Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics and Science at Wheelock College

该项目旨在继续惠洛克学院在国家科学基金会资助的教师培养、教师教育与波士顿和剑桥数学和科学卓越合作(Teams-BC)下所做的工作，以改善准备在小学教授幼儿的学生的数学和科学教育。在过去的三年里，在Team-BC的支持下，惠洛克采用了六项战略来改革其数学和科学计划：在课程开发中加强基础课程，增加数学和科学元素；开发新的数学和科学课程，并修改现有的符合分配要求的核心课程，以反映强调获得科学和数学基本概念以及探究和解决问题的技能和模式的科学和数学教学方法；发展、修订和扩展科学和数学教育课程(方法课程)，使其与数学和科学课程更紧密地联系在一起，更清楚和深入地反映理解教学的性质和策略；加强数学/科学专业和加强招生活动；为希望更深入地追求数学和科学的学生发展数学和科学专业；为教师和指导教师提供合作机会，以提高他们在科学和数学教学和指导方面的技能。在这项提案中，要求提供资金：(1)进一步开发和最后确定在Teams-BC的头三年修订和/或引入的本科生和研究生阶段的科学和数学课程；(2)完成对惠洛克本科生初始数学课程序列的修订；(3)继续在会德丰开发两个以数学和科学教育为重点的新课程(数学和科学教学专业、数学教学证书)；(4)继续与合作教师合作，在三个专业发展地点--波士顿的霍姆斯学校和青年艾奇弗斯学校以及剑桥的国王学校--指导科学和数学教学；以及(5)编写关键课程组合，在学院内和其他机构传播。

This project is designed to continue the work done at Wheelock College under the National Science Foundation funded Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation, Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics and Science in Boston and Cambridge (TEAMS-BC) to improve mathematics and science education of students preparing to teach young children in the elementary schools. Over the past three years, with the support of TEAMS-BC, Wheelock has used six strategies to reform its mathematics and science programs: The enhancement of the basic courses in curriculum development with additional mathematics and science elements; The development of new mathematics and science courses and the revision of existing core courses that meet the distribution requirements to reflect an approach to the teaching of science and mathematics that emphasizes the acquisition of basic concepts in science and mathematics and inquiry and problem solving skills and models effective teaching for understanding; The development, revision, and extension of courses in science and mathematics education (methods courses) so that they relate more closely to the mathematics and science courses and to reflect more clearly and deeply the nature and strategies of teaching for understanding; The enhancement of the Mathematics/Science Major and intensification of recruitment activities; The development of a mathematics and science specialty for students wishing to pursue mathematics and science in greater depth; and The provision of opportunities for faculty and mentor teachers to work together to enhance their skills in science and mathematics teaching and mentoring. In this proposal, funds are requested to: (1) further develop and finalize science and mathematics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels which were revised and/or introduced during the first three years of TEAMS-BC; (2) complete the revision of the initial mathematics course sequence for Wheelock undergraduates; (3) continue the development of tw o new programs at Wheelock focusing on mathematics and science education (Specialty in Teaching Mathematics and Science, Certificate in Teaching Mathematics); (4) continue to collaborate with cooperating teachers on mentoring and science and mathematics teaching at three professional development sites - the Holmes School and the Young Achievers School in Boston and the King School in Cambridge; and (5) prepare portfolios of key courses for dissemination within the college and to other institutions.