Community Building for the NSF Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

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The National Science Foundation's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.

UO Professor Emeritus Daniel Udovic, Biology & Environmental Studies, is the organizer for the annual national meetings of the grantees of NSF's STEM Talent Enhancement Program.

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    Becoming Institutional Change Agents in STEM
    (National Science Foundation, 2011-03-17) Dowd, Alicia C.
    In releasing its 2010 report Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators, the National Science Board emphasized the need to make STEM fields more inclusive of underrepresented students and called for a “renewed aspiration towards equity and excellence in U.S. STEM education.” The Board recommended greater investment in professional development for STEM educators to assist them in identifying talented students from diverse backgrounds, creating “supportive learning ecosystem(s),” and offering curricula based on inquiry-based learning and real-world problem-solving. This presentation describes an emerging science of agency and “praxis” in STEM focused on understanding the kinds of professional development STEM educators need to become “institutional agents” on behalf of underrepresented racial-ethnic groups in STEM. Based on case study research supported by the National Science Foundation, the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California has characterized the role of “institutional agents” in STEM and is now evaluating the factors that enable STEM educators to act as the agents of equity and excellence called for in the Board’s report.
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    Breakout Presentations
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), 2012-03) Udovic, Daniel
    Breakout presentation materials include Powerpoint presentations, supporting documents and notes.
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    Communities of practice: A brief introduction
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), October 2011) Wenger, Etienne
    The term "community of practice" is of relatively recent coinage, even though the phenomenon it refers to is age-old. The concept has turned out to provide a useful perspective on knowing and learning. A growing number of people and organizations in various sectors are now focusing on communities of practice as a key to improving their performance. This brief and general introduction examines what communities of practice are and why researchers and practitioners in so many different contexts find them useful as an approach to knowing and learning.
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    Fostering STEP Community: Project Summary
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), October 2011) Udovic, Daniel
    A summary of the project 'Fostering Community in the STEM Talent Enhancement Program: Annual Meetings, a Community Website, and On-Line Activities.'
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    Lessons Learned: Best Practices and Strategies for Supporting Students’ Success in Science and Engineering
    (National Science Foundation, 2011-03-18) Hrabowski, Freeman III
    In the light of increasingly competitive global markets and rapid technological and demographic changes at home, it is imperative that America produce many more well prepared scientists and engineers from all backgrounds. Freeman Hrabowski has served as the Principal Investigator on his university’s National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant, and he chaired the National Academies Committee that recently produced the report, “Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads.” For decades a champion of expanding STEM participation by students from all backgrounds, Hrabowski will address best practices and lessons learned in STEM education, particularly as they relate to the transformation of institutional cultures.
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    Meeting Information for STEP 2011 Grantees Meeting
    (National Science Foundation, 2011-03-17) Udovic, Daniel
    Presentation includes meeting agenda and structure, acknowledgment of participants and Advisory Board, description of breakout sessions, panels and workshops and preview of new website.
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    Meeting Packet/Handouts for STEP 2011 Grantees Meeting
    (National Science Foundation, 2011-03-17) Udovic, Daniel
    Contents include Microsoft office and PDF versions of the handouts that were included in the meeting packet for the 2011 STEP Grantees Meeting. These include the meeting agenda, descriptions of the breakout sessions, the poster session organizer, poster abstracts, and lists of presenters and of participants.
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    Meeting Packet/Handouts for STEP 2012 Grantees Meeting
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), 2012-03-14) Udovic, Daniel; STEP 2012
    Contents include PDF versions of the handouts that were included in the meeting packet for the 2012 STEP Grantees Meeting. These include the meeting agenda, descriptions of the breakout sessions, the poster session organizer, poster abstracts, and lists of presenters and of participants.
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    STEP Leadership Workshop 2011 Closing Plenary Session
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), 2011-10-17) Udovic, Daniel; STEP Leadership Workshop (2011 : University of Oregon). Closing Plenary Session
    Closing session of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Society (STEP) leaders convene to share ideas and best practices, and develop communities of practice.
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    STEP Leadership Workshop 2011 Introductory Plenary Session
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), 2011-10-17) Udovic, Daniel; STEP Leadership Workshop (2011 : University of Oregon). Introductory Plenary Session
    Introductory session of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Society (STEP) leaders convene to share ideas and best practices, and develop communities of practice.
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    STEP Leadership Workshop: Draft Agenda
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), October 2011) Udovic, Daniel; Hulpke, Kate; STEP Leadership Workshop (2011 : University of Oregon)
    Agenda of the National Science Foundation STEP Leadership Workshop, October 16-17, 2011, University of Oregon. (STEP = Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math Talent Expansion Program.)
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    Using STEPcentral.net
    (National Science Foundation (U.S.), October 2011) Udovic, Daniel
    An introduction to joining and participating in the STEPcentral.net online community.