Teachers and Engineers Collaborating in STEM Elementary Teacher Preparation

通过STEM-C伙伴关系：MSP计划，教师和工程师在STEM小学教师培训中的合作(TEC-STEM-ETP)项目将在爱荷华州立大学设计一种新的教师培训模式，将工程设计概念融入到小学教师培训计划中，并强调与适合小学生的科学概念相关的知识和技能。这个项目解决了对准备充分的小学教师的迫切需要，他们需要有信心并承诺让他们的学生在早期年级参与基本科学和工程概念的体验式学习。TEC-STEM-ETP是爱荷华州最大的学区得梅因公立学校和爱荷华州立大学之间的合作伙伴关系，与教育学院、工程学院、生物可再生化学品工程和研究中心(CBiRC)以及科学、数学和工程教育卓越中心(CESMEE)合作。该项目旨在对爱荷华州立大学(ISU)的小学教师教育计划进行持久的改变，该项目将：1)使ISU小学教师教育STEM课程与州和国家标准保持一致，并将工程设计纳入基础教育教师教育计划；2)为职前和在职教师创建一个方案，以便在学生教学学期期间与执行支助股工程学硕士研究生(TEC-STEM研究员)每周定期合作；3)在得梅因公立学校的小学课程中灌输工程学概念；以及4)为工程学学生创建一门双重名单的本科生/研究生课程--工程学和公共外联。TEC-STEM-ETP使用了一种新颖的三合一方法，由一名职前教师、一名在职教师和一名工程学硕士学生组成，在三年级到五年级的课堂上合作教授科学，并按照下一代科学标准的建议和爱荷华州核心课程的要求实施工程概念、数学和技术。工程专业学生参与与初级职前和在职教师、学生、学校和社区的合作，以及硕士水平的工程和公共外展课程，解决了该项目的次要但重要的目的，即发展初出茅庐的工程师的沟通和公共参与技能。TEC-STEM-ETP的研究议程将决定这一方法在改善小学教师STEM实践和效能方面的有效性，并确定对工程师的相互影响。因此，该项目将在地方一级做出贡献，因为将有一个创新的小学教师培训计划，将工程学作为遗产。它还将为教育/组织研究做出国家贡献，作为这项工作影响的证据，这项工作涉及STEM学科教员(环境生理学、农业和生物工程、物理、化学工程和机械工程)，与教育教员和学区人员一起工作，在其制定和实施过程中进行研究。

Through the STEM-C Partnerships: MSP program, the Teachers and Engineers Collaborating in STEM Elementary Teacher Preparation (TEC-STEM-ETP) project will design a new model of teacher preparation at Iowa State University which infuses engineering design concepts into the elementary teacher preparation program, as well as emphasizes the knowledge and skills associated with scientific concepts appropriate for elementary school students. This project addresses the critical need for well-prepared elementary teachers to have confidence in and a commitment to engaging their students in experiential learning of essential scientific and engineering concepts in the early grades. The TEC-STEM-ETP is a Partnership among Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in the State of Iowa, and Iowa State University, with the School of Education, the College of Engineering, the Engineering and Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC), and the Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (CESMEE) working in collaboration.Designed to make lasting changes to the elementary teacher education program at Iowa State University (ISU), this project will: 1) align ISU elementary teacher education STEM curricula with state and national standards, and incorporate engineering design into the elementary teacher education program; 2) create a program for pre-service and in-service teachers to work in partnership with ISU Master's level engineering graduate students (TEC-STEM Fellows) on a regular weekly basis during the student teaching semester; 3) infuse engineering concepts into the elementary school curriculum in the Des Moines Public Schools; and 4) create a dual-listed undergraduate/graduate course, Engineering and Public Outreach, for engineering students. TEC-STEM-ETP utilizes a novel triad approach, consisting of a pre-service teacher, an in-service teacher and a Master's level engineering student to work collaboratively in a 3rd through 5th grade classroom to teach science well, and implement engineering concepts, mathematics and technology as recommended by the Next Generation Science Standards and required by the Iowa Core Curriculum. The involvement of engineering students in working with elementary pre- and in-service teachers, their students, schools and the community, as well as the Master's level Engineering and Public Outreach course addresses a secondary but important intent of this project to develop communication and public engagement skills of fledgling engineers. The research agenda of TEC-STEM-ETP will determine the effectiveness of this approach to improve elementary teachers' STEM practice and efficacy and to determine reciprocal effects on the engineers. Thus this project stands to make a contribution at the local level, in that there will be an innovative elementary teacher preparation program involving engineering as a legacy. It will also make a national contribution to educational/organizational research as the evidence of the impact of this work, which engages STEM disciplinary faculty members (Environment Physiology, Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering) working with education faculty and school district personnel, is studied during its development and implementation.