RET Site: Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP)

作为美国经济的第二大部门，先进制造业占国内生产总值的12%，被视为国家安全、创造就业和经济增长的推动者。在新罕布什尔大学（UNH），工程教师研究经验（RET）网站，通过社区伙伴关系激励工程学生的研究（RISE UP）的目标是在新罕布什尔大学、当地学校系统和工业（特别是制造业）之间建立伙伴关系，通过教师发展/研究培训和学年后续活动改善学生的学习。参与者将有机会参与基于工业的研究项目，在微观尺度现象，数学建模和材料行为的广泛主题内。RET计划将针对农村和城市学校，目的是吸引代表性不足的群体，包括第一代大学生。总体目标是有效地将整合科学和工程实践的活动纳入大学预科课程，从而吸引和激励年轻人学习工程学科。此外，农村和城市学校以及女性教师作为导师的加入，有可能吸引代表性不足的个人进入工程领域，包括第一代大学生。在三年的资助期内，RISE UP网站每年夏天都将接待12名在职和在职的中学STEM教师和社区大学教师，进行为期7周的体验（包括入学指导、深入研究、课程开发、对当地公司的实地考察，以及学年跟踪，包括研究生、教师和行业导师参观教室）。教师将积极参与他们所选择的研究小组，并在研究生，教师和行业导师的指导下进行研究项目。RISE UP的智力价值在于在课堂上实施真实的研究来发展工程实践，并评估对教师的影响。教师对研究项目的投入如何转化为更有效的教学；教师对内容的理解和动机；并增加学生的学习和兴趣，追求工程事业将进行评估。还将评估工业重点和参与项目的效果。UNH的教师和研究生将在设计各种学生学习者参与的活动时体验教师的观点。该项目将汇集一个可持续的合作伙伴社区，在课堂上合作开发和实施真正的科学和工程实践，从而在全国范围内产生更广泛的影响。

As the second largest sector in the US economy at 12% of Gross Domestic Product, advanced manufacturing is viewed as an enabler for national security, jobs creation, and economic growth. The objective of this Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering site, Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP), at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is to create partnerships between UNH, local school systems, and industry (specifically the manufacturing sector) to improve student learning through teacher development/research training and academic year follow-up activities. Participants will be provided the opportunity to engage industrial-based research projects, within a broad theme of micro-scale phenomena, mathematical modeling, and material behavior. The RET program will target rural and urban schools, with an aim to attract underrepresented groups, including first-generation college students. The overall goal is to effectively incorporate activities that integrate science and engineering practices into pre-college curricula and thus attract and motivate young people to engineering disciplines. In addition, the inclusion of rural and urban schools and women faculty as mentors has the potential to attract underrepresented individuals to engineering, including first generation college students. Each summer over the three-year grant period, the RISE UP Site will host a cohort of 12 pre- and in-service secondary STEM teachers and community college faculty in a 7-week experience (including orientation, intensive research, curriculum development, field trips to local companies, and academic year follow-up which includes visits to classrooms by graduate student, faculty and industrial mentors). The teachers will be active participants within their selected research groups and conduct research projects guided by the graduate students, faculty, and industrial mentors. The intellectual merit of RISE UP lies in implementing authentic research to develop engineering practices in classrooms, and assessing the impact on teachers. How teacher immersion in research projects translates into more effective teaching; content understanding and motivation for teachers; and increased student learning and interest in pursuing engineering careers will be evaluated. The effect of the industrial focus and participation in the project will also be assessed. The UNH faculty and graduate students will experience the teachers' perspectives in designing activities that engage a variety of student learners. The project will bring together a sustainable community of partners to collaborate on developing and implementing authentic science and engineering practices in classrooms that can generate a broader impact across the nation.