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Inclusive Approaches to Reviewing Scholarship: A New Guide
Posted: May 29 2019 by
Kathy Quardokus Fisher (Florida International University)
Brian A. Burt (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Target Audience: Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion
The ASCN Guiding Theories Working Group is working on answering the question "How might we better support people's use of theories, models, and scholarship in their planned systemic change efforts?" The Breaking Down Silos working meeting (previously discussed on the ASCN blog) brought together scholars to discuss and organize existing theories and models of change from scholarship related to change in undergraduate STEM education. One of the discussions focused on representation, which in turn led to the development of the Guide to Inclusion Awareness in the Organization of Knowledge (Acrobat (PDF) 216kB May28 19), which is the subject of this post.
At Breaking Down Silos, the question of inclusion and exclusion arose. That is, what literature was included in the body of work considered to be relevant, and what was left out? Who was represented at the meeting (and in the working group), and who was not? Why? What are the resulting implications of these boundaries for our work? These questions are relevant across many contexts, and our discussions over the working meeting and beyond led to the creation of the Guide to Inclusion Awareness in the Organization of Knowledge (Acrobat (PDF) 216kB May28 19) document. It is a set of guiding questions to support inclusion and transparency in the creation of scholarly work. In this blog, we highlight and discuss some of the concerns about developing typographies or literature reviews that led to the development of this guide. More
How an external evaluator helps clients develop theories of change
Posted: Apr 30 2019 by
Stephanie Chasteen (University of Colorado at Boulder), Co-Leader of ASCN Change Leaders Working Group
Stephanie Chasteen, ASCN member and co-leader of the Change Leaders Working Group, was recently featured in two blog posts on the blog of the American Evaluation Association, AEA365. In these posts she shared how she helps clients develop Theories of Change as an external evaluator for NSF-funded projects aiming to improve STEM education at the university level. More
2019 Transforming Institutions Conference Report
Posted: Apr 23 2019 by
Program Components: Outreach:Presentations/Talks
The 2019 ASCN Transforming Institutions Conference brought together more than 140 researchers, faculty, change agents, and administrators to focus on transforming undergraduate education. We were pleased to include many excellent presentations, posters, workshops, and symposia in our program, some organized into our four tracks: aligning faculty incentives with systemic change (ASCN working group 6), change leadership (ASCN working group 3), equity and inclusion (ASCN working group 5), and guiding theories of change (ASCN working group 1). We'd like to share some highlights from the conference and feedback from our attendees -- keep reading for more! More
Funding Educational Change Projects: A Panel Discussion at the 2019 Transforming Institutions Conference
Posted: Apr 18 2019 by
Target Audience: Post-doctoral Fellows, Graduate Students, College/University Staff, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Institution Administration
Program Components: Outreach:Presentations/Talks
The panel on funding at the 2019 Transforming Institutions Conference featured two representatives from funding agencies: David Asai (Senior Director for Science Education, HHMI) and Andrea Nixon (Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education and Co-Lead, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) Program, NSF). Gita Bangera (Bellevue College, moderator) introduced our panelists, who started by discussing current initiatives at HHMI and NSF.
David Asai presented HHMI's new competition in the Inclusive excellence initiative; Andrea Nixon discussed NSF's programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR Core Research and Building Capacity in STEM Educational Research/BCSER) and their new solicitation for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grants in the Institutional and Community Transformation Track.
Our panelists answered audience questions and we share some of their responses below. More
Breaking Down Silos meeting contributes to the goals of Working Group 1
Posted: Feb 12 2019 by
Target Audience: Post-doctoral Fellows, Institution Administration, Graduate Students, College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty
Program Components: Institutional Systems
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