Adapting the Integration of Mathematics, Science and Technology in Theme-based Courses for Pre-service Elementary Education Teachers

跨学科(99)准备在小学任教的学生没有充分接触到他们将教授的科学，也没有学习将数学概念与科学应用相结合。针对这一问题，自然科学、数学和计算机科学处与教育处合作，正在开发几门综合数学、科学和技术(MST)的新课程。材料和实践将改编自拉萨尔大学成功的综合数学和科学课程，该课程是拉萨尔数学和科学教学促进研究所的基石。这些课程旨在促进科学和数学素养，克服数学和科学恐惧症，并让学生看到这些学科与他们自己生活的联系。虽然这些课程最初是针对基础教育/特殊教育职前教师，但在充分开发和评估后，它们将成为学院所有非理科学生所要求的数学和科学核心。MST课程正在通过行之有效的创新教学方法促进主动学习，例如基于探究的合作学习练习和基于选定跨学科主题的讨论。学生作为协作小组的成员设计和实施调查，并使用数学概念和计算机化的研究和分析工具解释这些实验。他们在同行评议论坛上口头报告他们的发现，然后是反映对好的科学写作的理解的实验室报告。以这种方式呈现的数学和科学，通过使用计算机技术得到加强，并整合到大学课堂中，使职前教师能够更好地将数学和科学与小学课程的其他部分结合起来。

Interdisciplinary (99) Students preparing to teach in elementary school do not receive adequate exposure to the sciences they will be expected to teach nor do they learn to integrate mathematical concepts with scientific applications. In response to this problem, the Divisions of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Computer Sciences, working cooperatively with the Division of Education are developing several new courses integrating mathematics, science and technology (MST). Materials and practices will be adapted from the successful Integrated Mathematics and Science curriculum at La Salle University, which is the cornerstone of La Salle's Institute for the Advancement of Mathematics and Science Teaching. These courses are intended to promote scientific and mathematical literacy, overcome math and science phobias, and allow students to see the connections of these disciplines to their own lives. While these courses are initially targeting elementary education/special education pre-service teachers, when fully developed and evaluated, they will become the mathematics and science core required of all non-science students at the college. The MST courses are promoting active learning via proven innovative pedagogies such as inquiry-based cooperative learning exercises and discussions based on selected interdisciplinary themes. Students are designing and implementing investigations as members of collaborative groups and are interpreting these experiments using mathematical concepts and computerized research and analysis tools. They report on their findings in a peer-review forum orally, followed by laboratory reports that reflect an understanding of good scientific writing. Mathematics and science presented in this way, enhanced by use of computer technology and integrated in the college classroom, is enabling pre-service teachers to better integrate mathematics and science with the rest of the elementary school curriculum.