Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics and Science at Wheelock College

会德丰学院的数学和科学教师教育

• 批准号: 9729230
• 负责人: Karen Worth
• 金额: $ 16.37万
• 依托单位: Wheelock College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-10-01 至 2000-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9729230&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teacher; Education; Addressing; Mathematics; Science

This project is designed to continue the work done at Wheelock College under the National Science Foundation funded Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation, Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics and Science in Boston and Cambridge (TEAMS-BC) to improve mathematics and science education of students preparing to teach young children in the elementary schools. Over the past three years, with the support of TEAMS-BC, Wheelock has used six strategies to reform its mathematics and science programs: The enhancement of the basic courses in curriculum development with additional mathematics and science elements; The development of new mathematics and science courses and the revision of existing core courses that meet the distribution requirements to reflect an approach to the teaching of science and mathematics that emphasizes the acquisition of basic concepts in science and mathematics and inquiry and problem solving skills and models effective teaching for understanding; The development, revision, and extension of courses in science and mathematics education (methods courses) so that they relate more closely to the mathematics and science courses and to reflect more clearly and deeply the nature and strategies of teaching for understanding; The enhancement of the Mathematics/Science Major and intensification of recruitment activities; The development of a mathematics and science specialty for students wishing to pursue mathematics and science in greater depth; and The provision of opportunities for faculty and mentor teachers to work together to enhance their skills in science and mathematics teaching and mentoring. In this proposal, funds are requested to: (1) further develop and finalize science and mathematics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels which were revised and/or introduced during the first three years of TEAMS-BC; (2) complete the revision of the initial mathematics course sequence for Wheelock undergraduates; (3) continue the development of tw o new programs at Wheelock focusing on mathematics and science education (Specialty in Teaching Mathematics and Science, Certificate in Teaching Mathematics); (4) continue to collaborate with cooperating teachers on mentoring and science and mathematics teaching at three professional development sites - the Holmes School and the Young Achievers School in Boston and the King School in Cambridge; and (5) prepare portfolios of key courses for dissemination within the college and to other institutions.

该项目旨在继续惠德洛克学院在美国国家科学基金会资助的“波士顿和剑桥卓越教师准备、数学和科学教师教育合作项目”（团队- bc）下所做的工作，以改善准备在小学教幼儿的学生的数学和科学教育。在过去三年中，会德丰学校在英国数学与科学联盟的支持下，实施了六项策略来改革其数学与科学课程：在课程开发中加入更多的数学与科学元素来加强基础课程；开发新的数学和科学课程，修订现有的核心课程，以满足分配要求，以反映一种科学和数学教学方法，强调获得科学和数学的基本概念，以及探究和解决问题的技能，并以有效的理解教学为模式；科学和数学教育课程（方法课程）的发展、修订和扩展，使它们与数学和科学课程更紧密地联系起来，更清楚、更深刻地反映理解教学的性质和策略；加强数学/科学专业及加强招聘活动；为希望更深入地学习数学和科学的学生发展数学和科学专业；为教师和导师提供机会，共同提高他们在科学和数学教学和指导方面的技能。在该提案中，要求资金用于：(1)进一步发展和完成本科和研究生阶段的科学和数学课程，这些课程在TEAMS-BC的前三年被修订和/或引入；(2)完成会德丰本科生初始数学课程顺序的修订；(3)继续在会德丰开设两个专注于数学和科学教育的新项目（数学与科学教学专业、数学教学证书）；(4)继续与合作教师合作，在三个专业发展地点——波士顿的霍姆斯学校、青年成就者学校和剑桥的国王学校——进行指导和科学与数学教学；(5)编制重点课程作品集，在学院内部和其他机构传播。