Authentic STEM Laboratory Research Experiences for Pre-service Secondary Teachers

该项目旨在通过支持职前教师的学术研究和专业发展，满足国家对高效科学和数学教师的需求，这些教师将向学生传达进行基础科学研究的理解和兴奋。在这个项目中，未来的科学和数学教师将通过作为STEM实验室研究团队成员的工作体验真实的研究方法。这些STEM专业的学生将更好地将研究和其他基于探究的学习融入到他们未来的课堂中。他们还将参加专业发展活动，以获得教学内容知识，并学习让中学生参与真实研究体验的最佳实践。阿拉巴马a&m大学的项目将为职前中学STEM教师提供研究机会，其中许多教师可能来自STEM中代表性不足的群体，涉及生物、化学、数学和物理等令人兴奋的相关主题。研究经历将持续八周，每年都有一个为期三年的暑期项目。24名有才华的职前中学教师将被招募，主要来自阿拉巴马州的7个合作机构：阿拉巴马a&m大学、亨茨维尔的阿拉巴马大学、伯明翰的阿拉巴马大学、西阿拉巴马大学、阿拉巴马州立大学、奥克伍德大学和迈尔斯学院。参与的学生将在专业的、经验丰富的教师导师的直接指导下积极从事前沿研究。此外，每周将留出两小时进行专业发展培训，以促进与教学的联系。该项目将有助于弥补高质量和有研究经验的科学和数学教师的短缺。通过评估，该项目将产生关于研究对教师内容知识和教学的影响的知识。这项诺伊斯职前教师研究经验项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）支持。Noyce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，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12教师成为高需求地区的STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的保留和有效性的研究。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。

This project aims to serve the national need for highly effective science and mathematics teachers by supporting the academic research and professional development of pre-service teachers who will convey understanding and excitement of conducting basic scientific research to their students. In this project, prospective science and mathematics teachers will experience authentic research methods through work as a member of STEM laboratory research teams. These STEM majors will be better equipped to incorporate research and other inquiry-based learning into their future classrooms. They will also participate in professional development activities to gain pedagogical content knowledge and to learn best practices for engaging secondary school students in authentic research experiences.The project at Alabama A&M University will provide research opportunities for pre-service secondary STEM teachers, many of whom may be from groups underrepresented in STEM, in exciting and relevant topics in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. The research experiences will occur over eight-weeks, through a summer program each year for three years. Twenty-four talented pre-service secondary teachers will be recruited, primarily from seven partner institutions in Alabama: Alabama A&M University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Alabama in Birmingham, University of West Alabama, Alabama State University, Oakwood University, and Miles College. Participating students will be actively engaged in cutting-edge research under the direct supervision of dedicated, experienced faculty mentors. Additionally, each week two hours will be set aside for professional development training that will foster connections to teaching. This project will help to remedy the shortage of high-quality and research-experienced science and mathematics teachers. Through its evaluation, the project will generate knowledge about the impact of research on teachers' content knowledge and teaching. This Noyce Research Experiences for pre-service teachers 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 districts. It also supports research on the 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.