Technology Education Integration Systems Laboratory

该提案的目标是获得支持，以显著加强跨学科集成系统实验室（ISL）技术教师教育设施，为密苏里-哥伦比亚大学的在职和在职教师准备。这将产生一个在密苏里州独一无二的模型实验室，用于准备中等水平的技术教育教师在跨学科环境中工作。此外，该实验室将供整个教育学院的学生使用，特别强调科学和数学教育，以及工业和机械与航空航天工程系的学生。为了确保这种广泛的整合和使用，这个实验室的规范是由技术教育、科学、数学教育和工程学院共同制定的。全国对技术教育的广泛呼吁和数学/科学/技术的融合要求发展专题探索和研究设施。该设施将成为该地区这种新型学习的主要展示场所，显著提高密苏里州的本科教育水平，并为中西部地区树立标准。技术教育综合本科专业已获学校批准并已到位。全面实施该计划的最大障碍是缺乏执行该计划所需的最先进设备。本建议书中列出的设备经过精心挑选，为21世纪的教师提供坚实的基础。

The objective of this proposal is to gain support to significantly enhance an interdisciplinary Integrated Systems Laboratory (ISL) technology teacher education facility for both pre- and in-service teacher preparation at the University of Missouri-Columbia. This will result in a model laboratory, unique in Missouri, for preparing secondary-level Technology Education teachers to work within an interdisciplinary environment. Additionally, the laboratory will be utilized by students throughout the College of Education, with specific emphasis given to science and mathematics education as well as students from the Industrial and Mechanical & Aerospace engineering departments. To insure this broadscale integration and use, the specifications for this laboratory were developed jointly by faculty from technology education, science, mathematics education, and engineering. Wide-spread national calls for Technology Education and the integration of math/science/technology necessitate the development of a facility for thematic exploration and study. This facility will be the primary show place in the region for this new kind of learning, significantly enhancing undergraduate education in Missouri, and setting a standard for the midwest. A comprehensive undergraduate program in Technology Education has been approved by the University and is in place. The most significant barrier to full implementation of the program is a lack of state-of-the-art equipment necessary to deliver the program. The equipment listed in this proposal has been carefully selected to provide a solid foundation for preparing teachers for the 21 st century.