NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education

GK-12项目的主要目标是加强中学学生、教师和GK-12学生在数学、科学和工程(MSE)方面的学习；增强MSE劳动力的多样性；培养一支准备好、愿意并能够在下个世纪继续提高K-12教育质量的科学家和工程师队伍。PRIME是西雅图地区的五个学区、三个NSF地方系统计划、数学、科学和工程方面的十五个学术部门、教育学院的教员以及西雅图华盛顿大学的四个多样性项目之间的合作伙伴关系。Prime的概念重点是在学生和教师群体不同的中学环境中进行基于探究的MSE教育。在22,585名可能受到Prime影响的中学生中，近五分之一(19%)是非裔美国人、印第安人或西班牙裔美国人。一家暑期学习科学研究所准备让Prime Felates与MSE的中学教师和学生建立合作伙伴关系。该研究所专注于中学学习和教学、评估实践、课堂教学和多样性。学院为学员与课堂教师建立持续的伙伴关系做好准备。研究员提供他们的学科专门知识，以增加课堂学习机会，同时也增进对教育学和多样性的理解。伙伴关系的重点是示范课程材料的改编和本地化。PRIME研究这些持续的伙伴关系，并通过每年为教师举办的区域展示活动来传播其努力的成果。

The major goals of this GK-12 project, Partnership for Research in Inquiry-based MSE Education (PRIME), are to enhance learning among middle school students, teachers, and GK-12 Fellows in math, science, and engineering (MSE); enhance the diversity of the MSE workforce; and develop a cadre of scientists and engineers who will enter the workforce ready, willing, and able to continuously improve the quality of K-12 education in the next century. PRIME is a partnership among five Seattle-area school districts; three NSF Local Systemic Initiatives; and fifteen academic departments in mathematics, science, and engineering, faculty in the College of Education and four diversity programs at the University of Washington in Seattle. PRIME's conceptual focus is inquiry-based MSE education in middle school settings with diverse student and teacher populations. Of 22,585 middle school students potentially affected by PRIME, nearly one-fifth (19%) are African American, Native American, or Hispanic. A summer learning sciences institute prepares PRIME Fellows to engage in partnerships with middle school teachers and students in MSE. This institute focuses on middle school learning and teaching, assessment practices, classroom instruction, and diversity. The institute prepares the Fellows to engage in sustained partnerships with classroom teachers. Fellows provide their disciplinary expertise to enhance classroom learning opportunities while also developing an increased understanding of pedagogy and diversity. The partnerships focus their efforts on the adaptation and localization of exemplary curricular materials. PRIME studies these sustained partnerships and disseminates the products of their efforts through annual regional showcases for teachers.