A Model Program for Preparing Pre-Service Middle School Science and Mathematics Teachers

莱斯利学院，一所女子本科学院，建议发展一个 初中科学和数学准备计划 教师们相信最好的中学 教师结合专业知识，在她的学科领域与强大的教学 诊断技能。 根据国家人权委员会的建议， 中学协会，该计划将提供内容 集中在两个领域，科学和数学。 该项目将 设计一个数学和科学的40个学分的序列，包括 九个具有独特的跨学科重点。 总之，五种科学 课程，五门数学课程，三门跨学科内容 课程和五个专业课程将开发或修改。 跨学科的组成部分将使隐含的 数学、科学、社会与教学的相互关系 职业 重点将放在调查方法，标准， 不同学科的真理，以及对自然和 知识的极限。 跨学科的部分将达到高潮 一个自然科学的学生研究项目， 使用科学和行为科学方法。 29小时 专业教育部分将最终在一个整合 研讨会将挑战学生创造新的视野， 课程开发和教育的替代方案。 该计划将 由科学家和教育家团队开发。 该项目将利用与 公立学校和学院的科学实验室资源中心。 该项目还将制定招聘有才华的妇女的战略 进入中学教师职业。 整个工程将 经过项目评估和研究小组的仔细评估， 莱斯利学院;有关该计划及其努力的信息将 广泛传播。

Lesley College, a women's undergraduate college, proposes to develop a program for preparing preservice middle school science and mathematics teachers that is founded on the belief that the best middle school teacher combines expertise in her subject area with strong pedagogical and diagnostic skills. Following the recommendation of the National Middle School Association, the program will provide content concentration in two areas, science and mathematics. The project will design a sequence of 40 credits in mathematics and science, including nine with a unique interdisciplinary focus. In all, five science courses, five mathematics courses, three interdisciplinary content courses, and five professional courses will be developed or modified. The interdisciplinary component will make explicit the implied interrelations between mathematics, science, society, and the teaching profession. The emphasis will be on methods of inquiry, criteria for truth in different disciplines, and an understanding of the nature and limits of knowledge. The interdisciplinary component will culminate with a student research project in the natural sciences that calls for the use of scientific and behavioral science methods. The 29-hour professional education component will culminate in an integrating seminar which will challenge students to create new visions and alternatives for curriculum development and education. The program will be developed by teams of scientists and educators. The project will take advantage of collaborative relations with the public schools and a science laboratory resource center at the college. The project will also develop strategies for recruiting talented women into the middle school teaching profession. The entire project will be carefully evaluated through the Program Evaluation and Research Group at Lesley College; information about the program and its efforts will be widely disseminated.