Enriching Undergraduate Experiences with Outreach in School STEM Clubs

Autor/inn/en	Ferrara, Michael; Talbot, Robert; Mason, Hillary; Wee, Bryan; Rorrer, Ronald; Jacobson, Michael; Gallagher, Doug
Titel	Enriching Undergraduate Experiences with Outreach in School STEM Clubs
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 47 (2018) 6, S.74-82 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Outreach Programs; Enrichment Activities; Undergraduate Students; Student Experience; STEM Education; Majors (Students); Student Recruitment; High School Students; Middle School Students; Interdisciplinary Approach; Youth Clubs; Models; Outcomes of Education; Metacognition; Professional Development; Communication Skills; Scientific Literacy; Case Studies; Semi Structured Interviews; Colorado (Denver) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jobcoaching; Bereicherungsprogramm; Studienerfahrung; STEM; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Jugendfreizeitstätte; Analogiemodell; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Kommunikationsstil; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	The need for a more robust, well-trained STEM workforce is becoming increasingly acute in the United States, and there is a clear need to recruit and retain a larger and more diverse population of undergraduate STEM majors. Although numerous efforts to improve engagement and support in the traditional P-16 classroom have been implemented successfully, it is also critical to explore other types of activities that have potential for high impact. The STEM Club Leadership for Undergraduate STEM Education, Recruiting and Success project at our large public research university in the Mountain West presents an outreach model to engage undergraduate STEM majors in developing and facilitating activities in local middle and high school STEM clubs. Through case studies, built on data from reflective journals and semi-structured interviews, the project has identified a number of benefits to the first cohort of participants, which is comprised of 11 undergraduate students operating in interdisciplinary teams across five schools. In this article we describe the essential elements of our outreach model and suggest benefits related to undergraduates' content knowledge, communication skills, metacognition, and identity as a future STEM professional. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01