Critical Issues in Reforming the Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics and Science: A Proposed Conference;Greeley, Colorado; October 1991

北科罗拉多大学将召开一次会议，主题是“数学和科学小学教师培养改革中的关键问题”。1991年10月，在科罗拉多州的格里利。参加会议的将是来自全国约30家教师培训机构的科学、数学和教育教职员工和管理人员组成的团队。会议的一个主要目标是将通过NSF小学教师培训项目开发的产品和计划传播给准备大量不积极参与改革或了解数学和科学小学教师培训最新发展的教师的机构。将针对培养大量小学教师、不以研究为导向和/或不授予博士学位的机构。在历史上，将特别鼓励少数民族机构和准备大批少数民族教师的机构参加会议，并将收到会议的提前通知。该计划将包括关于教学内容知识、建构主义和小学数学和科学课程的新方向的特邀演讲。将有小组会议，小组成员将是NSF资助的主要项目的工作人员，以及参与小学数学和科学教师培训改革的其他著名教师教育工作者和研究人员。分组讨论将允许参与者与小组成员讨论特定的课程和计划。北科罗拉多大学是这次会议的合乎逻辑的东道主，原因有几个：(1)北科罗拉多大学在北卡罗来纳大学进行了为期五年的小学数学和科学教师培训综合五年期示范项目，该项目已进入第四个年头。(2)北卡罗来纳大学是美国第三大持有学士学位证书的教师的生产商。(3)北卡罗来纳大学通过其在教师教育方面的两个重要改革小组--30项目和文艺复兴小组--的成员资格，与其他准备大量教师的学院和大学有重要的联系。

The University of Northern Colorado will convene a conference on the topic, "Critical Issues in Reforming the Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics and Science." at Greeley, Colorado, in October, 1991. Participants in the conference will be teams composed of science, mathematics, and education faculty and administrators from approximately thirty teacher preparation institutions across the country. A primary goal of the conference will be to disseminate products and programs being developed through NSF elementary teacher preparation projects to institutions preparing large numbers of teachers who are not active in reform or aware of recent developments in the preparation of elementary teachers in mathematics and science. Institutions will be targeted that produce large numbers of elementary teachers and are not research oriented and/or do not grant doctoral degrees. Historically minority institutions and institutions preparing large numbers of minority teachers will be especially encouraged to attend and will receive advance notice of the conference. The program will include invited addresses on pedagogical content knowledge, constructivism, and new directions in elementary mathematics and science curriculum. There will be panel sessions in which the panelists will be staff of major NSF-funded projects and other noted teacher educators and researchers involved in reform of elementary mathematics and science teacher preparation. Breakout groups will allow participants to discuss specific courses and programs with panel members. The University of Northern Colorado is a logical host for this conference for several reasons: (1) A comprehensive five-year NSF model project in elementary mathematics and science teacher preparation is in its fourth year at UNC. (2) UNC is the third-largest producer of first-degree certified teachers in the U.S. (3) UNC has important contacts to other colleges and universities preparing large numbers of teachers through its membership in two important reform groups in teacher education, Project 30 and the Renaissance Group.