Pre-Service Science Teacher Education for Hispanic English Language Learners in the Southeast (SHELLS)

在美国东南部，新墨西哥人和第一代墨西哥裔美国人的人口正在急剧增加。新的科学教师发现很难与这个新群体合作，这个群体包括大量来自低社会经济地位家庭的学生，他们在自己的祖国上学模式断断续续，而且他们也缺乏西班牙语识字技能。这次会议和随之而来的网络会议将建立一个研究议程，以加强教授这类学生的理科教师的职前教育。对其他地方现有课程的研究形成了理解它们的有效性、课程之间的差异以及服务于该社区的教师所需的知识和技能基础的基础。会议参与者包括师范教育、科学教育、英语作为第二语言、双语教育、第二语言习得和学习、评估和教育社会学的研究人员，以及来自高需求、拉美裔服务的学校系统和学校的职前和在职教师、行政人员和国务院人员。会议的不同听众提供了一个论坛，讨论主要优先事项和研究领域，以及实施职前教师教育研究的方法关切和战略。会后网站为继续讨论和张贴研究成果提供了论坛。

The population of new Mexicans and first generation Mexican Americans is increasing dramatically in the southeastern United States. New teachers of science are finding it difficult to work with the new group that includes a large number of students from families of low socioeconomic status, with intermittent school attendance patterns in their home country and who lack literacy skills in Spanish as well. The conference and its accompanying Cyberconference are to establish a research agenda to strengthen pre-service education of teachers of science who teach this population of students. The study of existing programs elsewhere forms the basis for understanding their effectiveness, the differences between programs, and the knowledge and skill base needed by the teachers who serve this community. Conference participants include researchers in teacher education, science education, English as a Second Language, bilingual education, second language acquisition and learning, assessment, and sociology of education, as well as pre- and in-service teachers, administrators, and state department personnel from high need, Hispanic-serving school systems and schools. The diverse audience for the conference provides a forum for discussion of major priorities and research areas along with methodological concerns and strategies to implement the research in pre-service teacher education. A post-conference website provides a forum for the continuation of the discussion and the posting of research results.