadening Participation (SBP) • SBE scientists’ tools  architecture for successful BP efforts. • Topics, research questions and methods especially well-suited. • Coherent set of scientific questions that contribute to developing theoretical understanding.

  10. Science of Broadening ParticipationWorkshopJune 2008 • Multidisciplinary with representation among the 30 researchers from SBE, MPS, and ENG. • Included: • Elaborating on the science of broadening participation. • Identification of important likely outcomes of such a science. • Interdisciplinary connections between SBE scientists and those in other sciences employing broadening participation strategies.

  11. Immediate Workshop Outcomes Realization that while a great deal of research is relevant to SBP, devaluation of SBE fields often leads to this research being cloaked Discussion across disciplinary ‘silos’ Community building

  12. Suggestions from Workshop discussion Should create a separate program on SBP Requirements for researchers to be educated about BP could be a mechanism for grantees Avoid creating a separate SBP program that becomes marginalized. Support should be integrated with existing programs Dissemination should include a clearinghouse of SBE research that identifies knowledge about current effective practices for SBP

  13. What would a SBP program look like? • Inherently interdisciplinary. • Informed by and building onto social science and behavioral theories. • Methodologically rigorous and incorporating research that employs a variety of methods (quantitative, qualitative).

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