National Center for Learning about Teaching Mathematics and Science in Rural and Urban Settings (The Rural-Urban Center)

根据学习和教学发展中心的指导方针提交，这个为期一年的项目是阿巴拉契亚州立大学、路易斯安那州州立大学、赖斯大学和休斯顿大学市中心的合作项目。 这些大学将与学校系统、博物馆、天文台和行业合作，提供一个支持网络，以加强教师的准备和持续专业发展，同时让数学家、科学家及其学生参与与教师、学校系统和学生的互利合作活动。 所有机构都已经与为有风险的学生服务的学校系统建立了工作关系。 在数学和科学教师的专业发展方面，基金会赠款的支持首先使这四个机构走到了一起。 作为研究目标，拟议中的中心将探讨两个反复出现的主题：背景（地理，社会，经济等）的重要性。以及在学习数学和科学方面非正式地丰富正式的教学方法。 他们将与科学博物馆、天文台、学区和工业伙伴合作，制定计划，整合和扩大其科学和数学教育活动，以满足国家的关键需求，具体方式如下：* 通过奖学金和增加有意义的实地经验机会，提高四所伙伴大学正在培养的数学和科学教师的质量和数量;* 加强和扩大为在职教师提供的数学和科学课程，特别是在发展辅助教师方面，这些教师将在与新教师和大学生的互动中发挥主导作用;* 通过奖学金和与其他伙伴大学的实习，提高路易斯安那州立大学正在准备的数学和科学教育博士学位的质量和数量;为伙伴大学，学校，博物馆和天文台的数学和科学教育研究创造肥沃的环境;并支持在这种研究环境中进行博士论文研究。

Submitted under the guidelines for Developmental Centers for Learning and Teaching, this one-year project is a collaboration among Appalachian State University, Louisiana State University, Rice University and the University of Houston, Downtown. The universities will partner with school systems, museums, observatories and industries to provide a support network that will enhance the preparation and continuing professional development of teachers, while involving mathematicians, scientists and their students in mutually beneficial collaborative activities with teachers, their school systems and their students. All the institutions already have working relationships with school systems that serve at-risk students. Support by a foundation grant in their professional development of mathematics and science teachers first brought the four institutions together. As research aims, the proposed Center will explore two recurring themes: the importance of context (geographic, social, economic, etc.) and of informal enrichment of formal methods of instruction in learning mathematics and science. Working with science museums, observatories, school districts and industrial partners, they will develop plans to integrate and expand their science and mathematics education activities to address critical national needs in the following ways:* increase the quality and number of teachers of mathematics and science being prepared at the four partner universities through scholarships and increased opportunities for meaningful field-based experiences;* strengthen and extend mathematics and science programs for in-service teachers, especially in the development of support teachers -- those who will take leading roles in interactions with novice teachers and university students;* increase the quality and number of doctorates of mathematics and science education being prepared at LSU through scholarships and through internships with the other partner universities; develop fertile environments for research in mathematics and science education in the partner universities, schools, museums, and observatories; and support doctoral dissertation studies within this research environment.