GK-12: The North Mississippi GK-12 Project

北密西西比GK-12项目提供了来自8个SMET相关学科的14名研究员到两个当地学区，他们在跨学科团队中服务，为当地教师提供资源。这个GK-12项目的目标包括：1)向牛津和拉斐特县学区的学生和教师传达SMET的内容、应用程序和职业道路；2)提供地点和/或开发越来越多的高质量SMET教学活动、实验室练习、软件和演示，以扩大和加强K-12教师和学生使用的教育实践；3)提高教师和研究员有效利用技术作为提高学生教育的手段的能力。各学区受益于各种新开发的材料，在教育过程中有效利用技术的能力增强，以及教师、学生和研究员之间有意义的互动。对研究员的好处包括更好地了解教学最佳实践，并增加对各种学生需求的了解。对密西西比大学的好处包括招募优秀的研究员，与当地学校建立更好的关系，以及改善SMET相关部门之间的沟通。

The North Mississippi GK-12 Project is providing fourteen Fellows from eight SMET related disciplines to two local school districts, where they are serving on interdisciplinary teams as resources for the local teachers. This goals of this GK-12 Project include: 1) communicating SMET content, applications, and career paths to students and teachers in the Oxford and Lafayette County school districts; 2) providing the location and/or development of a growing supply of high quality SMET instructional activities, laboratory exercises, software, and demonstrations to expand and enhance the educational practices in use by K-12 teachers and students; and 3) increasing the ability of the teachers and Fellows to effectively utilize technology as a means to enhance the education of the students.The school districts are benefiting from the variety of newly developed materials, the increased ability to effectively utilize technology in the educational process, and the meaningful interaction between teachers, students, and the Fellows. Benefits to the Fellows include a better understanding of pedagogical best-practices, and an increased understanding of the various student needs. Benefits to The University of Mississippi include the recruitment of excellent Fellows, better relationships with the local schools, and improved communications between SMET related departments.