RET site: Multidisciplinary Teacher Research Experience in Engineering (M-TREE)

RET 网站：多学科教师工程研究经验 (M-TREE)

• 批准号: 2055418
• 负责人: Liat Rosenfeld
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: San Jose State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2055418&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; site; Multidisciplinary; Teacher; Research

The SJSU-RET site will team San Jose State University (SJSU) with high schools in the San Jose area. The partner high school districts will be the ones with the largest Black and Latino student and teacher populations. The program will provide substantive, hands-on research experience for teachers in the multidisciplinary area of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Engineering, with a focus on applications in the local, Silicon Valley, industries such as semiconductor and biotech. The connection to local industries will bridge the gap currently existing in the high school curriculum allowing the students to be exposed, through their teachers' experience, to real applications of science and engineering. Within the scope of the summer research activities, teachers will have the opportunity to work in SJSU engineering labs along with SJSU engineering faculty and their graduate students on research projects designed specifically for them. The research projects touch upon concepts in biology, chemistry, physics, and computer electronics ensuring wide applicability to K-12 curricula and compatibility with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The teachers will also develop curricular units, hands-on experimental modules and curriculum development activities that will be incorporated in their classrooms during the following school year. Teachers will receive support for the development of the curricular modules during one-on-one and group weekly sessions, over the summer, with a SJSU Teacher/Science Education faculty. The program will be supported by weekly seminars from industry and academic professionals and group activities such as field trips to local, Silicon Valley, companies. During the subsequent school year, the teachers will pilot the curricular units in their classrooms, with the help of SJSU faculty, and will submit an impact report that describes how the lessons worked, proposed modifications or enhancements, number and demographics of students impacted, assessment results, and teaching practice change impacts.Over a three-year period, the SJSU-RET Site will offer an intensive summer research program for a total of 30 high-school STEM teachers from schools in underserved San Jose neighborhoods with socially, economically, racially, and ethnically diverse student bodies. Planned research projects include: biofuel production, production of antioxidants from biocatalysts, production of sustainable and safe lithium-ion batteries, carbon capture to combat climate change and circuit analysis and optimization in hand-held devices. Project plans include: conduct novel, hands-on, research at SJSU laboratories under the guidance of engineering faculty and graduate students; develop curricular units to enhance understanding of basic concepts in STEM education for high school students aligned with NGSS, under the guidance of SJSU Science-Education faculty; expose the teachers to the various engineering industries in the area via tours to local Silicon Valley companies and presentations from industry leaders; create opportunities for SJSU faculty and graduate students to visit teachers’ classrooms and interact with students in order to develop tools to bridge the gap between the high school curriculum and college level courses, making the transition easier for the students; form a long-term collaboration through which teachers and their students interact with SJSU faculty to promote STEM engagement.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.

SJSU-RET网站将团队圣何塞州立大学（SJSU）与高中在圣何塞地区。合作伙伴高中区将是黑人和拉丁美洲学生和教师人数最多的地区。该计划将为可再生能源和可持续工程多学科领域的教师提供实质性的实践研究经验，重点是在当地，硅谷，半导体和生物技术等行业的应用。与当地工业的联系将弥合目前高中课程中存在的差距，使学生能够通过教师的经验接触到科学和工程的真实的应用。在夏季研究活动的范围内，教师将有机会在SJSU工程实验室工作沿着与SJSU工程教师和他们的研究生专门为他们设计的研究项目。研究项目涉及生物学，化学，物理学和计算机电子学的概念，确保广泛适用于K-12课程，并与下一代科学标准（NGSS）兼容。教师还将开发课程单元，动手实验模块和课程开发活动，这些活动将在下一学年纳入课堂。教师将在一对一和小组每周会议期间获得课程模块开发的支持，在夏天，与SJSU教师/科学教育学院。该计划将得到来自行业和学术专业人士的每周研讨会以及团体活动的支持，例如实地考察当地硅谷公司。在随后的学年，教师将在SJSU教师的帮助下在他们的教室里试点课程单元，并将提交一份影响报告，描述课程如何运作，建议的修改或增强，受影响的学生人数和人口统计，评估结果，以及教学实践变化的影响。在三年的时间里，SJSU-RET网站将提供一个密集的夏季研究计划，共有30名高中STEM教师来自服务不足的圣何塞社区的学校，具有社会，经济，种族和民族多样化的学生团体。计划的研究项目包括：生物燃料生产、利用生物催化剂生产抗氧化剂、生产可持续和安全的锂离子电池、碳捕获以应对气候变化以及手持设备中的电路分析和优化。项目计划包括：在工程教师和研究生的指导下，在SJSU实验室进行新颖的实践研究;在SJSU科学教育教师的指导下，开发课程单元，以提高高中学生对与NGSS一致的STEM教育基本概念的理解;通过图尔斯参观当地硅谷公司和行业领导者的演讲，使教师了解该地区的各种工程行业;为SJSU教师和研究生创造机会，参观教师的教室，并与学生互动，以开发工具，以弥合高中课程和大学课程之间的差距，使学生更容易过渡;形成一个长-长期合作，通过教师和学生与SJSU教师互动，以促进STEM参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已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，认为值得支持。