Creating Pathways in STEM Education

创造STEM教育途径是圣博纳文图尔大学的一个能力建设项目。该项目将通过在圣博纳文蒂尔大学设计四种新的课程途径，为培养STEM领域的高素质教师做出贡献。这些途径将使学生在四年内获得生物、化学、数学或物理的学士学位以及二级教学证书。课程设计过程将通过合作参与加强STEM教师和教育教师之间的关系。当地教师也将参与设计过程，提供他们对教师培训项目要素的见解，真正为高需求学校的新STEM教师做好准备。该项目还将参与市场研究和招聘活动，这将有助于加深对招聘未来STEM教师的突出因素的理解。课程开发过程将通过与St. Bonaventure大学的STEM和教育教师以及当地高需求学校的教师进行一系列逐步的研讨会来进行。研讨会将使与会者能够就以下问题达成共识：1)面向未来STEM教师的高质量内容和教学法教育的基本特征；2)高需求学校STEM教学的现实；3)各州对STEM教师认证计划的要求以及满足要求的有效模式。最后的一系列会议将邀请教师参与者概述四条新途径。一名外部顾问将指导这一进程并对提案草案提出意见，这些草案将在项目期间作为有形产品最后定稿并提交机构和国家审查。我们将对其他院校的模式和这些新学位的潜在学生群体进行市场调查，为提案提供支持文件，这是审查过程的一部分。传播工作将侧重于与地方和机构社区以及通过会议发言与全国听众分享经验教训。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Creating Pathways in STEM Education is a Capacity Building project at St. Bonaventure University. The project will contribute to the national interest in educating high quality teachers of STEM fields by designing four new curricular pathways at St. Bonaventure University. These pathways will enable students to achieve a BA in biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics as well as secondary teaching certification within four years. The curricular design process will strengthen relationships between STEM faculty and education faculty through collaborative engagement. Local teachers will also participate in the design process to provide their insights into elements of teacher preparation programs that truly prepare new STEM teachers to be effective in high-need schools. The project will also engage in market research and recruiting activities that will contribute to deepening understanding of factors that are salient for recruiting future STEM teachers. The curriculum development process will take place through a stepwise series of workshops with STEM and education faculty from St. Bonaventure University as well as teachers from high need schools in the local area. Workshops will enable participants to construct a shared understanding of 1) the essential features of high quality content and pedagogy education for future STEM teachers, 2) the realities of STEM teaching in high need schools, and 3) state requirements for STEM teacher certification programs and effective models for meeting requirements. A final series of meetings will engage faculty participants in outlining the four new pathways. An external consultant will guide the process and provide comments on draft proposals, which will be finalized and submitted for institutional and state review as tangible products during the project period. Market research on models at other institutions and on the potential pool of students for these new degrees will be conducted to provide the supporting documentation for the proposals that is a required part of the review process. Dissemination efforts will focus on sharing lessons learned with local and institutional communities as well as with a national audience through conference presentations.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.