Morehouse College DR K-12 Pre-Service STEM Teacher Initiative

莫尔豪斯学院提出了一个研究和开发项目，招募高中的非裔美国男性，开始为中学科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学做准备。该方案的主要目标是招收学生，并为中学数学和科学教学做好准备，从而增加STEM中非裔美国学生的数量。这项研究将探索该计划在招收和留住STEM教师教育项目学生方面成功或失败的可能原因，包括：(A)留在STEM教育的学生与离开STEM教育的学生有何不同，以及这些个人因素(如学生准备、自我效能、课程作业结果、对STEM/STEM教育的态度、与STEM/STEM教育社区的连接、学习风格等)如何增强或抑制非裔美国男性对STEM教学的兴趣？(B)哪些组织和计划因素(例如，高中暑期计划、星期六学院、新生前计划、暑期研究经验、课程、增强的指导、网络基础设施、大学招生指导、领导力培训、教学实验室、计划管理、教职员工参与度和可用性、亚特兰大公立学校和莫尔豪斯学院的衔接和伙伴关系)影响(增强或抑制)非裔美国男性对STEM教学的兴趣？两组40名学生将在他们的高年级期间花六周时间参加一个强化的暑期计划，并在他们的大四期间跟进星期六学院，然后正式开始他们在莫尔豪斯学院的学术生涯。该计划将STEM教育与教师准备和指导相结合，以培养既精通STEM学科又掌握教育理论的中学教师。这项面向未来教师的职前计划将从亚特兰大公立学区招募80名有前途的11年级非裔美国男性学生参加一个为期四年的计划，该计划将跟踪他们进入莫尔豪斯学院的教师准备计划。这项研究将侧重于早期招募非洲裔美国男性学生进入STEM教师职业生涯的效用和有效性，以此作为增加STEM教师职业中非裔美国男性人数的一种机制。

Morehouse College proposes a research and development project to recruit high school African American males to begin preparation for secondary school science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) teaching as a career. The major goal of the program is to recruit and prepare students for careers in secondary mathematics and science teaching thus increasing the number of African Americans students in STEM. The research will explore possible reasons why the program is or is not successful for recruiting and retaining students in STEM Teacher Education programs including: (a) How do students who remain in STEM education differ from those who leave and how do these individual factors (e.g. student preparation, self efficacies, course work outcomes, attitudes toward STEM/STEM education, connectivity to STEM/STEM education communities, learning styles, etc) enhance or inhibit interest in STEM teaching among African American males? (b) What organizational and programmatic factors (e.g. high school summer program, Saturday Academy, pre-freshman program, summer research experience, courses, enhanced mentoring, cyber-infrastructure, college admissions guidance, leadership training, instructional laboratory, program management, faculty/staff engagement and availability, Atlanta Public Schools and Morehouse College articulation and partnership) affect (enhance or inhibit) interest in STEM teaching among African American males?Two cohorts of 40 students will spend six weeks in an intensive summer program with a follow-up Saturday Academy during their senior year before formally beginning their academic careers at Morehouse College. The program will integrate STEM education with teacher preparation and mentoring in order to develop secondary teachers who have mastery in both a STEM discipline as well as educational theory. This pre-service program for future teachers will recruit 80 promising eleventh grade African American male students from the Atlanta Public School District to participate in a four-year program that will track them into the Teacher Preparation program at Morehouse College. The research will focus on the utility and efficacy of early recruitment of African American male students to STEM teaching careers as a mechanism to increase the number of African American males in STEM teaching careers.