Science for Future Elementary School Teachers: Connecting College Coursework to Pre-Professional Experiences

科学促进未来小学教师(FEST)与埃尔卡米诺学院(ECC)、莫菲特小学和加州州立大学多明格斯山庄和长滩大学结成伙伴关系，(1)将两门ECC科学课程的内容与小学的教学前经验联系起来；(2)向职前教师介绍在科学教育中使用教学技术；以及(3)加强和维持一条为未来科学教师提供的明确的转学途径。科学节参与者(1)参加针对未来教师的经过改革的物理和生命科学课程，以发展他们的教学内容和教学知识；(2)同时参加课程开发课程，在课程开发课程中，他们为小学生设计基于探究的、技术增强的科学模块；(3)在课堂、非正式教育环境和专业会议上展示这些模块；(4)通过课后科学俱乐部和实地考察，建议和指导小学生发展领导技能；以及(5)接受额外的支持服务(学术/职业咨询、技术培训、转学入学援助)，以促进他们转入四年制教师准备计划。因此，这些未来的教师在科学和教育技术方面拥有更强大的基础，体验了探究式科学，更好地理解了科学在世界上的整体本质。这个基础帮助他们在走进自己的教室后更有效地教授科学内容。

Science for Future Elementary School Teachers (FEST) joins El Camino College (ECC), Moffett Elementary School, and California State Universities Dominguez Hills and Long Beach in a partnership to (1) link the content taught in two ECC science courses with pre-teaching experiences in the elementary schools; (2) introduce preservice teachers to the use of instructional technologies in science education; and (3) strengthen and sustain an articulated transfer path for future science teachers. Science FEST participants (1) take reformed physical and life science courses targeted for future teachers to develop their knowledge of content and pedagogy; (2) concurrently enroll in a curriculum development course in which they design inquiry-based, technology-enhanced science modules for elementary school students; (3) present the modules in classrooms, informal education settings, and at professional conferences; (4) develop leadership skills by advising and mentoring elementary school students via the After School Science Clubs and field trips; and (5) receive additional support services (academic/career counseling, technology training, transfer admission assistance) to facilitate their transfer into four-year teacher preparation programs. As a result, these future teachers have a stronger foundation in science and instructional technology, experience inquiry-based science, and better understand the integral nature of science in the world. This foundation helps them deliver science content more effectively once they enter their own classrooms.