STEM-CLEAR: Creating Contextualized Learning Pathways Across Academic and Cultural Boundaries is a project of Texas State University funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This five-year, $2.6M initiative is designed to transform STEM education across the university. STEM-CLEAR proposes a flexible, scalable and sustainable approach that will help students in non-STEM majors acquire data and computation competencies tailored to their discipline, enabling them to pursue tech concentrations and rewarding careers in an evolving job market. The project is a collaborative effort involving faculty from all academic colleges at TXST. The project includes interventions associated with contextualized curriculum, faculty training and student support. Learn more about each of these elements below and throughout this site.
STEM-CLEAR
Contextualized Curriculum
The goal of this project is to develop a collection of content modules that provide broad coverage of data and computation topics relevant to the STEM-X disciplines. These short, self-contained modules will be designed to be easily incorporated into multiple courses across the curriculum in a way that creates sufficient intersection with data and computation topics along the major path.
Student Support
The project will pilot initiatives to provide students with opportunities to develop a sense of STEM identity and connect with industry mentors and peers. Counter-Life Stories afford the opportunity for historically underrepresented students to tell their stories and share experiences.
Faculty Training
To ensure that our efforts are inclusive and accessible to students from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds, we will implement evidence-based pedagogical practices in our curriculum design. We will apply the principles of domain contextualization to ensure that the content of each module is tailored to the unique needs and perspectives of students in target disciplines.
Events
STEM-CLEAR will hold events and training for both faculty and students throughout the year supporting our contextualized technology education efforts. Check back as our 2025 schedule is finalized.
