Research Experiences for Teachers: Aviation and Aerospace

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。该奖项用于资助安布里-里德尔航空大学(ERAU)由Christopher D.Grant博士指导的名为“教师的研究经验：航空和航空航天”的工程现场教师研究经验(RET)项目。该项目由ERAU工程学院主办，将为来自当地学区的30名在职高中理科教师提供为期6周的暑期体验(为期3年，每年10名)。这些教师将有机会积极参与研究，使他们能够将与航空/航空航天有关的工程和技术创新知识带入课堂。该计划的目标是：1)积极让高中教师参与以航空或航空航天为重点的工程研究；2)让教师将研究实验室的工程和技术创新知识带入课堂；3)提高教师对工程、工程设计过程和大学研究活动的理解；4)在暑期和整个学年期间，在教师和ERAU研究人员之间建立长期的合作伙伴关系；5)帮助教师将他们的研究经验和新的工程知识转化为课堂学习模块，在参与的教师区、与ERAU有联合协议的高中以及全国STEM教师SECME网络中传播。

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)." This award provides funding for a 3 year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) entitled, "Research Experiences for Teachers: Aviation and Aerospace", under the direction of Dr. Christopher D. Grant. This program hosted by the ERAU College of Engineering will provide a 6 week summer experience for a total of 30 in-service high school science teachers from local school districts (10 per year for 3 years). These teachers will be given the opportunity to be actively involved in research that will allow them to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation related to aviation/aerospace into their classrooms.The objectives of the program are: 1) Actively involving high school teachers in engineering research that has an aviation or aerospace focus; 2) Having the teachers bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation from the research lab into their classrooms; 3) Improving the teachers' understanding of engineering, the engineering design process, and research activities in universities; 4) Building long-term collaborative partnerships between the teachers and the ERAU researchers both during the summer and continuing throughout the academic year; and 5) Helping the teachers translate their research experiences and new knowledge of engineering into classroom learning modules disseminated across the participating teachers' districts, high schools which have joint agreements with ERAU, and the national SECME network of STEM teachers.