Creating Pathways for Prospective Science and Mathematics Teachers in a Technology Enriched Environment: A Comprehensive Partnership for Program Improvement

科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)路径计划的目的是增加未来中学科学和数学教师的数量、多样性和质量。学生们在羚羊谷学院注册参加技术含量丰富的数学和科学课程，转到加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德-羚羊谷，毕业，并开始在中学水平上教授数学和科学。该计划得到了一个大型社区的支持，该社区于2001年成立了数学科学工程技术(MSET)联盟，该联盟由50多家地区企业、政府机构和K-16学区组成，其中包括羚羊谷学院、加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德分校、NASA Dryden、爱德华兹空军基地、空军研究实验室、波音公司、洛克希德-马丁公司、诺斯罗普-格鲁曼公司、兰开斯特市和棕榈谷市，以及兰开斯特、棕榈谷、西区和羚羊谷校区。MSET联盟致力于支持教育发展，并为路径计划提供技术专长和其他资产。为了增加未来学生的数量和多样性，STEM路径计划积极招收代表人数不足的学生。路径计划在他们的大学生涯中提供支持服务的安全网，包括学术建议、辅导、职业发展、教师指导和MSET成员的指导。学生作为一个学习群体，被鼓励发展强大的相互关系，并将他们的知识用作未来学生的同伴辅导员。目前正在采取各种策略来提高羚羊谷学院和加州州立大学贝克斯菲尔德未来教师的数学、科学和技术教育质量。这些战略包括开发数学和科学课程和课程，将技术和实践、基于探究的学习融为一体，在中学数学和科学课堂上创造实地体验机会，以及每年为在职中学教师提供两次强化暑期学院，向他们介绍学习和理解数学和科学的新教学方法。

The purpose of the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Pathways Program is to increase the number, diversity and quality of prospective science and mathematics middle school teachers. Students enroll in technology-rich mathematics and science classes at Antelope Valley College, transfer to California State University Bakersfield-Antelope Valley, graduate, and begin a career teaching mathematics and science at the middle school level. The program is supported by a large community which, in 2001, established the Mathematics Science Engineering Technology (MSET) Consortium comprised of over 50 regional businesses, government agencies and K-16 school districts including Antelope Valley College, California State University Bakersfield, NASA Dryden, Edwards AFB, Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, and the Lancaster, Palmdale, Westside and Antelope Valley School Districts. The MSET Consortium is committed to supporting educational development and is contributing technical expertise and other assets to the Pathways Program. To increase the number and diversity of prospective students, the STEM Pathways Program actively recruits under-represented students. A safety net of support services, including academic advising, tutoring, career development, faculty mentoring and mentoring from MSET members, is provided by the Pathways Program during their collegiate careers. The students, as a learning community, are encouraged to develop strong interrelationships and to use their knowledge as peer counselors for future students. A variety of strategies is being employed to increase the quality of mathematics, science and technology education available for prospective teachers at Antelope Valley College and California State University Bakersfield. These strategies include developing mathematics and science courses and curricula which incorporate technology and hands-on, inquiry-based learning, creating field experience opportunities in middle school mathematics and science classrooms, and providing intensive Summer Institutes twice each year for in-service middle school teachers to introduce them to new pedagogical approaches in the learning and comprehension of mathematics and science.