RET in Engineering and Computer Site: Nanotechnology Research Experiences for Teachers at FIU

工程和计算机领域的 RET 网站：佛罗里达国际大学教师的纳米技术研究经验

• 批准号: 1300711
• 负责人: Masoud Milani
• 金额: $ 47.99万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1300711&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Engineering; Computer; Site; Nanotechnology

This award provides funding for a three year standard award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at Florida International University (FIU) entitled, "RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site: Nanotechnology Research Experiences for Teachers at FIU", under the direction of Dr. Masoud Milani and Dr. Laird Kramer. FIU's College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) and its Center for Diversity in Engineering and Computing (CDEC) in collaboration with its Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education propose to establish a RET site which will recruit 16 middle and high school STEM teachers per year for 3 years (total of 48 teachers) and will engage them in a 6-weeks, hands-on, comprehensive summer research program with academic year follow-up, designed to increase their knowledge of the latest advancements in nanotechnology and enable them to develop new STEM K-12 curriculum based on their research findings and activities. The site's recruiting activities will be centered in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), the fourth largest school district in the country with over 340,000 students, of which almost 90% are historically underrepresented minorities (65% Hispanic, 24.5% Black) at 435 schools with over 20,000 teachers.The program participants will complete their research programs in a period of 6 weeks during summer under the mentorship of expert researchers in nanotechnology and will participate in follow-up activities conducted throughout the academic year where the program participants will discuss how they are utilizing the knowledge and experiences from their research, the curricula that were developed during their research programs, and their classroom experiences. The results of the follow-up sessions will then be used to enhance the target curricula. As part of this project, teachers will be involved in research projects that are advancing knowledge and understanding in nanotechnology while at the same time working on curriculum development advancing understanding of ways to introduce engineering research related ideas and particularly nanotechnology ideas in STEM K-12 education. By providing advanced background in engineering and STEM education, the project will develop participating teachers into a persistent, driving force in improving STEM education in high needs schools within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. This will lead to significant improvements in STEM education by the participants and serving their often underrepresented communities. The project will also provide insight into effective partnerships between FIU and the fourth largest school district in the nation.

该奖项为为期三年的标准奖提供资金，以支持佛罗里达国际大学（FIU）的工程和计算机科学网站计划的教师研究经验（RET），题为“工程和计算机科学网站的RET：FIU教师的纳米技术研究经验”，在Masoud Milani博士和Laird克雷默博士的指导下。FIU的工程和计算学院（CEC）及其工程和计算多样性中心（CDEC）与其艺术和科学学院以及教育学院合作，提议建立一个RET网站，每年招聘16名初中和高中STEM教师，为期3年（共48名教师），并将让他们参加为期6周的，动手，全面的夏季研究计划与学年的后续行动，旨在增加他们对纳米技术最新进展的了解，并使他们能够根据他们的研究成果和活动开发新的STEM K-12课程。该网站的招聘活动将集中在迈阿密-戴德县公立学校（M-DCPS），这是全国第四大学区，拥有超过34万名学生，其中近90%是历史上代表性不足的少数民族（65%西班牙裔，24.5%黑人）在435所学校，000名教师。该计划的参与者将完成他们的研究计划，在为期6周的夏季在专家研究人员在纳米技术的指导下，并将参加以下-在整个学年进行的活动中，计划参与者将讨论他们如何利用他们的研究知识和经验，在他们的研究计划中开发的课程以及他们的课堂经验。随后将利用后续会议的成果来加强目标课程。作为该项目的一部分，教师将参与推进纳米技术知识和理解的研究项目，同时致力于课程开发，以促进对引入工程研究相关思想，特别是STEM K-12教育中纳米技术思想的理解。通过提供先进的工程和STEM教育背景，该项目将发展参与教师成为改善迈阿密戴德县公立学校高需求学校STEM教育的持久推动力。这将导致参与者在STEM教育方面的显着改善，并为其代表性不足的社区服务。该项目还将深入了解金融情报室与全国第四大学区之间的有效伙伴关系。