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

小学、中学和非正式教育：塔夫茨大学预科教师工程

• 批准号: 0138766
• 负责人: Christine Cunningham
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Tufts University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0138766&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Elementary; Secondary; Informal; Education; Tufts

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.

“塔夫茨大学预科工程教师（PCET）”项目将为马萨诸塞州的K-12教师提供专业发展经验，以帮助他们解决2001年通过的科学和技术/工程课程框架。该框架明确规定，学校应提供全面的科学和技术/工程计划，招收所有学生preK-12。 该项目将在已经为K-12学校注入工程素养的工作的基础上再接再厉。 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之间的合作项目。 这些工程学院中的每一所都将作为该州该地区教师的本地资源，塔夫茨大学将作为牵头机构。 该项目模式包括通过一系列年度暑期研究所培养96名导师骨干，并协助这些教师根据当地情况编制课程材料和采用战略。 这些指导教师还将在项目工作人员的帮助下，为他们所在机构的另外384名“卫星教师”设计和提供类似的培训课程。 科学和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年级的教师开始开始，并在项目的整个生命周期内通过中学和小学年级（6-8，3-5，K-2）向后工作。