Planning Grant for the Development of a Master's Degree for Elementary Teachers with an Emphasis on Science

这项计划拨款将导致北德克萨斯大学提出一个完整的建议，建立一个提供基础科学硕士学位的教师学院。计划拨款将开始审查基础科学协议，建立设计团队来决定内容，并开始重新设计现有大学课程的过程。设计团队共修改12门课程，每门课程3学分。通过这个项目，将创建一个专业，为教师在内容、方法和他们在使用基于站点管理的学校中作为变革推动者的新角色做好准备。规划奖助金开启了建立教师学院的过程。新的集中预计将在赠款结束时制度化。德克萨斯大学承担了该项目的92%的费用。

This planning grant will lead to a full proposal from the University of North Texas for a Teacher Institute which offers a master's degree in elementary science. The planning grant will begin examining elementary science protocols, establish design teams to make decisions on content, and begin the process of redesigning existing university courses. In all, 12 courses, 3 credits each, will be modified by the design teams. Through this project, a major will be created which prepares teachers in content, methodology, and in their new roles as change agents in schools which use site based management. The planning grant begins the processes that lead to the Teacher Institute. The new concentration is expected to be institutionalized by the end of the grant. The University of Texas is cost sharing 92% of the project.