ENgaging Educators in Renewable EnerGY (ENERGY)

让教育工作者参与可再生能源 (ENERGY)

• 批准号: 1609524
• 负责人: Valentin Soloiu
• 金额: $ 52.47万
• 依托单位: Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation, Inc
• 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: 2016-07-01 至 2020-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1609524&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ENgaging; Educators; Renewable; EnerGY; ENERGY

This Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site, entitled Engaging Educators in Renewable EnerGY (ENERGY) at Georgia Southern University (GSU) aims to develop a diverse, competitive, and nationally engaged teacher workforce through activities and projects performed alongside graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty and industry advisors. The focus is on high-need rural areas in southeastern Georgia, in partner counties, that collectively are home to high populations of underrepresented minorities, economically disadvantaged and special needs students. Target participants include those who are from historically underrepresented groups in the STEM disciplines and those who teach in schools characterized by a high level of poverty and/or a high percentage of minority learners. ENERGY was specifically chosen as the research theme because it is a current national topic of direct interest to students and teachers, and it can be easily embedded in the high school STEM curriculum. In addition, there are regional industries involved in hands-on, cutting edge engineering research projects in energy-related fields. The research topics for the RET participants in ENERGY include: renewable and alternative energy (solar, wind, biofuels, thermoelectric), development of sensors and controls for energy applications, biologically-inspired wind turbines and solar collectors. As part of their engineering and scientific research projects, the teachers will be linked with real-world applications through collaborations with university and industry partners and will build upon long-term collaborative relationships between the participating school districts and the College of Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT) at GSU. This research experience will give participants the ability to immerse themselves into various engineering disciplines, expand their knowledge of engineering through research in renewable energy while giving them concrete hands-on examples and pedagogical methods of incorporating engineering into STEM curricula. Over a three-year period the ENERGY RET Site will directly impact 30 STEM high school teachers, pre-service education majors, and community college faculty and approximately 4000 students. The goal of the ENERGY RET is to educate, engage, and inspire teachers to bring renewable energy to their classrooms through summer-term interdisciplinary STEM research experiences in the field of engineering and computer science. The educational objectives of this program are to: increase basic understanding of interdisciplinary concepts through hands-on learning, introduce STEM problem-solving skills and the ability to apply them in lectures and laboratories, and to increase interest in conducting STEM research. The program will develop the participants' ability to collaborate and communicate effectively at both the interpersonal and presentation level all while part of a diverse team. RET participants, through fundamental energy-related research and transformational activities that are tied to industry, will leverage curricular approaches that allow them to transition this knowledge into highly inspirational STEM experiences for their students. The ENERGY participants, working with College of Education faculty, will develop activities and instructional practices that model and transfer their experience for integration of energy concepts into their classrooms during the academic year.

本研究经验的教师（RET）在工程和计算机科学网站，题为从事教育工作者在可再生能源（能源）在格鲁吉亚南方大学（GSU）旨在通过活动和项目一起研究生和本科生，以及教师和行业顾问进行开发一个多样化的，有竞争力的，全国参与的教师队伍。重点是格鲁吉亚东南部伙伴县的高需求农村地区，这些地区集中了大量代表性不足的少数民族、经济弱势群体和有特殊需要的学生。 目标参与者包括那些来自STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体的人，以及那些在贫困程度高和/或少数民族学生比例高的学校任教的人。能源被特别选为研究主题，因为它是学生和教师直接感兴趣的当前国家主题，并且可以很容易地嵌入高中STEM课程。 此外，还有一些区域性行业参与了能源相关领域的实践和尖端工程研究项目。可再生能源参与者在能源方面的研究课题包括：可再生能源和替代能源（太阳能，风能，生物燃料，热电），传感器和能源应用控制的开发，生物启发的风力涡轮机和太阳能收集器。 作为他们的工程和科学研究项目的一部分，教师将通过与大学和行业合作伙伴的合作与现实世界的应用相联系，并将建立在参与学区与GSU工程和信息技术学院（CEIT）之间的长期合作关系。这种研究经验将使参与者能够沉浸在各种工程学科中，通过可再生能源研究扩大他们的工程知识，同时为他们提供具体的实践例子和将工程纳入STEM课程的教学方法。 在三年的时间里，能源RET网站将直接影响30名STEM高中教师，职前教育专业，社区大学教师和大约4000名学生。能源RET的目标是教育，参与和激励教师通过工程和计算机科学领域的夏季跨学科STEM研究经验将可再生能源带入课堂。 该计划的教育目标是：通过实践学习增加对跨学科概念的基本理解，介绍STEM解决问题的技能以及将其应用于讲座和实验室的能力，并提高进行STEM研究的兴趣。 该计划将发展参与者的能力，有效地合作和沟通，同时在人际和演示水平的一部分，一个多元化的团队。 可再生能源参与者，通过基础能源相关的研究和与行业相关的转型活动，将利用课程方法，使他们能够将这些知识转化为高度鼓舞人心的STEM经验为学生。能源参与者与教育学院的教师合作，将开发活动和教学实践，这些活动和教学实践将在学年期间将他们的能源概念整合到课堂中。