San Juan County Initiative for the Enhancement of Pre-Service and In-Service Math/Science Teacher Education Through Curriculum Development and Internship Experiences in Technology

圣胡安学院正在提供一个9学分的工作坊，旨在为在职和职前教师提供5-8年级的数学和科学教学指导。该项目的总体目标是：(1)通过使用涉及标准、基准和能力的教学方法、课程材料和技术，提高数学和科学教学的质量；(2)通过提高标准化考试成绩和增加高中数学和科学课程的入学率，提高儿童对数学和科学的知识和兴趣；以及(3)增加数学和科学教师的招聘和留用。该项目正在培训职前教师，计划在夏季工作日和秋季的周六为数学和/或科学教师以及在职数学和/或科学教师提供支持。在春季期间，每位职前教师作为团队教师与他/她的指导教师一起在指导教师的课堂上工作40个小时，介绍在研讨会上学到的课程和活动。这一项目的学术价值在不包括标准师范教育、数学和科学课程组成部分的各种主题和活动中可见一斑。在提供讲习班内容和在公立学校课堂中利用技术作为促进探索、调查和发现学习的工具，是项目设计的一个主要组成部分。该项目产生的更广泛的影响包括圣胡安县数学和科学课堂的高质量学习环境得到系统、定向、可持续和可衡量的改善。在利用技术开发和实施数学和科学课堂活动方面接受过更高培训的教师会更有见识、更热情和更自信。反过来，这些特点造就了对数学和科学充满热情的学生，他们是批判性、程序性和分析性的思考者和问题解决者。

San Juan College is providing a 9-credit hour block of workshops designed to provide in-service and pre-service teachers with instruction in teaching math and science grades 5-8. The overall goals of this project are: (1) improved quality of math and science instruction based upon use of teaching pedagogy, curriculum materials, and technology that address the standards, benchmarks, and competencies, (2) gains in children's knowledge of and interest in math and science as indicated by improved standardized test scores and increased enrollment in high school math and science classes, and (3) gains in recruitment and retention of math and science teachers. The project is training pre-service teachers planning to endorse in math and/or science and in-service math and/or science teachers during summer weekdays and Saturdays during the fall. During the spring, each pre-service teacher works with his/her mentor teacher as a team teacher for 40 hours in the mentor teacher's classroom, presenting the lessons and activities learned in the workshops. The intellectual merit of this project is evident in the variety of the topics and activities that do not comprise components of the standard teacher education math and science curriculum. The use of technology in the delivery of the workshop content and in the public school classroom as a tool to promote exploration, investigation and discovery learning, is a major and integral component of the project design. The broader impacts resulting from this project include a systematic, directional, sustainable, and measurable improvement in a quality learning setting in San Juan County's math and science classrooms. Teachers more highly trained in the development and implementation of math and science classroom activities using technology are more knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and self-confident. These traits, in turn, produce students who are excited about math and science and who are critical, procedural, and analytical thinkers and problem solvers.