joan ferrini-mundy assistant director national science foundation education and human resources...
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Joan Ferrini-MundyAssistant Director
National Science FoundationEducation and Human Resources
EPSCoR Project Directors’ and Project Administrators’ MeetingMay 21, 2012
Improving STEM Education through EPSCoR: Capitalizing on Unique Assets for the Nation
Credit: John Prusinski, National Science Foundation EPSCoR, May 21, 2012
Science The Endless Frontier
“The Government should accept new responsibilities for promoting the flow of new scientific knowledge and the development of scientific talent in our youth. These responsibilities are the proper concern of the Government, for they vitally affect our health, our jobs, and our national security. It is in keeping also with basic United States policy that the Government should foster the opening of new frontiers and this is the modern way to do it.”
Bush, V. 1945. Science: The Endless Frontier (Washington, DC: National Science Foundation,
reprinted July 1960), pg. 8
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EPSCoR, May 21, 2012
EPSCoR, May 21, 2012
New Era of Science
Era of Data and Communications
Era of Observation(Theory, experiment,
computation, “citizen science”)
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Credit: Credit: Lynette Cook (left); © 2011 Jupiterimages Corporation (right)
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Credit: (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); HST (NASA, ESA, and B. Whitmore (STScI)) (top left); Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation (top right); National Science Foundation (bottom left); Hongjun Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology (bottom right)
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NSF Large Facilities
Advanced instrumentation enables state-of-the-art research and education of the next generation of
scientists, engineers, and technical workers.
Credit: Advanced LIGO (left); Advanced Visualization Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications; (center) R. Riggs, University of Hawaii (right)
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Centers contribute to the NSF's mission and vision (http://www.nsf.gov/about/partners/centers.jsp)
Credits: Top: Courtesy National Ecological Observatory Network (left); Wilson Ho and Shaul Mukamel, University of California, Irvine, NSF-Chemical Bonding Center (center); Rensselaer/Robbins (right); Bottom: Jorge Rocca, Colorado State University (left); Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation (center); Anne Goodsell and Tommi Hakala, Hau Lab, Harvard University (right)
Falk, John H. and Dierking, Lynn D. (2010). The 95 Percent Solution, p. 488. American Scientist, 98.
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EPSCoR, May 21, 2012
“NSF can continue to lead this revolution [in cyberlearning] by leveraging its investments in the productive intersections between technology and the learning sciences.”
Fostering Learning in the networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge; a 21st Agency for the National Science Foundation
(June 2008), p. 5
Opportunities for “anyone, anytime, anywhere” learning
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Credits: Carl Pennypacker, UC-Berkeley (left); Images courtesy of http://www.cees.iupui.edu/DSE.htm (center and right)
STEM Learning
Educating tomorrow’s scientists and citizens
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Credits: http://www.woodlanddunes.org, http://scistarter.com, and http://bangordailynews.com.
Source: OECD. Washington Post, September 12, 2011: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/playing-catch-up-in-college-completion/2011/09/12/gIQAegt6NK_graphic.html
The US trails much of the developed world in college
attainment among young adults, a key measure of global competitiveness.
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National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators 2010. U.S. Census Bureau, 1999: . U.S. Census Bureau. 1999; available online at http://www.census.gov/mso/www/pres_ lib/1999pop18/800x600/slide5.html.
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American Association of Universities. (September 15, 2011). 5-Year Initiative for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Discussion Draft.
half of all students who begin in the physical or biological sciences and 60 percent of those in mathematics will drop out of these fields by their senior year
National Concerns Arising from Trends in STEM Education
• U.S. will not have enough qualified workers
• U.S. ability to innovate and compete globally will suffer
• National security and defense will be jeopardized.
• Populace will not have educational base needed for future societal well-being.
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Credit: Photo from ATE Centers Impact 2008-2010 (www.atecenters.org) (top), CH-53E Super Stallion, US Naval Air Systems Command, http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.displayPlatform&key=25A327F8-4E42-4FB9-AB34-8609E6657215 (middle); Benjamin Lok, CISE, University of Florida, and David S. Lind, Medical College of Georgia (bottom)
Some of the Challenges
• Inconsistent use of best practices
across nation’s ~14,000 public school districts• Significant achievement gap between
white and underrepresented minority students• Decreasing numbers of US students seeking STEM
in college• College graduation rates low• Alarming undergraduate attrition from STEM majors
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Proficiency in science is “all over the map”.
Source: Change the Equation, All over the Map; Comparing States’ Expectations for Student Performance in Science, http://changetheequation.org/sites/default/files/State_Science_Assessments_12_11.pdf
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PISA 2009 Mathematics and Science Literacy:15-Year Old Students (OECD)
U.S. average score of 487 lower than the OECD average score of 496
U.S. average score of 502 near parity with OECD average score of 501
SOURCE: Fleischman et al. (2010). Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (NCES 2011-004) .
U.S. average score of 487 lower than the OECD average score of 496
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Carnegie Corporation of New York. (2009). Visualizing Change. Retrieved from http://opportunityequation.org/report/visualizing-change.
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Research & Development
Leadership & Capacity
Expeditions & Collaborations
EHR Moving Forward: FY 2013 Request
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Core Launch
STEM Learning STEM Learning
Environments Broadening
Participation and Institutional Capacity in STEM
STEM Professional Workforce Preparation
Research & Development
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EPSCoR, May 21, 2012
• Make frontier science central• Use theory and research on STEM learning• Aim for bold learning outcomes• Commit to common metrics• Design for scale• Involve all NSF directorates and offices
Expeditions in Education- E2
Engage, Empower, Energize
Credit: Doug Levere, University at Buffalo (left); Doug Levere, University at Buffalo (center); photo from ATE Centers Impact 2008-2010 (www.atecenters.org) (right)
The Next Generation of Science and Engineering Leaders …..
Supporting the best and the brightest young scientists and engineers.
• Graduate Research Fellowships
• Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Credit: California State University, Fresno Science and Mathematics Education Center Noyce Program
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… and Scientifically Literate Citizens
Inspiring STEM learning with frontier innovations inside and outside of schools
• Discovery Research K-12
• Informal Science Education
• Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
Credit: Osman Yasar, SUNY College at Brockport
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Diversity in the Science and Engineering Workforce
Broadening participation of women and underrepresented minorities in science and engineering
Credit: Photos from ATE Centers Impact 2008-2010 (www.atecenters.org) (left and center): Division of Entomology, University of Nebraska State Museum. (right)
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Understanding the “active ingredients” to support rapid and wide-scale change.
• Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
• Broadening Participation Research tracks
• Research in Disabilities Education
• Research on Gender in Science and Engineering
• Math and Science Partnerships
• Cyberlearning Transforming Education
Building the knowledge base and evidence needed to achieve excellence in education.
GK-12 Fellow Carole Chen works with students on a robot as they prepare for competition.Credit: Yan Cain, teacher, PS 3, New York City Department of Education
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FROM TODAY’S TALKS (Maine EPSCoR):• Getting the public and regulators to use research
results• Creating usable knowledge• Co-defining problems and solutions• Needs-based, place based research• Co-interpretation• Public helping to define question• Incorporating local knowledge into policy making
research
education and public outreach
September 8, 2011 30 Education Directions at NSF
research
education and public outreach
Press Release 12-066 South Pole Telescope Provides New Insights Into Dark Energy and NeutrinosNeutrinos were thought to be without mass until recently
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EPSCoR, May 21, 2012
Credit: Thinkstock (left); Amy Snyder, © Exploratorium, Exploratorium.edu (right)
