UAB NSF GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education

作为提高学校和社区科学素养的努力的一部分，该项目建立在大学和学区之间的一些正在进行的外展计划的基础上，并包括非正式科学资源（McWane科学中心）的参与。 研究员与不同年龄、背景和兴趣的各种各样的人一起工作。 该计划经过修改，以适应第一年，中间年或顶点学生（研究员完成他们的工作的最后一年），以充分利用他们的能力，并满足他们的不同需求。 研究员准备在课堂上工作，通过研讨会提供学习理论和教学法的概述，其中包括K-12学生在非正式科学环境中的两次观察，K-12教室中的两次观察，科学演示的演示和一次会议协助导师。 研究员然后提供了各种机会，建立与教师的伙伴关系，并直接在课堂上工作，帮助实施科学标准相关的材料。

As part of an effort to increase science literacy in the schools and community involved, this project builds on a number of ongoing outreach programs between the University and the school district and includes involvement of informal science resources (the McWane Science Center). Fellows work with a wide variety of people of varying ages, backgrounds and interests. The program is modified to accommodate first year, middle year or capstone students (fellows completing their final year of work) to take full advantage of their abilities and to meet their varying needs. Fellows are prepared to work in the classroom through a seminar providing an overview of learning theory and pedagogy that includes two observations of K-12 students in an informal science setting, two observations in a K-12 classroom, presentation of a science demonstration and one session assisting a mentor teacher. Fellows are then offered a variety of opportunities to establish a partnership with a teacher and work directly in the classroom helping to implement science standard related materials.