RET Site: Berkeley Engineering RET plus Computing (BERET+C)

加州大学伯克利分校工程和计算机科学教师研究经验 (RET) 旨在加强 STEM 学科的 K-12 教育，让来自奥克兰和旧金山联合学区的总共 27 名科学和数学教师以及 27 名职前教师参与为期八周的暑期工程研究体验，内容涉及工程计算和计算方法。 RET 站点将涉及加州大学伯克利分校工程系和中心的教师以及加州大学伯克利分校加州大学教学项目在招聘、项目开发和实施方面的合作。 RET 参与者将获得第一手的多学科经验，以促进他们发展必要的教学内容知识，从而让自己的 K-12 学生获得真实的科学和工程体验。 该计划将影响美国和世界直接感兴趣的两个领域：增加 K-12 教师及其学生更深入地了解 STEM 学科、研究和职业机会的机会；并激励教师和学生追求工程职业。该 RET 站点将在三年内为奥克兰和旧金山高需求学区的总共 54 名 K-12 STEM 在职和职前教师提供密集的夏季研究项目。 这项研究的多学科方面使 STEM 教师能够加强他们的工程设计和计算知识，并将他们的经验融入到基于探究的学习中，从而激发学生的兴趣。 他们将与 NSF 工程研究中心 (ERC)、移动计算和移动能源技术纳米制造系统 (NASCENT) 和重塑国家城市水基础设施 (ReNUWIt) 以及 UCB 的其他主要研究中心合作，利用师资、资源和基础设施来支持 RET 站点项目。该计划的主要特点包括： 1）由教师导师和研究生直接监督项目和课程材料的开发； 2) RET 教师及其学生及时参与移动计算、能源和城市水利基础设施领域的前沿研究项目，并将其转化为基于探究的工程课程改进； 3）学年参与活动； 4) 从奥克兰和旧金山的高需求学区招聘 STEM 教师。

This Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site at the University of California Berkeley seeks to strengthen K-12 education in the STEM disciplines by involving a total of a total of 27 science and mathematics teachers and 27 pre-service teachers from the Oakland and San Francisco Unified Schools Districts in an intensive eight-week summer engineering research experiences in computing and computational methods in engineering. The RET Site will involve a partnership between UC Berkeley faculty in engineering departments and centers as well as the UC Berkeley Cal Teach program in recruitment, program development, and implementation. The RET participants will gain first-hand multidisciplinary experiences to foster their development of the necessary pedagogical content knowledge to engage their own K-12 students in authentic experiences in science and engineering. The program will impact two areas that are of direct interest to the United States and the world: increasing access for K-12 teachers and their students to a deeper understanding of the STEM disciplines, research, and career opportunities; and inspiring teachers and students to pursue engineering careers. Over a three-year period this RET Site will offer an intensive summer research program for a total of 54 K-12 STEM in-service and pre-service teachers in high needs school districts in Oakland and San Francisco. The multidisciplinary aspects of this research allows STEM teachers to strengthen their engineering design and computing knowledge and to incorporate their experiences into inquiry-based learning that will excite and interest their students. They will partner with the NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) Nanomanfucturing Systems for Mobile computing and Mobile Energy Technologies (NASCENT) and Reinventing the Nation?s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt) and other major research centers at UCB to leverage the faculty, resources, and infrastructure to support the RET Site program. Key features of the program include: 1) Direct supervision of projects and course material development by faculty mentors and graduate students; 2) Involvement of RET teachers and their students in timely, cutting-edge research projects in mobile computing and energy and urban water infrastructure that are translated into inquiry-based engineering curriculum enhancements; 3) Academic year engagement activities; and 4) Recruitment of STEM teachers from high needs school districts in the Oakland and San Francisco.