Strategies: ACTIVATE: Advancing Computing and Technology Interest and innoVation through Teacher Education

策略：激活：通过教师教育提高计算和技术的兴趣和创新

• 批准号: 0833496
• 负责人: Thomas Cortina
• 金额: $ 148.67万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0833496&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Strategies; ACTIVATE; Advancing; Computing; Technology

The Computer Science (CS) community believes that it has an important role to play in educating the public about the excitement of Computer Science (CS) and the lucrative and interesting career opportunities this field offers. In western Pennsylvania, most high school students are not being provided an opportunity to learn about the science of computing nor about the breadth of the field. The aim is to approach this challenge in two ways: (a) provide workshops for teacher development in computational thinking as well as innovative strategies and techniques for engaging students at the high school and middle school level, and (b) provide training and materials for participating teachers to allow them to present information to other teachers and administrators about computer science during in-service days and similar professional meetings. The project will target STEM teachers in the Appalachian Region, including western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and eastern Ohio, where many schools lack essential resources for teacher development and have little support for special programs to interest students in STEM careers. It is believe that the end result of the strategy will be an increase in the number of students enrolling in computing and other STEM disciplines in college and subsequent high-tech employment in the Appalachian region in the coming decade.

计算机科学（CS）社区认为，它在教育公众关于计算机科学（CS）的兴奋以及该领域提供的有利可图和有趣的职业机会方面发挥着重要作用。在宾夕法尼亚州西部，大多数高中生没有机会学习计算机科学，也没有机会了解这个领域的广度。我们的目标是通过两种方式来应对这一挑战：(a)为教师在计算思维方面的发展以及创新的策略和技术提供讲习班，以吸引高中和初中的学生；(b)为参与的教师提供培训和材料，使他们能够在在职日和类似的专业会议上向其他教师和行政人员介绍有关计算机科学的信息。该项目将针对阿巴拉契亚地区（包括宾夕法尼亚州西部、西弗吉尼亚州和俄亥俄州东部）的STEM教师，这些地区的许多学校缺乏教师发展的必要资源，也很少支持让学生对STEM职业感兴趣的特殊项目。人们相信，该战略的最终结果将是，在未来十年里，阿巴拉契亚地区在大学里学习计算机和其他STEM学科的学生人数增加，以及随后的高科技就业机会增加。