Capacity Building of a New Pathway for STEM Teacher Preparation

STEM 教师准备新途径的能力建设

• 批准号: 1557317
• 负责人: Mark Spraker
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: University of North Georgia
• 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: 2016-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1557317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Capacity; Building; New; Pathway; STEM

The University of North Georgia's College of Science and Mathematics and College of Education are creating the North Georgia Undergraduate Education or NGagE program. The program will take advantage of the newly created pathway provided by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to prepare and certify teachers. The new program will be innovative and train STEM majors to become highly qualified STEM teachers in both STEM content and pedagogy. The program will create new courses that will integrate recognized and successful STEM practices and methodology in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science and Physics. The NGagE program will also provide extensive field experience building on UNG's successful Professional Development Community (PDC) model for training pre-service teachers. Pre-service teachers in the NGagE program will have the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained through the program coursework immediately in the partnering school districts. This STEM pathway will have a significant effect on the STEM preparation in Georgia, and assist prospective teachers in overcoming barriers in pursuing STEM training through the combined efforts of a project team of scientists, educators, and community partners. The University of North Georgia College of Science and Mathematics and College of Education propose a Capacity Building project through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The goal and scope of the North Georgia Undergraduate Education Program (NGagE) are to increase the number and quality of STEM secondary teachers by utilizing a newly created pathway for teacher preparation. A collaborative faculty team will analyze the needs in the UNG service area. To build capacity, the team will: 1) attract and recruit high school upperclassmen, university freshmen, undeclared majors, and practicing professionals to become STEM majors in the new pathway with the goal of increasing the number of highly prepared STEM teachers; 2) build partnerships within a Professional Development Community with schools and teachers to facilitate the training and mentoring of pre-service teachers; and 3) successfully prepare STEM teachers through the development of innovative coursework, the use of STEM faculty mentors for advising and undergraduate research, and industry partners for relevant STEM practices. The first year will entail laying the foundation for the NGagE program. The assessment of successful project development and capacity building will be both quantitative and qualitative. Program development and new coursework will be reviewed. NGagE has a unique opportunity to develop and reform secondary teacher preparation in the STEM fields in the state of Georgia.

北乔治亚大学的科学与数学学院和教育学院正在创建北乔治亚本科教育或 NGagE 项目。该计划将利用佐治亚大学系统董事会新创建的途径来培养和认证教师。 新项目将具有创新性，将 STEM 专业培养成为 STEM 内容和教学法方面高素质的 STEM 教师。该计划将创建新课程，整合生物学、化学、计算机科学和物理学领域公认的成功 STEM 实践和方法。 NGagE 计划还将以 UNG 成功的专业发展社区 (PDC) 模型为基础，提供丰富的现场经验，用于培训职前教师。 NGagE 计划的职前教师将有机会立即在合作学区应用通过该计划课程获得的技能和知识。该 STEM 途径将对佐治亚州的 STEM 准备产生重大影响，并通过由科学家、教育工作者和社区合作伙伴组成的项目团队的共同努力，帮助未来的教师克服进行 STEM 培训的障碍。北乔治亚大学科学与数学学院和教育学院通过罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划提出了一个能力建设项目。北乔治亚州本科教育计划 (NGagE) 的目标和范围是通过利用新创建的教师准备途径来提高 STEM 中学教师的数量和质量。一个协作的教师团队将分析 UNG 服务领域的需求。为了建设能力，该团队将：1）吸引和招募高中高年级生、大学新生、未申报专业和执业专业人士成为新途径中的STEM专业，目标是增加准备充分的STEM教师数量； 2) 在专业发展社区内与学校和教师建立伙伴关系，以促进职前教师的培训和指导； 3) 通过开发创新课程、利用 STEM 教师导师进行咨询和本科生研究以及利用行业合作伙伴进行相关 STEM 实践，成功培养 STEM 教师。第一年将为 NGagE 计划奠定基础。对成功的项目开发和能力建设的评估将是定量和定性的。将审查计划开发和新课程作业。 NGagE 拥有独特的机会来发展和改革佐治亚州 STEM 领域的中学教师培训。