Building Capacity for Computer Science Teaching in a Rural State

农村地区计算机科学教学能力建设

• 批准号: 1440464
• 负责人: Thomas Keller
• 金额: $ 46.94万
• 依托单位: Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
• 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 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1440464&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Computer; Science; Teaching

Developing computer science teachers who can support high school students in being successful in rigorous, academic computer science courses is a national need, particularly in rural communities. This project aims to permanently increase the capacity of the state of Maine to offer high quality computer science instruction. The STEM-C (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, including Computing) Partnerships program supports research-driven partnerships between STEM experts and K-12 school systems to bring about institutional change for better STEM education at the K-12 level. This STEM-C Partnerships Computer Science Expansion project builds on a previously successful Partnership and now works to infuse high quality computer science curriculum and teaching into high schools across Maine. Over a three-year period, this Partnership will support seventy-five current teachers of mathematics in becoming computer science teachers. The Partnership supporting this project is comprised of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, the University of Maine at Augusta, and Regional School Unit RSU #26 (Orono, Maine), with support from the Maine Department of Education, the University of California Los Angeles Exploring Computer Science project, the Computer Science Teachers' Association, the IEEE K-12 STEM Literacy Committee, and industry partners.Curriculum will be developed to train mostly current teachers of mathematics so that they will be able to offer the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) course to high school level students. This ECS course will be developed around Maine employers and the ways in which computer science is used across sectors in the state of Maine, including Axiom Technologies, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Jackson Laboratory, Kepware Technologies, and L.L.Bean. A Computer Science Teaching Methods course will be developed and made available online through the University of Maine at Augusta. The project will build knowledge through its research effort related to the following question: How can industry examples of computer science principles support teachers' ability to apply these principles to relevant contexts? Moreover, the work of the Partnership will result in the development of a model for rural states to sustainably provide computer science professional development, as well as give rise to institutionalization of a rigorous in-service training course for prospective computer science teachers. The project evaluation contains formative and summative evaluation of teacher impact and partnership growth. Major contributions of this project include: a) informing the statewide process of examining technology and mathematics curricula and considering ways to incorporate computer science in those curricula; b) significantly increasing the capacity of the state to offer computer science statewide; and c) potentially inspiring new models for workplace-based curriculum.

培养能够支持高中学生成功学习严格的学术计算机科学课程的计算机科学教师是国家的需要，特别是在农村社区。 该项目旨在永久提高缅因州提供高质量计算机科学教学的能力。 STEM-C（科学，技术，工程和数学，包括计算）伙伴关系计划支持STEM专家和K-12学校系统之间的研究驱动的伙伴关系，以实现K-12水平更好的STEM教育的制度变革。 这个STEM-C伙伴关系计算机科学扩展项目建立在以前成功的伙伴关系，现在致力于注入高质量的计算机科学课程和教学到整个缅因州的高中。在三年的时间里，该伙伴关系将支持75名现任数学教师成为计算机科学教师。支持该项目的合作伙伴关系由缅因州数学和科学联盟、位于奥古斯塔的缅因州大学和区域学校单位RSU #26组成（奥罗诺，缅因州），在缅因州教育部、加州大学洛杉矶探索计算机科学项目、计算机科学教师协会、IEEE K-12 STEM素养委员会的支持下，课程将主要用于培训当前的数学教师，以便他们能够向高中学生提供探索计算机科学（ECS）课程。 本ECS课程将围绕缅因州雇主和计算机科学在缅因州跨部门使用的方式开发，包括Axiom Technologies，Mount Desert Island生物实验室，杰克逊实验室，Kepware Technologies和L. L. Bean。一个计算机科学教学方法课程将开发和提供在线通过缅因州大学在奥古斯塔。 该项目将通过与以下问题相关的研究工作来积累知识：计算机科学原理的行业示例如何支持教师将这些原理应用于相关背景的能力？ 此外，该伙伴关系的工作将为农村各州可持续地提供计算机科学专业发展制定一个模式，并为未来的计算机科学教师提供严格的在职培训课程。项目评价包括教师影响力和伙伴关系成长的形成性评价和终结性评价。 该项目的主要贡献包括：a）为全州范围内审查技术和数学课程的过程提供信息，并考虑将计算机科学纳入这些课程的方法; B）显著提高该州在全州范围内提供计算机科学的能力; c）可能激发基于工作场所的课程的新模式。