TRACK 2, GK-12: EdGrid Graduate Teaching Fellows Program

标题：GK-12：EdGrid研究生教学研究员计划(Track 2)机构：伊利诺伊大学香槟分校首席调查员/联合首席调查员：Deanna Raineri(PI)/Bertram Bruce，EricJakobson，Richard Braatz，Vernon Burton(Co-PI)每年研究员数量：8至10名研究生；6个本科校区合作伙伴：Champaign百年纪念高中；丹维尔高中；Hinsdale，86区；DuPage技术中心；目标受众：初中和高中设置：农村、城市和郊区NSF支持的学科涉及：动物科学、人类学、大气科学、生物学、化学、计算机科学、地理学、数学、物理学、社会科学叙述：研究员与校园教职员工和参与的K-12教师合作，将基于计算机的建模、科学可视化和信息学整合到K-12科学和数学教育中。开发了建模和可视化工具，让学生参与进来，帮助他们“学习如何做科学，学习科学的本质和学习科学内容”。GK-12 EdGrid项目为K-12科学和数学教师提供专业发展机会，以改善K-12科学教与学。GK-12教育网格计划利用STEM学科中重要的高等教育机构资源(人力和技术相关资源)，为可持续的K-12教育扩展创建框架。这些努力有助于增进对以下方面的认识和了解：a)高等教育STEM学科教职员工和学生在K-12教师专业发展中的作用；b)STEM学科教职员工和学生通过利用促进研究和教育一体化的创新技术来改善K-12学生的学习；c)在K-12环境中的教育合作；c)研究生建立可持续的大学-学校伙伴关系；d)研究生促进K-12学生对高等教育STEM学科的兴趣(以身作则)；E)大学与学校的伙伴关系，通过让高等教育教员和研究生与有经验的K-12教师接触，改善大学教育中的教学做法。GK-12项目利用EDGRID的门户网站、调查页面(http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu)，)、国家会议和各种出版物来传播GK-12的经验、建模和可视化工具以及课程材料，以支持全国教师。GK-12 EdGrid计划通过与其他服务于主要代表人数不足的学生群体的在校项目合作，积极从代表不足的人群中寻找和招聘毕业生和高级本科生。GK-12 EDGRID项目还通过积极招收社会科学研究生，拓宽了其已经跨学科的重点。社会科学学科的增加允许K-12课程的大部分恢复，并增加了另一个不同的愿景，这有助于UIUC GK-12计划的多样性。GK-12 EdGrid项目负责人正在与机构和学校管理人员合作，使GK-12活动成为UIUC研究生培训经验中不可或缺和可持续的一部分。

Title: GK-12: EdGrid Graduate Teaching Fellows Program (Track 2)Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPrincipal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigators: Deanna Raineri (PI)/Bertram Bruce, EricJakobsson, Richard Braatz, Vernon Burton (Co-PIs)Number of Fellows per Year: 8 to 10 Graduate; 6 UndergraduateSchool District Partners: Champaign Centennial High School; Danville High School;Hinsdale, District 86; Technology Center of DuPage; Urbana High School, Home Hi (all girls)High School, Okaw Valley High School, Jefferson, Brownstown and Cerro Gordo ElementaryTarget Audience: Middle and High SchoolSetting: Rural, Urban and SuburbanNSF-Supported Disciplines Involved: Animal Science, Anthropology, Atmospheric Sciences,Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Social SciencesNarrative: The Fellows collaborate with campus faculty and participating K-12 teachers tointegrate computer-based modeling, scientific visualization and informatics in K-12 scienceand mathematics education. Modeling and visualization tools are developed that engagestudents and help them to "learn how to do science, learn the nature of science and learnscience content". The GK-12 EdGrid project provides professional development opportunitiesfor K-12 science and mathematics teachers to improve K-12 science teaching and learning.Intellectual Merit. The GK-12 EdGrid Program draws on significant higher educationinstitutional resources (both human and technology-related) in the STEM disciplines to create aframework for sustainable K-12 education outreach. These efforts contribute to advancingknowledge and understanding of the role of: a) higher education STEM discipline faculty and students in the professional development of K-12 teachers; b) STEM discipline faculty and students in improving learning of K-12 students through the engagement of innovative technologies that foster integration of research and education; c) educational collaboratories in K-12 settings; c) graduate students in building sustainable university-school partnerships; d) graduate students in promoting K-12 student interest in higher education STEM disciplines (by acting as role models); e) university-school partnerships in improving pedagogical practices in university education through the engagement of higher education faculty and graduate students with experienced K-12 teachers.Broader Impacts. The GK-12 project utilizes EdGrid's web portal, the Inquiry Page(http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu), national conferences and various publications to disseminatethe GK-12 experiences, modeling and visualization tools and curriculum materials to supportteachers nation-wide. By partnering with other on-campus programs serving primarilyunderrepresented student groups, the GK-12 EdGrid program actively seeks and recruitsgraduates and advanced undergraduates from underrepresented populations. The GK-12 EdGrid program also broadens its already interdisciplinary focus by actively recruiting graduate studentsfrom the social sciences. The addition of social science disciplines allows for morecoverage of the K-12 curriculum and adds yet another varied vision that contributes to therichness of the UIUC GK-12 program. The GK-12 EdGrid program leaders are working with institutional and school administrators to make GK-12 activities an integral and sustainable part of the UIUC graduate training experience.Outcomes from Track 1. This project is receiving partial support from the Directorate for Biological Sciences.