Critical Issues in Reforming the Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics and Science: A Proposed Conference;Greeley, Colorado; October 1991

北科罗拉多大学将于1991年10月在科罗拉多州格里利召开一次会议，主题是“改革数学和科学小学教师准备的关键问题”。参加会议的将是由来自全国大约30个教师培训机构的科学、数学和教育教员和管理人员组成的团队。会议的一个主要目标是将通过NSF小学教师培训项目开发的产品和项目传播给那些正在准备大量教师的机构，这些教师对改革不积极，也不了解数学和科学小学教师培训的最新进展。培养大量小学教师、不以研究为导向和/或不授予博士学位的机构将成为目标。特别鼓励历史上少数民族院校和培养大量少数民族教师的院校参加会议，并提前收到会议通知。该计划将包括邀请演讲的教学内容，知识，建构主义，并在小学数学和科学课程的新方向。将有小组讨论，小组成员将是nsf资助的主要项目的工作人员，以及其他著名的教师、教育家和研究人员，他们参与了小学数学和科学教师准备的改革。分组讨论将允许参与者与小组成员讨论具体的课程和项目。北科罗拉多大学是本次会议的合理主办方，原因如下：(1)一项为期五年的国家科学基金小学数学和科学教师培养综合示范项目在北卡罗来纳大学已进入第四年。(2) UNC是美国第三大一级认证教师的生产者。(3)UNC通过加入两个重要的教师教育改革组织Project 30和Renaissance Group，与其他学院和大学有重要的联系，培养了大量的教师。

The University of Northern Colorado will convene a conference on the topic, "Critical Issues in Reforming the Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics and Science." at Greeley, Colorado, in October, 1991. Participants in the conference will be teams composed of science, mathematics, and education faculty and administrators from approximately thirty teacher preparation institutions across the country. A primary goal of the conference will be to disseminate products and programs being developed through NSF elementary teacher preparation projects to institutions preparing large numbers of teachers who are not active in reform or aware of recent developments in the preparation of elementary teachers in mathematics and science. Institutions will be targeted that produce large numbers of elementary teachers and are not research oriented and/or do not grant doctoral degrees. Historically minority institutions and institutions preparing large numbers of minority teachers will be especially encouraged to attend and will receive advance notice of the conference. The program will include invited addresses on pedagogical content knowledge, constructivism, and new directions in elementary mathematics and science curriculum. There will be panel sessions in which the panelists will be staff of major NSF-funded projects and other noted teacher educators and researchers involved in reform of elementary mathematics and science teacher preparation. Breakout groups will allow participants to discuss specific courses and programs with panel members. The University of Northern Colorado is a logical host for this conference for several reasons: (1) A comprehensive five-year NSF model project in elementary mathematics and science teacher preparation is in its fourth year at UNC. (2) UNC is the third-largest producer of first-degree certified teachers in the U.S. (3) UNC has important contacts to other colleges and universities preparing large numbers of teachers through its membership in two important reform groups in teacher education, Project 30 and the Renaissance Group.