Investigating Science Teacher, Research, Education, and Methods Used to Prepare Pre-Service Science Teachers

调查科学教师、研究、教育以及用于准备职前科学教师的方法

• 批准号: 2151148
• 负责人: Sarah Guffey
• 金额: $ 118.95万
• 依托单位: University of South Alabama
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2151148&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigating; Science; Teacher; Research; Education

This Track 1 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) aims to serve the national need of increasing the number of highly qualified science teachers, especially science teachers who are racially and ethnically diverse. Currently, the lack of certified science teachers is a major cause of low achievement and expectations for high-risk pupils. This problem is intensified in both rural and urban areas where many science teachers are either teaching outside of their field of certification or do not have a STEM background. This project plans to address the problem by preparing and supporting highly qualified science majors who obtain their teaching certifications via a post-baccalaureate program. After recruiting and selecting qualified Scholars, this project will provide authentic experiences in science classrooms, starting with a 10-week pre-residency experience. In addition, the integration of local community science field-based experiences to engage Scholars in professional learning communities to further their conceptual understanding of science is planned. As a result, Scholars are expected to learn how to help their future K-12 students make real-world connections between the science content they are learning in the classroom and their local community. This project has the potential to provide Title I schools with high quality science teachers and as a result increase student achievement. This project at the University of South Alabama includes partnerships with the Mobile County Public School System, Bishop State Community College, the Alabama State Department of Education’s Alabama Science in Motion, and the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiatives. Project goals include supporting science post-baccalaureates and producing a total of 16 new science teachers over the five-year duration of the grant. Eligible candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree in science (i.e., physics, chemistry, biology, geology, or engineering). The recruitment strategy includes the STREAM pre-residency experience, direct contact with faculty in each science department, and advertisement on at least one episode of the University of South Alabama podcast, Sincerely South. This project utilizes best practices from previous Noyce awards and is expected to add to the body of knowledge regarding factors that attract science majors to pursue careers as science teachers. Two characteristics of intellectual merit comprise of the project’s capacity to continue producing high quality science teachers while measuring the effectiveness of past Scholars. Lastly, the evaluation of factors that influence Scholars serving beyond the three-year commitment can be used to better understand how to support and retain career science teachers. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K- 12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the effectiveness and retention 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.

这个轨道1罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）旨在满足国家对增加高素质科学教师数量的需求，特别是种族和民族多样化的科学教师。目前，缺乏合格的科学教师是高风险学生成绩差和期望值低的一个主要原因。这个问题在农村和城市地区都有所加剧，许多科学教师要么在他们的认证领域之外教学，要么没有STEM背景。该项目计划通过准备和支持高素质的科学专业学生来解决这个问题，这些学生通过学士后课程获得教学证书。在招募和选择合格的学者后，该项目将提供科学教室的真实体验，从10周的居住前体验开始。此外，计划整合当地社区科学领域的经验，让学者参与专业学习社区，以进一步加深他们对科学的概念理解。因此，学者们预计将学习如何帮助他们未来的K-12学生在课堂上学习的科学内容与当地社区之间建立现实世界的联系。该项目有可能为一级学校提供高质量的科学教师，从而提高学生的成绩。南亚拉巴马大学的这个项目包括与移动的县公立学校系统、毕晓普州立社区学院、亚拉巴马州教育部的亚拉巴马动态科学以及亚拉巴马数学、科学和技术倡议的合作。项目目标包括支持科学学士后学位，并在五年的赠款期限内培养总共16名新的科学教师。符合条件的候选人将持有理科学士学位（即，物理学、化学、生物学、地质学或工程学）。招聘策略包括流预居住的经验，与教师在每个科学部门的直接接触，并在南亚拉巴马播客，真诚南大学的至少一个插曲广告。该项目利用了以前诺伊斯奖的最佳实践，预计将增加有关吸引科学专业学生从事科学教师职业的因素的知识。智力价值的两个特征包括该项目在衡量过去学者的有效性的同时继续培养高质量科学教师的能力。最后，对影响三年承诺期后学者服务的因素的评估可用于更好地了解如何支持和留住职业科学教师。这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K- 12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF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。