Manhattan College Center for Preparing and Retaining STEM Scholars Teaching Engineering Principles

曼哈顿学院培养和保留 STEM 学者教授工程原理的中心

• 批准号: 1439738
• 负责人: Mary Ann Jacobs
• 金额: $ 29.75万
• 依托单位: Manhattan College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1439738&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Manhattan; College; Center; Preparing; Retaining

This Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship capacity building project will investigate ways to promote and support engineering education for three groups of learners: i) engineers and engineering students, ii) students in middle and high schools - especially from underrepresented groups, and iii) current math and science majors pursuing teacher certification, who desire to be prepared to teach engineering principles to students in grades 6-12. Currently, there is little engineering in many teacher certification programs for individuals interested in becoming a STEM teacher; but the need has changed with the roll-out of the Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers are most often certified to teach math, science, or technology, but rarely have sufficient background to adequately teach engineering principles. Engineers, on the other hand, have expertise in engineering principles, but lack the knowledge and skills to effectively teach students.To address the increasing demand for teachers qualified to teach the engineering concepts included in the Next Generation Science Standards, this project will produce skilled STEM educators through three newly developed programs; first a minor in education for students studying engineering. Second, a certificate in engineering education for STEM majors who are pursuing teacher certification, and third, a post-baccalaureate certificate in engineering education for engineering graduate students. The project will also provide professional development opportunities for current STEM educators. Finally, the project will select groups of university students to be trained to present hands-on workshops in local schools serving underrepresented groups with the intent of enticing these students to consider future studies in STEM related fields. The project will contribute to a transformative change in STEM educator preparation, while providing outreach services to high need schools and attracting these students to STEM fields.

这个罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金能力建设项目将探讨如何促进和支持三组学习者的工程教育：i）工程师和工程专业的学生，ii）初中和高中的学生-特别是来自代表性不足的群体，iii）目前追求教师认证的数学和科学专业，他们希望准备向6-12年级的学生教授工程原理。 目前，在许多教师认证项目中，对有兴趣成为STEM教师的个人几乎没有工程学;但随着下一代科学标准的推出，需求已经发生了变化。 教师通常被认证为教授数学，科学或技术，但很少有足够的背景来充分教授工程原理。 另一方面，工程师虽然在工程学原理方面拥有专业知识，但缺乏有效教育学生的知识和技能。为了满足对合格教师的日益增长的需求，该项目将通过三个新开发的项目培养熟练的STEM教育者，首先是为学习工程学的学生提供教育辅修课程。 第二，为正在追求教师认证的STEM专业学生颁发工程教育证书，第三，为工程研究生颁发工程教育学士后证书。 该项目还将为目前的STEM教育工作者提供专业发展机会。 最后，该项目将选择大学生群体进行培训，在为代表性不足的群体服务的当地学校举办实践讲习班，目的是吸引这些学生考虑未来在STEM相关领域学习。 该项目将有助于STEM教育者准备的变革，同时为高需求学校提供外展服务，并吸引这些学生进入STEM领域。