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

“塔夫茨大学前教师工程（PCET）”项目将为马萨诸塞州K-12教师提供专业发展经验，帮助他们解决2001年该州采用的科学技术/工程课程框架问题。该框架明确指出，学校应该提供全面的科学技术/工程课程，招收所有preK-12学生。该项目将以已经完成的工作为基础，向K-12学校灌输工程素养。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的合作项目。每一所工程学院都将作为当地教师的资源，由塔夫茨大学（Tufts University）担任牵头机构。项目模式包括通过一系列年度暑期学院培养一支由96名导师组成的骨干队伍，并协助这些教师根据当地情况编写课程材料和采用战略。这些导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。科学技术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，并在项目的整个生命周期中向后推进到中、小学阶段（6-8年级、3-5年级、K-2年级）。

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.