RET Site: Joule Fellows: Sustainable Energy for an Inclusive Society

康涅狄格大学这个名为焦耳研究员：包容性社会的可持续能源的更新RET网站，使K-14教师，“焦耳研究员”，通过可持续能源(SE)技术的研究，亲身体验创新，并提供丰富的专业发展经验，促进研究经验的有效转化到课堂上。该计划的组成部分包括为期六周的暑期体验，包括：深入的实验室研究；实验室参观、演示和能源设施参观；与业界以SE实践为重点的研讨会和研讨会；专注于促进课堂包容性和多样性的专业发展研讨会；以及准备可与其他教育工作者共享的实验室单元。暑期课程之后是研究员和研究顾问之间的学年互动，以促进他们在夏季合作制定的教案的教学。焦耳研究员计划使K-14教师能够有效地让学生参与STEM并引起他们的兴趣，并鼓励学生在STEM领域攻读学士学位。来自少数民族服务区的教师的目标是促进STEM教育的多样性和获得机会。该计划在学校、地区和州的教师之间建立了关系，以促进信息和教案的分发，从而推动该计划超出参与者群体的范围。焦耳研究员计划直接促进国家优先发展强有力、多样化的STEM教育，使学生做好准备，应对社会面临的可持续能源方面的复杂挑战。该计划建立在康涅狄格州大学工程学院目前和以前成功的NSF RET项目的基础上。拟议的RET网站为教师提供强大的、全面的暑期研究和专业发展体验，其中包括关键可持续能源技术的研究，让教师接触可持续能源的工业实践，并提供研讨会，向教师介绍促进课堂包容性和多样性的教育研究和实践。在这种背景下，多样性不仅包括学生的种族、民族和社会经济概况，而且还包括影响学生参与课堂活动和学习的独特学习特征，即神经多样性。教师将接触到康涅狄格州大学的开创性研究，这些研究调查了患有ADHD的学生带来的机会和挑战，他们往往具有非凡的创造潜力，但目前的教育系统在很大程度上没有得到满足，特别是在STEM领域。SE研究、包容性课堂策略和行业视角的结合为教师提供了一个有效的工具包，以激励学生在STEM追求高等教育和职业生涯。

This renewal RET Site at the University of Connecticut entitled Joule Fellows: Sustainable Energy for an Inclusive Society, enables K-14 teachers, the "Joule Fellows", to experience innovation first hand through research in Sustainable Energy (SE) technologies and provides a rich professional development experience to facilitate effective translation of the research experience to the classroom. The program components comprise a six-week summer experience including: in-depth laboratory research; laboratory tours, demonstrations, and energy facility visits; seminars and workshops with industry focusing on SE practice; professional development workshops focusing on fostering inclusivity and diversity in the classroom; and preparation of laboratory units that can be shared with other educators. The summer program is followed by academic year engagement between fellows and research advisors to facilitate teaching of lesson plans that they developed collaboratively over the summer. The Joule Fellows program empowers K-14 teachers to effectively engage and interest students in STEM and to encourage students to pursue BS degrees in STEM fields. Teachers from minority-serving districts are targeted to promote diversity in and access to STEM education. The program establishes relationships among teachers across schools, districts, and the state to promote distribution of information and lesson plans, thereby promoting the program beyond the cohort of participants. The Joule Fellows program directly contributes to national priorities for strong, diverse STEM education that prepares students to meet the complex challenges in sustainable energy confronting our society. This program builds on UConn Engineering's successful current and prior NSF RET projects.The proposed RET Site provides a powerful, holistic summer research and professional development experience for teachers that incorporates research in critical sustainable energy technologies, exposes teachers to industrial practice in sustainable energy, and offers workshops that introduce teachers to education research and practices that promote inclusivity and diversity in the classroom. Diversity in this context encompasses not only students' racial, ethnic, and socio-economic profiles, but also unique learning characteristics, i.e. neurodiversity, that affect students' participation in classroom activities and learning. Teachers will be exposed to groundbreaking research at UConn that investigates the opportunities and challenges posed by students with ADHD, who often present exceptional creative potential, but are largely underserved by the current educational system, particularly in STEM fields. The combination of SE research, inclusive classroom strategies, and industry perspectives provides teachers with an effective toolkit to inspire students to pursue higher education and careers in STEM.