Educational Videos
A video instructional series on the STEM Pathway: Community College to University will be developed, produced and disseminated for college and high school students, college and high school classrooms, educators, policymakers, researchers, adult learners, and business and industry. The videos will comprise of four half-hour video programs and coordinated manuals. The series can also be used as a resource for faculty professional development and training for academic advisors, transfer coordinators and/or advisors. More importantly, these videos can be used as educational tool for community college and high schools students who aspire to pursue a STEM major. Further, the videos and resources will be disseminated and made available to business and industries to support their employees for continuing education and to view the community college a vehicle to pursue an associate degree or complete transfer requirements in a pre-STEM area.
In order to make the videos effective in terms of content and visualization, the PI and members of the research team will travel to selected community colleges in the U.S. to interview and video tape faculty, program coordinators, and college students. The colleges will be chosen based on current or prior NSF funding support in which the institution developed articulation partnerships with four-year colleges and universities as well as developed and implemented educational programs that have been identified as exemplary programs. The sites will represent a broad diversity in terms of geographic region (i.e., South, West, North, and East), student demographics (i.e., Tribal College, Hispanic-Serving, and Historically Black two-year colleges), and location (i.e., urban, suburban, and rural).
The videos will be made available on different formats including: DVDs, video cassette, and downloadable video streaming from the www.pathway2stemdegree.org web site.
Working Titles:
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A. Pathway to a STEM Bachelor's Degree
B. Research on Gender & Ethnicity in Science & Engineering
C. Recruiting and Retaining Women and Minorities in Pre-STEM Majors
D. Community College and University Partnerships
Iowa State UniversityDepartment of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
College of Human Sciences
Frankie Santos Laanan
laanan@iastate.edu