1 / 14

A Research Agenda for the Workforce for the 21 st Century

This research agenda focuses on improving workplace participation through recruitment, retention, promotion, and advancement. It also aims to analyze barriers to progress for underserved groups and identify components of a healthier STEM culture. The agenda explores beliefs, attitudes, and practices of gatekeepers and aims to understand the sociology and psychology of students' choices in STEM fields.

thompsoneleanor
Download Presentation

A Research Agenda for the Workforce for the 21 st Century

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. A Research Agenda for theWorkforce for the 21st Century

  2. FOCI Institutions Individuals Methods Motivations Skills Resources

  3. Institutional Focus

  4. Research: Identify successful practices that create increased workplace participation • Recruitment • Retention • Promotion • Recognition • Advancement to positions of scientific power • Advancement to positions of administrative power • Policy and practice implications

  5. Research: Analyze components of current STEM cultures and practices which impede progress of any group • Underserved groups as canaries in the mine • Discipline and level effects • Research: Identify components of a healthier STEM culture for all groups • Policy and practice implications • Adoption will benefit existing populations in STEM as well as underserved groups

  6. Research: Understand beliefs, attitudes, and practices of gatekeepers • Research: Analyze effective models for attitude and behavior change • Policy and practice implications

  7. Individual Focus

  8. Research: What are the similarities among underserved groups (isolation, tokenism, undervaluation)? • Research: What are the differences among underserved groups (self-confidence, academic experiences, attrition points)? • Policy and practice implications • Similarities suggest policy changes that would have an positive impact on many people • Differences suggest appropriate places for group specific interventions

  9. Research: Understand the sociology and psychology of choice: what pulls and pushes students into or away from STEM fields? • Reconcile existing identity and a professional identity in STEM • Belonging • Family expectations • Community expectations • 24/7 expectations • Policy and practice implications

  10. Methodological Focus

  11. Research strategies • Analyze “best practices” • Contrast successful and unsuccessful programs • Experimentally model hypothesized mechanisms of change, collaboration, and negotiation

  12. Analysis • Disaggregate data • Develop new techniques to address small sample sizes • Meta-analysis of programs (funded and funding) intended to increase participation in STEM education • Recruitment • Retention • Advancement • Recognition

  13. Articulate underlying principles • Demonstrate familiarity with relevant literature and use it as a base for programmatic efforts • Include formative and summative assessment plans • Make every data base a research data base (e.g., never overwrite information)

  14. Research Policy Practice Margolis and Fisher, Unlocking the Clubhouse, is an excellent example of research informing policy and practice, which in turn, suggest needs for future research.

More Related