Tribal College Math-Science Teaching Project (TC-MAST Project)

蒙大拿州的所有七个部落学院（TC）的合作，与蒙大拿大学（UM）和蒙大拿州立大学（MSU）的伙伴关系，建议开展一个部落学院的教师增强计划，包括夏季讲习班和TC教师任期居住（TIR），其中TC教师将在UM或MSU居住一个学期或学年。研讨会的主要目的是探讨数学与科学相结合、探究式学习、实践/体验式学习、研究与课程相结合以及采用新技术等领域的新教学方法。TIR将为专业发展提供额外的机会。在TIR期间，个别TC教师可以参加课程，这将使他们能够扩大和丰富课程或导致高级学位，与大学同事进行研究，与大学同事共同教授课程，并参与教育改革工作。TIR的一个重要的额外好处是，部落学院的教师，通过与大学教师的合作，将提供领导，制定战略，更有利于美国土著人在大学系统的教育。参加讲习班将开放给20个TC数学科学教师以及每年四个大学教师。讲习班将于1998年和1999年夏季举行。参与居住期限计划将是有选择性的，并基于提交给指导委员会的子提案的质量。TC和大学教师之间的合作的发展和加强将是整个蒙大拿州的高等教育的长期利益。特别是，部落学院的教师将丰富他们的知识，同时丰富大学系统的方法，已被证明是成功的美洲原住民在科学和数学的教育。

A collaboration of all seven of Montana's tribal colleges (TCs), in partnership with the University of Montana (UM) and Montana State University (MSU), proposes to carry out a tribal college faculty enhancement program consisting of summer workshops and TC faculty terms-in-residence (TIR), where TC faculty will spend a term or academic year in residence at either UM or MSU. The main objective of the workshops is to explore new teaching methodologies in areas such as math-science integration, inquiry-based learning, practical/experiential learning, integration of research and coursework, and incorporation of new technologies. The TIR will provide additional opportunities for professional development. During a TIR, individual TC faculty members may take courses that will enable them to expand and enrich course offerings or lead to an advanced degree, conduct research with university colleagues, co-teach courses with university colleagues, and participate in educational reform efforts. An important additional benefit to the TIR is that tribal college faculty, through collaborations with university faculty, will provide leadership in developing strategies that are more conducive to the education of Native Americans in the university system. Participation in the workshops will be open to 20 TC math-science faculty as well as four university faculty per year. Workshops will take place during the summers of 1998 and 1999. Participation in the terms-in-residence program will be selective and based on the quality of sub-proposals submitted to the steering committee. The development and reinforcement of collaboration between TC and university faculty will be of long-term benefit to higher education across Montana. In particular, tribal college faculty will enrich their knowledge while simultaneously enriching the university system with methods that have proven to be successful in the education of Native Americans in science and math.