The El Paso Partnership for the Preparation of STEM Teachers to Implement Project-based Learning

埃尔帕索合作伙伴关系，帮助 STEM 教师做好实施项目式学习的准备

• 批准号: 1852817
• 负责人: Amy Wagler
• 金额: $ 119.97万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 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: 2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852817&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: El; Paso; Partnership; Preparation; STEM

With support from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, this Track 1 project at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) aims to serve the national need of preparing high-quality STEM teachers. UTEP is partnering with the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD), a high-need district with a majority of its population classified as Hispanic and at-risk. The partnership will establish an innovative and transformative teacher preparation program, integrating Noyce Scholars into school sites currently implementing project-based learning (PBL) with support from the New Tech Network (NTN), a national, non-profit network for comprehensive pedagogical and cultural change in public school settings. Specifically, the partnership will establish professional development school sites where pre-service STEM teachers learn theory and practice alongside university- and school-based faculty to innovatively prepare and graduate knowledgeable STEM teachers, who understand how learning theories inform meaningful and valuable instructional practices.The Noyce@UTEP program goals are to: (1) recruit, certify, and retain Noyce Scholars, who are science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) undergraduate majors; (2) design and refine coursework and field-based teaching experiences to prepare Noyce Scholars to be effective teachers; and (3) create and disseminate knowledge on how best to prepare STEM teachers. Thirty-six (36) Noyce Scholars are expected to graduate with a baccalaureate degree in a STEM discipline and secondary STEM teaching certification and be fully prepared to teach in high-need school districts. Science and Education faculty will co-design a senior-level required course for STEM majors with a secondary education minor, which will expose students to (1) novel methods for teaching students STEM concepts using PBL; (2) sheltered English instruction; and (3) special education in immersion programs. Other required education courses will integrate field experiences at school sites where PBL is implemented. Two of these courses will be held on an NTN high school campus where Noyce Scholars will meaningfully interact with in-service teachers and university faculty while being immersed in authentic PBL teaching and learning experiences. This will contribute to the formation of a community of practice, an integral component of the program. A research investigation will generate knowledge to understand the effect of social networks and support structures in preparing Noyce Scholars to teach in high-need schools with a predominantly Hispanic student population. Knowledge of best practices in preparing effective STEM teachers will be disseminated across various venues to include school administrator meetings and annual conferences, such as the New Tech Network Conference; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; National Science Teachers Association; American Educational Research Association; Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST), sponsored by the Science Teachers Association of Texas; Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching; and TODOS (Mathematics for All: Excellence and Equity in Mathematics). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 mathematics and science teachers in high-need school districts and experienced and exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become master teachers. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 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.

在罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划的支持下，德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索（El Paso）（UTEP）的曲目1项目旨在满足国家准备高质量STEM教师的需求。 UTEP与El Paso独立学区（ESIPD）合作，该地区是一个高需求的地区，其大多数人口被归类为西班牙裔和高危。该合作伙伴关系将建立一个创新和变革性的教师准备计划，将Noyce学者集成到目前实施基于项目的学习（PBL）的学校网站，并得到新技术网络（NTN）的支持，新技术网络（NTN）是一个全国性的，非营利性的网络，用于公立学校环境中的全面教学和文化变革。具体而言，伙伴关系将建立专业发展学校的网站，在该网站上，官员的STEM教师与大学和基于学校的教师一起学习理论和实践，以创新和研究生知识渊博的STEM教师，他们了解学习理论如何为有意义且有价值的教学实践提供信息。本科专业； （2）设计和完善课程和基于现场的教学经验，以使Noyce学者成为有效的教师； （3）创建和传播有关如何最好地准备STEM老师的知识。预计36（36）NOYCE学者将在STEM学科和次级STEM教学认证中获得学士学位，并准备在高需求的学区教授。科学和教育教师将与中学教育未成年人共同设计STEM专业的高级要求课程，这将使学生接触（1）使用PBL教学学生STEM概念的新方法； （2）庇护英语教学； （3）沉浸计划中的特殊教育。其他必要的教育课程将在实施PBL的学校网站上整合现场经验。其中两门课程将在NTN高中校园举行，Noyce学者将有意义地与在职教师和大学教师进行互动，同时沉浸在正宗的PBL教学和学习经验中。这将有助于形成一个实践社区，这是该计划的组成部分。研究调查将产生知识，以了解社交网络和支持结构的影响，使Noyce学者准备在具有西班牙裔学生人数的高需求学校教书。在准备有效的STEM教师准备的最佳实践的知识中，将在各个场所散布，包括学校管理员会议和年度会议，例如新技术网络会议；全国数学教师理事会；国家科学教师协会；美国教育研究协会；由得克萨斯州科学教师协会赞助的科学教学进步会议；进步数学教学会议；和Todos（所有人的数学：数学的卓越和公平）。 NOYCE计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为高需求学区的K-12数学和科学教师，并经验丰富且典范的K-12 STEM老师成为高级教师。它还支持有关K-12教师在高需求学区的持久性，保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来获得支持。