Planning Grant for the Development of a Master's Degree for Elementary Teachers with an Emphasis on Science

这项规划赠款将导致一个完整的建议， 北德克萨斯大学教师学院， 提供基础科学的硕士学位 的 规划补助金将开始审查基础科学 协议，建立设计团队， 内容，并开始重新设计现有的 大学课程。 总共12门课，每门3学分， 将由设计团队进行修改。 通过这个项目， 将设立一个专业，为教师提供内容， 方法，并在其作为变革推动者的新角色中， 使用基于站点管理的学校。 规划补助金开始了导致 教师学院。 新的浓度预计将是 在补助金结束前被机构化。 大学 德克萨斯州政府分担了该项目92%的费用。

This planning grant will lead to a full proposal from the University of North Texas for a Teacher Institute which offers a master's degree in elementary science. The planning grant will begin examining elementary science protocols, establish design teams to make decisions on content, and begin the process of redesigning existing university courses. In all, 12 courses, 3 credits each, will be modified by the design teams. Through this project, a major will be created which prepares teachers in content, methodology, and in their new roles as change agents in schools which use site based management. The planning grant begins the processes that lead to the Teacher Institute. The new concentration is expected to be institutionalized by the end of the grant. The University of Texas is cost sharing 92% of the project.