Noyce Capacity Building Project: STEM Teach VI

诺伊斯能力建设项目：STEM 教学 VI

• 批准号: 1136371
• 负责人: Camille McKayle
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of The Virgin Islands
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1136371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Noyce; Capacity; Building; Project; STEM

In this Capacity-Building Noyce Scholarship Program, STEM Teach VI, the University of the Virgin Islands is establishing the curricular framework and institutional collaborations to support training of STEM majors to become high-school science teachers. The Virgin Islands has great need for such a program. Student performance on tests of proficiency in science and mathematics shows that education in these areas lags behind many other regions of the United States. In preparing to remedy that need, the University of the Virgin Islands is creating a new teacher preparation program. Faculty in the School of Education, the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science have identified existing courses and established new ones to supplement the major studies of future teachers with the needed theoretical and practical education training. Most interesting, STEM Teach VI proponents recognize that aspects of the program must relate to the cultural and contextual uniqueness of the Virgin Islands, so they are studying the site-specific factors that influence learning both for the high school students and future educators. Noyce Scholars are recruited early in their academic careers not only from STEM majors but also from students strongly interested in STEM and education careers. Not only does this project address a serious need for well prepared science and mathematics teachers, it also serves a population dramatically underrepresented in the STEM disciplines: 81% of the population is African American and 15% is Hispanic. Once the two-year planning period is complete, the structures will be in place to support a dynamic and forward-looking program for STEM teacher preparation.

在这个能力建设诺伊斯奖学金计划，STEM教VI，维尔京群岛大学正在建立课程框架和机构合作，以支持STEM专业的培训，成为高中科学教师。 维尔京群岛非常需要这样一个方案。 学生在科学和数学能力测试中的表现表明，这些地区的教育落后于美国其他许多地区。 为了满足这一需要，维尔京群岛大学正在制定一项新的教师培训方案。 教育学院、科学和数学学院以及文学和社会科学学院的教师已经确定了现有的课程，并设立了新的课程，以补充未来教师的主要研究，提供所需的理论和实践教育培训。 最有趣的是，STEM Teach VI的支持者认识到，该计划的各个方面必须与维尔京群岛的文化和背景独特性有关，因此他们正在研究影响高中生和未来教育工作者学习的特定因素。 诺伊斯学者在他们的学术生涯早期招募不仅从STEM专业，但也从学生强烈感兴趣的STEM和教育事业。 该项目不仅解决了对科学和数学教师的严重需求，而且还为STEM学科中代表性严重不足的人口提供服务：81%的人口是非洲裔美国人，15%是西班牙裔。 一旦两年的规划期完成，结构将到位，以支持一个充满活力和前瞻性的STEM教师准备计划。