Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education: Tufts' Pre-College Engineering for Teachers

“塔夫茨大学前教师工程学(PCET)”项目将为马萨诸塞州的K-12教师提供专业发展经验，帮助他们应对该州2001年通过的科学和技术/工程学课程框架。这一框架明确规定，学校应该提供一个全面的科学和技术/工程课程，招收所有K-12岁之前的学生。该项目将在已经完成的工作的基础上，向K-12学校灌输工程知识。PCET是塔夫茨大学、伍斯特理工学院、马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校和马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校合作的项目。这些工程学校中的每一所都将为该州该地区的教师提供当地资源，塔夫茨大学是牵头机构。该项目模式包括通过一系列年度暑期学院培养一支由96名指导教师组成的骨干队伍，并协助这些教师根据当地情况制定课程材料和采用战略。这些辅导教师还将在项目工作人员的帮助下，为其所在机构的另外384名“卫星教师”设计和提供类似的培训课程。科技教师已被确定为这些专业发展经验的目标受众。项目工作将从9-12年级的教师开始，在项目的整个生命周期中向后追溯到中、小学年级(6-8，3-5，K-2)。

The "Tufts' Pre-college Engineering for Teachers (PCET)" project will provide professional development experiences for K-12 teachers in the state of Massachusetts to help them address the Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework adopted by the state in 2001. This framework clearly states that schools should provide a comprehensive science and technology/engineering program enrolling all students preK-12. The project will build upon work that has already been done to infuse engineering literacy into K-12 schools. PCET is a collaboration between Tufts University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Each of these engineering schools will act as a local resource for the teachers participating from that section of the state, with Tufts University serving as the lead institution. The project model involves developing a cadre of 96 mentor teachers through a series of annual Summer Institutes, and assisting these teachers in the development of curriculum materials and adoption strategies for their local contexts. These mentor teachers will also, with the help of project staff, design and deliver similar training sessions to an additional 384 "satellite teachers" in their home institutions. Science and technology teachers have been identified as the target audience for these professional development experiences. Project work will begin with teachers in grades 9-12, and work backward through middle and elementary grade bands (6-8, 3-5, K-2) over the life of the project.