Tufts Engineering the Next Steps (TENS) GK12 project

塔夫茨大学正在与马萨诸塞州马尔登学区的四所学校合作开展塔夫茨工程下一步(TENS)项目，该项目侧重于工程学。TENS的主要目标是：1)提高教师教授工程和算法设计的知识、舒适度和能力；2)增加所有学生的工程知识和技能；3)增加研究员对K-12正规教育、教学和推广的欣赏和了解；4)在四所学校发展5-12年级社区，支持融合工程和算法设计的创新。TENS项目专注于工程学，并建立在现有的GK12项目的基础上，该项目与郊区合作，探索教师是否以及如何将工程学融入他们的课堂。这一项目的更广泛影响包括将这一成功的项目扩展到更多样化的环境中；良好的传播计划；良好的大学-K-12合作；以及适当的培训计划。研究员和教师作为合作伙伴工作，他们认识、利用、了解并慢慢发展对方拥有的一些专业知识。本项目部分由塔夫茨工程局资助项目名称：塔夫茨工程下一步(TENS)GK12项目机构：塔夫茨大学PI/联合PI：Martha N.Cyr，Linda Beardsley，Diane L.Souvaine，塔夫茨大学伙伴学区：马尔登公立学区资助：1,499,795美元/年：8名研究生和7名本科生目标受众：初中和高中设置：城市学科：工程学和计算机科学

Tufts University is partnering with four schools in the Malden school district in Massachusetts on the Tufts Engineering the Next Steps (TENS) project that focuses on engineering. The primary goals of TENS are: 1) to raise teachers' knowledge of, comfort with, and capability to teach engineering and algorithm design, 2) to increase all students' engineering knowledge and skills, 3) to increase fellows' appreciation for and knowledge about K-12 formal education, teaching, and outreach, and 4) to develop a grade 5-12 community in four schools that is supportive of innovations that integrate engineering and algorithm design. The TENS project focuses on engineering and builds upon an existing GK12 project that worked with a suburban district to explore whether and how teachers might integrate engineering into their classes. The broader impacts of this project include expansion of this successful project into a more diverse setting; good dissemination plans; good university-K-12 collaboration; and an adequate training program. The fellows and teachers work as partners that recognize, capitalize upon, learn about and slowly develop some of the expertise that the other party possesses. This project is partially supported by funds from the Directorate for EngineeringTitle of Project: Tufts Engineering the Next Steps (TENS) GK12 ProjectInstitution: Tufts UniversityPI/Co-PI: Martha N. Cyr, Linda Beardsley, Diane L. Souvaine, Tufts UniversityPartner School District: Malden Public School DistrictFunding: $1,499,795# of Fellows/year: 8 Graduate Fellows and 7 Undergraduate FellowsTarget Audience: Middle and High SchoolSetting: UrbanDisciplines: Engineering and Computer Science