The Restructuring at SUNY Cortland of Science, Mathematics, and Pedagogy Experiences for K-6 Pre-Teachers

在过去的一个学年里，来自纽约州立大学科特兰科学、数学和教育系的14名教师参加了NSF发展赠款。 在这个项目中，课程大纲被开发为一个重组的数学/科学/儿科学/组成计划的K- 6学前教师，纽约州立大学科特兰有最大的小学教师准备计划在纽约。 拟议的项目将制定课程和教学材料，以实施27 cr。HR，经验块。除了纽约州立大学的14名科特兰教职员工外，来自5所地区社区学院的科学/数学教师也将参与该项目的课程开发和实施阶段。康奈尔大学的一个研究/评估小组将对该项目的各个方面进行评估。 一级模块包含专门为K-6学前教师设计的内容课程，并将利用概念转变方法进行教学，组成101将与一级科学课程一起教授。 科学和数学的教育学课程将与一级内容课程一起教授。 在这两门教育学课程中，预科教师将参与小学学龄学生的经验。 二级模块是一个综合的和跨学科的数学/科学经验，学生将被引入解决问题的策略，并将利用这些策略来调查六个重要的真实的世界科学问题，数学概念将通过科学内容的背景下发展，在二级模块期间，学前教师将与小学年龄的儿童在数学/科学实验室环境中工作。 在一个高潮数学/科学的经验，学前教师将参加科学，技术和社会（STS）块，他们将从事进行真实的世界STS研究的指导下，教师促进者和商业/行业导师。 在课程整合到主办机构和五个卫星校区的学术课程之前，每个课程单元将进行三次试点测试。

During the past academic year, fourteen faculty from the sciences, mathematics and education departments at SUNY Cortland participated in an NSF Development Grant. During this project, course outlines were developed for a restructured math/science/pedigogy/composition program for K- 6 pre-teachers, SUNY Cortland has the largest elementary teacher preparation program in the State of New York. The proposed project would develop the curriculum and instructional materials to implement a 27 cr. hr, block of experiences. in addition to the fourteen SUNY Cortland staff, science/math faculty from five regional Community colleges would be involved in the curriculum development and implementation phases of the proposed project, A research/assessment team from Cornell University would evaluate all aspects of the project. The Level One block contains content courses specifically designed for the K-6 pre-teachers and will be taught utilizing a conceptual change approach, Composition 101 will be taught in conjunction with the Level One Science course. Pedagogy courses in both science and math will be taught in conjunction with the Level One content courses. In both pedagogy courses, the pre-teachers will be involved in experiences with elementary school-aged students. The Level Two block is an integrated and interdisciplinary math/science experience in which students will be introduced to problem solving strategies and will utilize the strategies to investigate six significant real world science problems, The mathematical concepts will be developed through the context of science content, During the Level Two block, pre-teachers will work with elementary-aged children in a math/science lab setting. In a culminating math/science experience, the pre-teachers will participate in a Science, Technology and Society (STS) block in which they will be engaged in conducing real world STS research under the guidance of a faculty facilitator and a business/industry mentor. Each c urricular block will be pilot tested three times before the curriculum is integrated Into the academic program of the host institution and that of the five satellite campuses.