New, GK-12: Ingenuity Incubators Develop NSF Fellow Potential and Prepare Tech Students for Engineering

NSF GK-12提案# 0947869 PI - Doug Cooper ？通过与康涅狄格技术高中（Tech）系统的教师和学生合作，nsf资助的博士奖学金获得者将获得可持续工程创新研究的新视角。通过在课堂上与技术学院的学生一起工作，NSF研究员将面临挑战，以扩大他们的协作、领导、教学和沟通技巧。他们将参加培训和教育活动，培养对K-12教育的深思熟虑的兴趣。他们将寻求提高技术学校学生的兴趣和准备，为他们过渡到大学科学或工程学习，并进一步发展和丰富技术学校教师的STEM教学能力。在这个项目中，NSF研究员将在技术学校工作，将他们在可持续工程方面的新研究整合到基于创意创新项目的课堂课程中。具体而言，他们将指导创新孵化器，这是旨在提高创造力、知识获取、领导能力和沟通技能的补充活动。重点将放在从代表性不足的群体中招募国家科学基金会研究员。许多技术学校位于康涅狄格州经济萧条的地区，招收了大量未被充分代表的少数民族和女性学生。因此，该项目将对教育参与和多样性产生积极影响。这项工作的创新项目将加强基础研究和GK-12教学方法和培训活动，使康涅狄格州的教育系统受益。通过系统地传播结果，该项目最终将使全国各地的GK-12最佳实践受益。

NSF GK-12 Proposal # 0947869 PI - Doug Cooper ? University of ConnecticutAbstract: Ingenuity Incubators Prepare Technical High School Students for College Engineering Through collaboration with teachers and students in the Connecticut Technical High School (Tech) System, NSF-funded PhD Fellows will obtain new perspectives on innovative research in sustainable engineering. By working with Tech School students in the classroom, the NSF Fellows will be challenged to expand their collaborative, leadership, teaching and communication skills. They will participate in training and educational activities that will nurture a thoughtful interest in K-12 education. They will seek to elevate the interest and preparedness of Tech School students for their transition into college science or engineering studies, and further develop and enrich the STEM instructional proficiency of Tech School teachers. In this project, NSF Fellows will work in Tech Schools to integrate their novel research in sustainable engineering into a creative innovation project-based classroom curriculum. Specifically, they will mentor pioneering Ingenuity Incubators, which are supplementary activities designed to enhance creativity, knowledge acquisition, leadership and communication skills. Emphasis will be placed on recruitment of NSF Fellows from underrepresented groups. Many Tech Schools are located in economically-depressed regions of Connecticut and enroll significant under-represented minority and women populations. This project will thus have a positive impact on educational engagement and diversity. The innovative programs of this work will strengthen the basic research and GK-12 instructional methods and training activities to the benefit of educational systems in Connecticut. Through systematic dissemination of results, this project will ultimately benefit GK-12 best-practices across the nation.