RET: Shaping Inquiry from Feedstock to Tailpipe with Education Development (SHIFTED)

该奖项为一项为期3年的持续奖提供资金，以支持堪萨斯大学(KU)工程和计算机科学领域教师研究经验(RET)项目，该项目名为“RET：从Feedstock到排气管道与教育发展(SHIFT)的塑造调查(SHIFT)”，由Susan M.Stagg-Williams博士指导。这项由堪萨斯大学和堪萨斯东南教育服务中心(简称格林布希)主办的计划将为39名在职和职前教师提供为期6周的暑期体验(为期3年，每年13名)。参与者将是数学和科学高中教师和英国教育大学本科生实习生。KU的RET：Shift项目是KU教员、格林布什和UKanTeach项目的协同联盟。这是一项自然的合作努力，KU的教职员工有跨学科的研究项目和丰富的高中教师指导历史，GreenBush几十年来一直向K-12学生和教师提供内容，UKanTeach是一个创新的教师培训计划，面向约400名本科生和数学学生。该计划的主要目标是：1)让高中教师参与真正的研究机会。2)指导课堂活动的创建：(A)使用现实世界的应用程序；(B)连接多个学科领域；(C)让学生参与科学探究或工程设计；以及(D)激发学生对科学、技术、工程和数学的兴趣。3)促进昆士兰大学教职员工与周边教育界的长期联系。4)为职前和在职教师提供专业发展机会。5)广泛传播课堂活动。大多数参与者将在经济困难学生占多数的学校任教。农村学校的拉美裔人口不断增加，而城市学校为许多来自代表人数不足的群体的学生提供服务。与科学先锋的合作还将帮助该项目团队接触到大堪萨斯城地区的1000多名教师和4000名学生。通过与UKanTeach合作，Shift将让职前教师参与研究和创新的课堂活动，通过UKanTeach校友增加招聘池，并扩大传播。每个参与者都将掌握向当地、区域和国家受众有效传播成果所需的技能和工具。在格林布什教育工作者的指导下，参与者将把他们的研究经验转化为课程材料，旨在满足州科学标准，并可在下一年的课堂上使用。

This award provides funding for a 3 year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site program at the University of Kansas (KU) entitled, "RET: Shaping Inquiry from Feedstock to Tailpipe with Education Development (SHIFTED)", under the direction of Dr. Susan M. Stagg-Williams. The proposed new SHIFTED RET Program enhances and extends the previous successful SHIFT RET Program (EEC-0909100).This program hosted by the University of Kansas and the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center (referred to as Greenbush) will provide a 6 week summer experience for a total of 39 in-service and pre-service teachers (13 per year for 3 years). The participants will be math and science high school teachers and UKanTeach undergraduate interns. THE RET:SHIFTED program at KU is a synergistic alliance between KU faculty, Greenbush, and the UKanTeach program. This is a natural collaborative endeavor, KU faculty members have interdisciplinary research projects and a rich history of mentoring high school teachers, Greenbush has been delivering content to K-12 students and teachers for decades and UKanTeach is an innovative teacher preparation program for ~400 undergraduate science and math students. The primary objectives of the program are to: 1)Engage high school teachers in authentic research opportunities. 2) Guide the creation of classroom activities that (a) use real-world applications; (b) bridge multiple subject areas; (c) engage students in scientific inquiry or engineering design; and (d) stimulate students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math. 3) Nuture long-term linkages between KU faculty and the surrounding educational community. 4) Provide professional development opportunities to pre- and in-service teachers. 5) Broadly disseminate classroom activities. Most of the participants will teach at schools with a majority of economically disadvantaged students. The rural schools have a growing Hispanic population and the urban schools serve many students from underrepresented groups. A partnership with Science Pioneers will also help the project team reach more than 1,000 teachers and 4,000 students in the greater Kansas City region. By partnering with UKanTeach, SHIFTED will expose pre-service teachers to research and innovative classroom activities, increase its recruitment pool via UKanTeach alumni, and broaden dissemination. Each participant will be equipped with the skills and tools needed to effectively disseminate outcomes with local, regional and national audiences. With guidance from Greenbush educators, participants will translate their research experiences into curricular materials, designed to meet state science standards, that can be used in their classes the following year.