Addressing the Midwest Community's STEM Education Needs Together.

共同满足中西部社区的 STEM 教育需求。

• 批准号: 2344921
• 负责人: Michael Daiga
• 金额: $ 119.97万
• 依托单位: Wittenberg University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-05-01 至 2029-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2344921&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Addressing; Midwest; Community; STEM; Education

The project aims to serve the national need of preparing high-quality and effective STEM teachers by training the next generation of STEM practitioners and scholars. The project responds to both regional and national shortages of qualified STEM teachers and the declining number of college students interested in pursuing a career as a STEM educator. More efforts are needed to demonstrate the benefits of a teaching career, incentivize students to pursue STEM education, and develop supports that ensure the long-term success of new teachers. This project will implement recruitment strategies tailored to four student populations: 1) area high school students who may develop an early interest in serving as a STEM teacher; 2) transfer students from Clark State College; 3) first-year Wittenberg University students who have not decided on a career or vocation; and 4) Wittenberg University STEM majors.This project at Wittenberg University includes partnerships with Springfield City School District (SCSD), the Global Impact STEM Academy, and Clark State College (CSC). The project goals are to (1) recruit and graduate 50 undergraduates pursuing teacher licensure in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics over the five-year period; (2) retain 90% of all original undergraduates recruited into the program; (3) place 100% of graduates in high-need school districts and support 100% of these graduates through meeting their service obligation; and (4) improve STEM teacher candidates’ sense of preparedness by providing opportunities to engage as STEM educators through the Learning Assistants program. The project team will also undertake a study of the effectiveness of the Learning Assistants (LA) program, in which students receive training to support instruction in college-level STEM classrooms. The team will compare academic outcomes (i.e., grades and DFW rates) in courses that utilize an LA with their prior iterations that did not have an LA and survey students in classes with an LA. The expectation is that LAs might lead to a higher degree of satisfaction with the course and self-efficacy in understanding content. The resulting research will be disseminated to the STEM and education communities. 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.

该项目旨在通过培训下一代STEM从业者和学者，满足国家培养高质量和有效STEM教师的需求。该项目回应了地区和国家合格STEM教师的短缺，以及有兴趣从事STEM教育工作的大学生数量的下降。需要做出更多努力来展示教师职业的好处，激励学生追求STEM教育，并提供支持，确保新教师的长期成功。该项目将实施针对四个学生群体的招聘策略：1）可能对担任STEM教师产生早期兴趣的地区高中生; 2）克拉克州立学院的转学生; 3）尚未决定职业或职业的维滕贝格大学一年级学生;维滕贝格大学STEM专业。维滕贝格大学的这个项目包括与斯普林菲尔德市学区（SCSD），全球影响STEM学院，Clark State College（CSC）该项目的目标是：（1）在五年内招收并毕业50名攻读生物、化学、物理和数学教师执照的本科生;（2）保留90%的原始本科生;（3）将100%的毕业生安置在高需求学区，并通过履行服务义务支持100%的毕业生;以及（4）通过学习助理计划，提供参与STEM教育工作者的机会，提高STEM教师候选人的准备感。项目团队还将对学习助理（LA）计划的有效性进行研究，在该计划中，学生接受培训，以支持大学水平STEM课堂的教学。该团队将比较学术成果（即，等级和DFW率），并对具有LA的班级中的学生进行调查。期望的是，LA可能会导致更高程度的满意度的课程和自我效能感的理解内容。由此产生的研究将传播到STEM和教育界。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。