Partnerships For Early Childhood Curriculum Development: Readiness Through Integrative Science And Engineering (RISE)

幼儿课程开发合作伙伴关系：通过综合科学与工程 (RISE) 做好准备

• 批准号: 1221065
• 负责人: Christine McWayne
• 金额: $ 213.15万
• 依托单位: Tufts University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1221065&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnerships; Early; Childhood; Curriculum; Development

The RISE project is creating curriculum resources for dual language learners (DLLs) in science, technology and engineering (STE). Participants include teachers in pre-K programs in the Boston area selected to target Hispanic and Chinese students and their families. University partners include Tufts, Rutgers, Miami, and Northern Iowa, who will work with ABCD Head Start. An innovative feature is the incorporation of family funds of knowledge as a basis for the curriculum development. There are two research questions. 1. What are the most productive procedures for appropriate application of the full integrated RISE curriculum in Head Start classrooms serving DLL children? 2. What is the impact of the fully integrated RISE curriculum versus the comparison condition on teacher attitudes, classroom instruction, and quality, home-school relationships, and DLL children's STE knowledge and approaches to learning? In years 1 and two, 5 teachers are being supported, with 10 teachers in year 3. Participating parents are 40, 105, and 180 for years 1, 2 and 3. Professional development and mentoring is being provided for the teachers, and parent-teacher discussion groups are facilitating communication. The research data is based on extensive classroom observations as well as interviews and surveys. For question 2, the project plans a quasi-experimental study of 10 RISE and 8 randomly selected comparison classrooms sampling 10 students in each classroom. Data will be analyzed with ANCOVA. The curriculum will be based on the Massachusetts framework, one of only a few states with pre-K standards. The evaluation will monitor both the progress of the research and development and the dissemination to the target audiences. The curriculum materials are to be posted on the Tufts University website and a commercial publisher is being sought. Units are to be 6-12 weeks in duration, with a typical classroom engaging approximately four units. With the growing population of DLL students and the recognition that early childhood education in STE makes significant contributions to children's education, this project has the potential for national impacts.

RISE项目正在为科学、技术和工程（STE）领域的双语学习者（dll）创建课程资源。参与者包括波士顿地区针对西班牙裔和中国学生及其家庭的学前教育项目的教师。大学合作伙伴包括塔夫茨大学、罗格斯大学、迈阿密大学和北爱荷华大学，他们将与ABCD Head Start合作。一个创新的特点是将家庭知识基金作为课程开发的基础。有两个研究问题。1. 什么是最有效的程序，以适当地应用全面的综合崛起课程在启智教室为DLL儿童服务？2. 在教师态度、课堂教学和教学质量、家校关系以及DLL儿童的STE知识和学习方法方面，完全整合的RISE课程与比较条件有什么影响？在一年级和二年级，有5名教师得到支持，三年级有10名教师得到支持。参与调查的一年级、二年级和三年级的家长分别是40岁、105岁和180岁。为教师提供专业发展和指导，家长-教师讨论小组促进沟通。研究数据是基于广泛的课堂观察以及访谈和调查。对于问题2，项目计划进行一个准实验研究，10个RISE教室和8个随机选择的比较教室，每个教室抽样10名学生。使用ANCOVA分析数据。课程将基于马萨诸塞州的框架，这是仅有的几个有学前教育标准的州之一。评价将监测研究和发展的进展以及向目标受众传播的情况。课程材料将发布在塔夫茨大学的网站上，目前正在寻找一家商业出版商。单元的学习时间为6-12周，一个典型的课堂大约有4个单元。随着DLL学生人数的不断增加，人们认识到STE的早期儿童教育对儿童教育做出了重大贡献，该项目有可能在全国产生影响。