Cultural Competency and Universal Design Focus in Preparing STEM Teachers

培养 STEM 教师的文化能力和通用设计重点

• 批准号: 1852620
• 负责人: Marlissa Stauffer
• 金额: $ 119.37万
• 依托单位: Ohio Dominican University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-15 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852620&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cultural; Competency; Universal; Design; Focus

With support from the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, this Track 1 Scholarships and Stipends project aims to serve the national interest in high-quality STEM teaching. This project specifically responds to a national and local shortage in qualified and certified secondary mathematics and science teachers. This project has two main goals. One is to increase the number of chemistry, life science, and mathematics secondary teachers by increasing the number of STEM majors who successfully complete teacher licensure in these majors. The second is to increase the effectiveness of Noyce Scholars as educators and teacher leaders in high-need classrooms. In addition to their coursework, Noyce Scholars will participate in diverse field experiences, mentoring from STEM and education faculty, and professional development activities. It is expected that these Noyce Scholars will distinguish themselves from other teachers through engagement in a curriculum focused on Universal Design for Learning and culturally sustaining pedagogy.The project aims to produce 30 secondary mathematics or science teachers who are equipped with pedagogies based in Universal Design for Learning principles and cultural competency. Undergraduate students majoring in mathematics or science will earn both a teacher certification and a STEM degree (as warranted by the Ohio Dominican University's Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs). These students will receive up to two years of Noyce financial support beginning in their junior year. Students who have already achieved a baccalaureate degree in a STEM field and wish to pursue teacher certification will receive one year of support. Scholars will be prepared to work with students across different cultures and ability levels through exposure to culturally sustaining pedagogy and the tenets of Universal Design for Learning. The University has cultivated partnerships with local high-need school districts, South-Western City Schools and Whitehall City Schools, to ensure field experiences that allow Scholars to apply Universal Design for Learning principles and cultural sustaining pedagogy practices. This project will investigate the impact of Universal Design for Learning and cultural competency instruction on Scholars' teacher self-efficacy. It will also examine the impact of changes in methods courses on student teaching skills and at what stage these interventions have the most impact on teacher effectiveness. An increase in highly qualified STEM educators in high-need schools has the potential to positively affect the entire greater Columbus area. Publications and presentations about the project will provide insights about the potential benefits of equipping pre-service STEM teachers to use Universal Design for Learning and cultural sustaining pedagogy. The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在NSF Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划的支持下，这一Track 1奖学金和津贴项目旨在服务于高质量STEM教学的国家利益。该项目专门针对全国和地方缺乏合格和认证的中学数学和科学教师的问题。这个项目有两个主要目标。一是通过增加STEM专业成功完成这些专业教师资格认证的人数，增加化学、生命科学和数学中学教师的数量。第二是提高诺伊斯学者在高需求课堂上作为教育者和教师领袖的有效性。除了他们的课程工作，诺伊斯学者还将参加不同的实地经验，来自STEM和教育学院的指导，以及专业发展活动。预计这些诺伊斯学者将通过参加以通用学习设计和文化支持教学法为重点的课程，使自己有别于其他教师。该项目旨在培养30名中学数学或科学教师，他们配备了基于通用学习设计原则和文化能力的教学方法。主修数学或科学的本科生将同时获得教师证书和STEM学位(由俄亥俄多米尼加大学负责学术事务的副教务长担保)。这些学生将从大三开始获得长达两年的Noyce经济支持。已经在STEM领域获得学士学位并希望获得教师认证的学生将获得一年的支持。学者们将准备通过接触文化支持的教学方法和通用学习设计的原则，与不同文化和能力水平的学生合作。该大学与当地高需求学区、西南部城市学校和白厅城市学校建立了伙伴关系，以确保实地经验使学者能够应用普遍的学习设计原则和文化支持的教育学实践。本研究将探讨通用学习设计与文化能力教学对学者教师自我效能感的影响。它还将审查方法课程的变化对学生教学技能的影响，以及在什么阶段这些干预措施对教师效率的影响最大。在高需求学校增加高素质的STEM教育者，有可能对整个大哥伦布地区产生积极影响。关于该项目的出版物和演示文稿将提供关于为职前STEM教师配备使用通用学习设计和文化支持教学法的潜在好处的见解。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的K-12 STEM教师成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的持久性、保留率和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。