A Lehigh Valley Partnership to Enhance STEM Education through G4-12 Teaching Fellows

利哈伊大学正在与利哈伊谷Allentown和伯利恒地区学区的中学和高中、来自空气产品和化学品公司、Agere Systems公司和宾夕法尼亚州科学和技术发现中心的行业专家合作，通过G4-12教学研究员加强STEM教育。工业界和探索中心的参与是该项目智力价值的新颖和证据。该项目建立在利哈伊已有的外展计划的基础上，并将通过在STEM教室中安排研究生和高级本科生助教以及建立STEM外展团队来继续增强利哈伊谷学校学生的教育体验。教学研究员正在帮助4-12年级的教师引入探究式学习，并在当地课堂上使用多媒体、无线和其他创新技术。由研究员、LeHigh教职员工和行业专家组成的外展团队正在与来自两个学区的STEM教师和管理人员进行培训和交流。学区内的巨大多样性预示着这些活动将产生广泛的影响。这个项目得到了工程局和计算机和信息科学与工程局的部分资金支持。项目名称：利哈伊谷伙伴关系，通过G4-12教学研究员加强STEM教育。机构：利哈伊谷国际和平研究所/联合国际：威廉·M·波滕格、格伦·D·布兰克、贺拉斯·穆扬、亨利·U·奥迪、迈克尔·J·舒尔特(全部来自利哈伊大学)合作学区：艾伦敦和伯利恒公立学校学区资助：1,223,068美元#研究员/年：6名研究生研究员和6名本科生研究员目标受众：初中和高中(根据专业设置不同年级)：城市学科：计算机科学、信息技术、信息技术物理、化学、地球科学和数学

Lehigh University is partnering with middle and high schools in the Allentown and Bethlehem Area School Districts in the Lehigh Valley, industry experts from Air Products and Chemicals, Agere Systems, Insaco, Inc. and the Discovery Center for Science and Technology Pennsylvania on "A Lehigh Valley Partnership to Enhance STEM Education Through G4-12 Teaching Fellows." The involvement of industry and the Discovery Center is novel and evidence of the project's intellectual merit. This project builds upon established outreach programs at Lehigh and will continue to enhance the educational experience of students in Lehigh Valley schools by placing graduate and advanced undergraduate Teaching Fellows in STEM classrooms and establishing STEM outreach teams. Teaching Fellows are helping grade 4-12 teachers introduce inquiry-based learning and use multimedia, wireless and other innovative technologies in local classrooms. Outreach teams consisting of Fellows, Lehigh faculty and industry experts are training and exchanging ideas with STEM teachers and administrators from the two schools districts. The great diversity within the school districts served promise broad impacts from these activities. This project is partially supported by funds from the Directorate for Engineering and from the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.Title of Project: A Lehigh Valley Partnership to Enhance STEM Education through G4-12 Teaching FellowsInstitution: Lehigh UniversityPI/Co-PI: William M. Pottenger, Glenn D. Blank, Horace Moo-Young, Henry U. Odi, Michael J. Schulte (all from Lehigh University)Partner School District: Allentown and Bethlehem Public School DistrictsFunding: $1,223,068# of Fellows/year: 6 Graduate Fellows and 6 Undergraduate FellowsTarget Audience: Middle and High School (grades vary based on discipline)Setting: UrbanDisciplines: Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science and Mathematics