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'Eat Your Veggies' Research: Why I pursue qualitative research for an audience of quantitative-minded engineering educators


Posted: Oct 14 2020 by

Stephen Secules
Florida International University
Stephen Secules, Florida International University

Target Audience: Institution Administration, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, College/University Staff
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Cultural Competency, Diversity/Inclusion

In conversations on equity and education, I often hear people claim a certain relationship between qualitative and quantitative research— qualitative research can explore new complex topics in depth, so that subsequent quantitative research can demonstrate the trend. Further, if you want to convince an engineering or STEM educator of something, that quantitative trend will be crucial. Since the educator audience values numbers, the qualitative descriptions or arguments will be perceived as anecdotal. More

Instructional Change Teams: An Exploratory Model


Posted: Aug 24 2020 by

Amreen Thompson
Texas State University-San Marcos
Amreen Nasim Thompson, Texas State University-San Marcos

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Target Audience: Institution Administration, Teaching/Learning Assistants, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Non-tenure Track Faculty, College/University Staff
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Interdepartmental Collaboration

Over the past several years, our research team has been investigating factors that influence how instructional change teams collaborate to improve undergraduate STEM instruction. Our research revolves around a model we have developed to examine and interpret the effectiveness of instructional change teams in higher education. We define an instructional change team as a group of three or more instructors or other stakeholders who come together regularly to work on course design or redesign. This post will discuss the development and current state of our instructional change teams model. More

Start somewhere: Resources on equity and inclusion for STEM and higher education


Posted: Jun 9 2020 by

Kate White
Temple University
Naneh Apkarian
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Kate White (Western Michigan University), ASCN Research Director
Naneh Apkarian (Western Michigan University)

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Target Audience: Post-doctoral Fellows, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, College/University Staff, In-Service K12 Teachers, Non-tenure Track Faculty
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion

These recent articles and resources are meant to serve as a starting point for learning about equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice - with a particular focus on addressing systemic anti-Black racism - within STEM and higher education. This list of resources is long, but not by any means exhaustive. As change agents and scholars, we know that effecting change requires informed action. We hope you will use these and other resources to develop concrete and informed action plans. Please use the comments to share additional resources and concrete actions being taken by you and your institution.

We also invite you to join the conversation in our Equity and Inclusion Working Group. If you would like to join, please fill out the form to Join the Network and indicate that you would like to join Working Group 5 (Equity & Inclusion).

On Wednesday, June 10, we join the movement to #ShutdownSTEM. More

COVID-19 Recommended Resources from ASCN


Posted: Mar 25 2020 by

Kate White
Temple University
Kate White (Western Michigan University), ASCN Research Director

Target Audience: Institution Administration, Teaching/Learning Assistants, Post-doctoral Fellows, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Graduate Students, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, College/University Staff, In-Service K12 Teachers
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Accessibility, Institutional Systems:Technological Infrastructure

Updated: 6/4/20

We know that many of you are dealing with changes at your institutions as we all come together to flatten the curve. Many organizations have been sharing resources and guidance for remote work, online teaching, and more. In this post you'll find links to some recommended resources that we have collected. Our regular events (webinars, working group meetings, etc.) are continuing -- please contact us if you would like to get involved!

We will continue to update this post as needed. More

Join an ASCN working group!


Posted: Feb 19 2020 by
Kate White
Temple University
Kate White (Western Michigan University), ASCN Research Director
Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Guiding Theories, Assessment, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Target Audience: Post-doctoral Fellows, Institution Administration, Teaching/Learning Assistants, Pre-Service K12 Teachers, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, In-Service K12 Teachers, College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty
Program Components: Professional Development:Leadership, Institutional Systems:Physical Infrastructure, Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Incentive/Reward Systems

Have you been considering joining one of our working groups, but aren't sure where to start? Here you'll find updates on what each of our groups is working on and more information on how to get involved in 2020. You can join any of our working groups by filling out this short form. Keep reading to learn more about how we're exploring theories of change; the costs, benefits, and impact of change; change leadership; equity and inclusion in systemic change; aligning faculty work with change; and learning spaces. More

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