Culturally Responsive Strategies for Reforming STEM Higher Education

by Kelly M. Mack (Editor), Kate Winter (Editor), Melissa Soto (Editor)

Overview

By the end of this decade, the U.S. economy will annually create hundreds of thousands of new jobs requiring a bachelor's degree in STEM fields, particularly computer science. This increasing need for computer scientists, coupled with an inconsistent agenda for managing dramatic shifts in the demographic landscape of higher education, compromises our competitiveness in scientific discovery and innovation. As higher education seeks to address this issue, the need for more culturally responsive approaches to undergraduate STEM teaching also increases.
This book uses the power of reflection, storytelling, and data to holistically demonstrate the effectiveness of a novel professional development intervention for STEM faculty - Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM, or TIDES - that significantly increased faculty self-efficacy in implementing culturally responsive pedagogies. In it, the editors combine the authentic voices of authors from multiple institutional contexts and individual worldviews to assimilate and synthesize broad theoretical concepts into practice in usable ways, while also offering concrete applicable examples of strategies and solutions that serve as an important comprehensive reference for all undergraduate educators and administrators. This practical guide provides a durable platform for building capacity in understanding of the cultural complexities and institutional realities of recruiting and retaining diverse students in STEM, particularly the computer sciences.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161310861
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing
Publication date:	01/14/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Kelly Mack, PhD, is the Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope at the Association of American Colleges and Universities, USA. She currently serves as Principal Investigator of the TIDES Project.
Kate Winter, PhD, leads the team at Kate Winter Evaluation, LLC (KWE). KWE's areas of evaluation expertise include broadening participation in STEM, college student access and retention, professional development for faculty, and institutional change.
Melissa Soto, PhD, is Deputy Director of the Biology Scholars Program at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Her previous work includes efforts at the National Science Foundation, the University of California, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities where she facilitated TIDES Project activities.