Broadening Participation: A Summit to Engage PK-12 Teachers in Engineering Experiential Learning

扩大参与：让 PK-12 教师参与工程体验式学习的峰会

• 批准号: 1734954
• 负责人: Marcus Ashford
• 金额: $ 4.97万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-15 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1734954&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broadening; Participation; Summit; Engage; PK

Broadening participation in Engineering is a topic of importance at the National Science Foundation and other U.S. governmental agencies. Throughout popular and scientific literature, engineering educators, industry leaders, and policymakers have recommended more efforts are needed, at the K-12 level, to increase representation in engineering among students of color. With this in mind, the investigator proposed developing and coordinating a Rockets and Racecars Teachers Summit, an extensive workshop for PK-12 teachers in underserved school districts and communities in the State of Alabama. The Summit will be a platform for sharing exemplary practices for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning and strategies for assessment and program evaluation. It will also provide time for teachers to develop detailed unit plans related to current Alabama content standards, with the support of STEM and education faculty from the University of Alabama. Additionally, teachers will have ample opportunities to interact with other teacher peers and learn from each other. Equally as important, it is expected that the teachers will gain firsthand practical experiences from their participation in hands-on demonstrations, a toolkit of materials to immediately support engineering instruction within their classrooms and lesson plans to effectively engage their students in standards-based STEM instruction.This workshop builds on the Rockets & Racecars Experience, which was created in 2012 at the University of Alabama. The focus of this three-day inaugural Summit is to introduce Rockets & Racecars to a broad audience and incorporate teachers directly into the planning and execution of the workshop. The overarching goal is increase the participation of minorities and girls in engineering and other STEM-related fields by supporting teachers who provide their instruction.

扩大工程参与是美国国家科学基金会和其他美国政府机构的一个重要主题。在通俗和科学文献中，工程教育家、行业领导者和政策制定者都建议，在 K-12 级别需要做出更多努力，以提高有色人种学生在工程领域的代表性。考虑到这一点，调查人员提议制定和协调火箭和赛车教师峰会，这是为阿拉巴马州服务不足的学区和社区的 PK-12 教师举办的一次广泛的研讨会。该峰会将成为一个分享科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教学示范实践以及评估和项目评估策略的平台。它还将为教师提供时间，在阿拉巴马大学 STEM 和教育教师的支持下，制定与当前阿拉巴马州内容标准相关的详细单元计划。此外，教师将有充足的机会与其他教师同行互动并相互学习。同样重要的是，希望教师们能够通过参与实践演示获得第一手的实践经验、立即支持课堂内工程教学的材料工具包以及有效让学生参与基于标准的 STEM 教学的课程计划。本次研讨会以 2012 年在阿拉巴马大学创建的火箭和赛车体验为基础。这次为期三天的首届峰会的重点是向广大观众介绍火箭与赛车，并将教师直接纳入研讨会的规划和执行中。总体目标是通过支持提供指导的教师来增加少数族裔和女孩对工程和其他 STEM 相关领域的参与。