HBCU-UP TIP: Enhancing the Interest, Pedagogical Skills, Confidence and Expertise of Preservice K-6 Teachers to Teach Science Utilizing Research-Based Instructional Methods

美国国家科学基金会(NSF)的历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)正在通过其定向输血项目(TIP)资助机会向弗吉尼亚州立大学(VSU)提供支持，以提高K-6年级的科学教学质量。这一教师培训项目是自然与健康科学学院和教育学院以及弗吉尼亚州中部的当地学区之间的一项合资项目，旨在提高职前初等教育教师利用研究型教学方法教授科学的兴趣、教学技能、信心和专业知识。该项目将使职前教师与主修科学的学生和生物系教师在跨学科项目上合作，通过让职前教师接触科学概念的实际应用，提供融合应用知识、实践和动手学习的实地经验，使职前教师能够参与专业发展会议和活动；并利用科学资源加强VSU教育学院教学资源中心。该项目为30名职前教师提供为期三年的正式和非正式学习。该项目将使用教学科学作为探究(TSI)调查工具进行评估，以衡量教师的自我效能，因为它特别与课堂实践有关。

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Historically Black College's and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) is providing support to Virginia State University (VSU) through its Targeted Infusion Project (TIP) funding opportunity to increase the quality of science teaching at the K-6 grade level. This teacher preparation project represents a joint venture between the College of Natural and Health Sciences and College of Education as well as local school districts in central Virginia to increase interest, pedagogical skills, confidence and expertise of preservice elementary education teachers to teach science utilizing research-based instructional methods. The project will pair preservice teachers with science majors and biology faculty to work collaboratively on interdisciplinary projects, allow for field-based experiences that incorporate applied knowledge, practices, and hands-on learning by exposing preservice teachers to practical application of science concepts, enable preservice teachers' participation in professional development conferences and activities; and enhance VSU's College of Education Teaching and Learning Resource Center with science resources. The project supports both formal and informal learning for thirty (30) pre-service teachers over a three-year period.The project will be evaluated using the Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) survey instrument to measure teacher's self-efficacy as it relates specifically to classroom practice.