RET Site: Research Experience for Teachers in Polymer Engineering

RET 网站：高分子工程教师的研究经验

• 批准号: 1542358
• 负责人: Kevin Cavicchi
• 金额: $ 59.55万
• 依托单位: University of Akron
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1542358&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Research; Experience; Teachers

This renewal Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site at the University of Akron will focus on polymer engineering research. Polymers are a key component of many engineering challenges facing society today and are therefore an excellent intellectual focus to expose teachers in engineering research. The broad dissemination of the results of this work through the web, journal publication, local workshops, and national meeting symposia will have national impact and inform K-12 and College/University educators of best practices for Research Experiences for Teachers programs. This work will have a beneficial impact on the teachers, the faculty mentors, and the graduate student mentors involved. The teachers will gain increased confidence and knowledge in performing inquiry based science and engineering lessons in their classrooms. This will help invigorate their classrooms and encourage students to pursue further science and engineering education in college. The UAkron mentors will be exposed to a broader range of science practitioners. This experience will develop long-term relationships between the University and local high schools that will better serve the education objectives of the United States. Several of the participating school districts serve a high number of economically disadvantaged students and have schools rated as needing continuous improvement by the Ohio Department of Education. Therefore, this program will directly impact students who are underrepresented in science.This RET Site will offer an intensive eight week summer research program for a total of 30 secondary STEM teachers over three years from school districts in the Akron, Ohio area. Faculty members and graduate students from the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering and the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering will mentor teachers on independent research projects in the faculty members' laboratories. Teachers will also take part in professional development activities including academic and industrial lectures on engineering, field trips to local polymer industry sites, and activities focused on lesson plan development. The graduate students involved will participate in a two week classroom teaching boot camp to prepare them to visit the teachers' classroom during the academic year and assist in the delivery of the generated lesson plans. The lesson plans will be distributed on the web. A summer workshop will be held to disseminate results of this work to local teachers. A symposium at the national American Chemical Society (ACS) conference will be held each year to disseminate the results to teachers and academic, government, and industrial scientists and engineers. Evaluation of the RET site will be performed by a faculty member from Youngstown State University and submitted for publication in archival journals.

阿克伦大学工程和计算机科学网站教师的更新研究经验（RET）将侧重于聚合物工程研究。 聚合物是当今社会面临的许多工程挑战的关键组成部分，因此是一个很好的知识焦点，以暴露教师在工程研究。通过网络，期刊出版物，地方讲习班和全国会议研讨会广泛传播这项工作的成果将产生全国性的影响，并告知K-12和学院/大学教育工作者教师研究经验计划的最佳实践。这项工作将对相关的教师、教师导师和研究生导师产生有益的影响。教师将获得更多的信心和知识，在他们的教室里进行基于探究的科学和工程课程。这将有助于活跃课堂，鼓励学生在大学继续接受科学和工程教育。UAkron导师将接触到更广泛的科学实践者。这种经验将发展大学和当地高中之间的长期关系，这将更好地服务于美国的教育目标。几个参与的学区为大量经济上处于不利地位的学生提供服务，并有学校被俄亥俄州教育部评为需要持续改进。因此，这个项目将直接影响那些在科学领域代表性不足的学生。这个RET网站将为来自俄亥俄州阿克伦学区的30名中学STEM教师提供为期八周的暑期密集研究项目，为期三年。来自高分子科学与高分子工程学院以及工程学院化学与生物分子工程系和生物医学工程系的教师和研究生将在教师实验室指导教师进行独立研究项目。教师还将参加专业发展活动，包括关于工程的学术和工业讲座，实地考察当地聚合物工业场所，以及专注于制定课程计划的活动。参与的研究生将参加为期两周的课堂教学靴子训练营，为他们在学年期间参观教师课堂做好准备，并协助提供生成的教案。课程计划将在网上分发。将举办一个夏季讲习班，向当地教师宣传这项工作的成果。每年在美国化学学会（ACS）会议上举行一次研讨会，向教师、学术界、政府和工业界的科学家和工程师传播研究结果。RET研究中心的评价将由扬斯敦州立大学的一名教员进行，并提交在档案期刊上发表。