Forming, Advancing, and Sustaining Teacher-Engineer Relationships (FASTER)

该奖项为哥伦比亚大学工程和计算机科学领域教师研究经验(RET)项目的三年标准奖提供资金，该项目名为，在Raimondo Betti博士和Jay Dubner先生的指导下，形成、推进和维持教师-工程师关系(FASTER)。哥伦比亚大学傅园慧工程与应用科学学院将利用其掌握的所有资源开发一个RET网站，为大学前科学教师提供有指导的工程实验室体验。拟建的RET网站将在哥伦比亚大学的研究实验室中安排10名公立初中和高中教师，由教职员工领导，在工程与应用科学学院任职，连续两个夏天每年8周。另一名中学教师将在澳大利亚詹姆斯·库克大学的环境工程实验室工作6周。十名国内教师中有九名将来自纽约大都市区。第十位老师将来自新加坡的一所中学。他们的研究经验将通过每周的教学会议得到加强。FASTER的主要目标是通过让教师参与工程研究并帮助他们将新知识转化为课堂活动，促进中学科学教师和大学研究人员之间的长期合作伙伴关系。最终的获奖者将是纽约市地区的学生，他们的人口在科学和工程领域的代表性很低。哥伦比亚大学的教师将为教师提供在与专业发展相适应的环境中获得科学和工程工具和材料的实践经验的机会。因此，教师对工程学的理解以及他们开发和领导基于探究和标准的科学课程和实验室的能力将得到提高。此外，教师将接触到新的视角和不同的专业文化，使他们能够向学生和同事传达应用科学的活力和活力。

This award provides funding for a three year standard award for a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site Program at Columbia University entitled, Forming, Advancing, and Sustaining Teacher-Engineer Relationships (FASTER), under the direction of Dr. Raimondo Betti and Mr. Jay Dubner. Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will use all of the resources at its disposal to develop an RET site which will provide pre-college science teachers with a mentored engineering laboratory experience. The proposed RET site will place ten public middle and high school teachers in Columbia's research laboratories headed by faculty members with appointments in the School of Engineering and Applied Science for 8 weeks in each of two consecutive summers. An additional secondary school teacher will work in an environmental engineering laboratory at James Cook University in Australia for 6 weeks. Nine of the ten domestic placed teachers will be from the New York metropolitan area. The tenth teacher will be from a secondary school in Singapore. Their research experience will be enhanced through weekly pedagogical meetings.FASTER's primary goal is to facilitate long-term collaborative partnerships between secondary school science teachers and university researchers by involving teachers in engineering research and helping them translate their new knowledge into classroom activities. The ultimate recipients will be New York City area students whose population are largely underrepresented in the sciences and engineering. Columbia University faculty will provide teachers with opportunities to gain hands on experience with the tools and materials of science and engineering in an environment attuned to professional development. Thus, teachers understanding of engineering and their ability to develop and lead inquiry- and standards-based science classes and laboratories will improve. In addition, the teachers will be exposed to a new perspective and a different professional culture which enables them to communicate the vitality and dynamism of applied science to their students and colleagues.