Excellence in Science Education Teacher Preparation Program

三一大学将修改现有的科学教师培训计划，增加五个相互关联的教育组成部分。它们是：(1)为未来的科学专业学生举办的研讨会，重点是将科学教学作为一种职业；（二）设立十项奖学金，资助主修理科及有意从事中学教学工作的学生；(3)开设一门新课程，“科学与技术的争论”，这门课程将批判性地审视社会面临的科学与技术问题的历史、发展及其影响；(4)开设第二门新课程“科学教育中的创新”，这将为未来的中学科学教师提供机会，在独立学习计划中开发独特和创新的科学教学方法；(5)开发第三门新课程“发现”，将适合未来小学教师的科学基础学科与未来中学科学教师的指导计划相结合。三一大学课程的这些修改将使其成为类似文理学院教师培训的适应性模式。

Trinity University will modify their existing science teacher preparation program with the addition of five interrelated educational components. These are: (1) a workshop for prospective science majors with emphasis on teaching science as a career; (2) the establishment of 10 scholarships for students who will major in science and who have a substantial interest in teaching careers at the secondary level; (3) the development of a new course, "Controversy in Science and Technology," that will critically examine the history, development, and implications of scientific and technological issues confronting society; (4) the development of a second new course, "Innovation in Science Education," that will provide prospective secondary science teachers opportunities to develop unique and innovative approaches to science instruction in an independent study program; and (5) the development of a third new course, "Discovery," that integrates the basic disciplines of science that is suitable for prospective elementary school teachers, coupled to a mentorship program for prospective secondary science teachers. These modifications in the Trinity University program will make it an adaptable model for teacher preparation at comparable liberal arts colleges.