Preparing STEM Majors to Become Highly-Qualified Chemistry and Physics High School Teachers

帮助 STEM 专业学生成为高素质化学和物理高中教师

• 批准号: 1035467
• 负责人: Edgar Corpuz
• 金额: $ 119.24万
• 依托单位: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1035467&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; STEM; Majors; Become; Highly

This project is addressing the acute shortage of highly-qualified and certified high school chemistry and physics teachers in the South Texas region by enabling STEM majors to obtain an interdisciplinary teaching degree; the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (BSIS) in Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics). Twenty talented STEM majors in the last two years of their baccalaureate are being recruited and supported through the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program to obtain BSIS degrees in Physical Sciences with teaching certification. It is envisioned that a rigorous teacher preparation program like the BSIS in Physical Science, with the following support structures: competitive scholarship; mentoring; field experiences; student-centered classroom environment; strong collaboration among College of Education and College of Science faculty and staff; strong support from independent school districts; and a structured induction program, will lead to the production and retention of much needed highly-qualified and certified chemistry and physics teachers who will be teaching in high-need school districts of the South Texas region. The Robert Noyce scholar-graduates are expected to provide the much needed leadership in making STEM education more responsive to the needs, interests, and abilities of high school students, thereby increasing the number of youths who are enabled for success in STEM at the University level and beyond. The BSIS in Physical Sciences is the first university-based program in the Rio Grande Valley designed to produce high school teachers with strong content preparation in Chemistry and Physics and with sufficient pedagogical content knowledge, cognitive, and management skills necessary to be effective and efficient science teachers. The partner school districts that include Valley View Independent School District, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, South Texas Independent School District, and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, are all high-need districts in a predominantly Hispanic region with the majority of their students taking chemistry and physics taught by teachers out of their area of certification.

该项目旨在通过使STEM专业的学生获得跨学科的教学学位，解决南德克萨斯地区高素质和经过认证的高中化学和物理教师的严重短缺问题；物理科学（化学和物理）跨学科研究理学学士学位。Robert Noyce奖学金计划将招收20名在学士学位的最后两年有才华的STEM专业学生，并支持他们获得物理科学BSIS学位和教学证书。设想一个严格的教师准备项目，如物理科学BSIS，具有以下支持结构：竞争性奖学金；指导;领域经验;以学生为中心的课堂环境；教育学院与理学院教职员工之间的紧密合作；独立学区的大力支持；以及一个结构化的入职培训计划，将培养和留住急需的高素质、经过认证的化学和物理教师，这些教师将在南德克萨斯地区的高需求学区任教。Robert Noyce的学者毕业生有望提供急需的领导力，使STEM教育更能满足高中生的需求、兴趣和能力，从而增加在大学及以后的STEM领域取得成功的年轻人的数量。物理科学的BSIS是里约热内卢格兰德山谷第一个以大学为基础的项目，旨在培养具有强大的化学和物理内容准备能力的高中教师，并具有足够的教学内容知识，认知和管理技能，成为有效和高效的科学教师。合作学区包括Valley View独立学区、爱丁堡联合独立学区、南德克萨斯独立学区和farar - san Juan-Alamo独立学区，这些学区都是西班牙裔地区的高需求学区，大多数学生都选择了由他们认证地区以外的教师教授的化学和物理。