STEM Educational Engagement: Engaging Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science Majors in Becoming Teaching Professionals at the Kindergarten-12 Level

培养更多、高素质的科学和数学教师是国家的优先事项。通过国家科学基金会的资助，路易斯安那州泽维尔大学的STEM教育参与罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目将为13名生物、化学、数学、物理和计算机科学专业的优秀大三和大四学生提供奖学金支持，使他们能够成为K-12教师。这些学生将获得科学、数学或计算机科学专业的学士学位，并完成教学文学硕士学位，这将使他们获得教师资格。为了激发本科理科、数学和计算机专业学生的教学兴趣，40名一、二年级学生将参加暑期实习，与不同年级的学生一起参加各种夏令营。罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划对路易斯安那州泽维尔大学(XULA)不同背景的本科生进行的这项投资，将有助于解决科学、数学和计算机科学教师的正式短缺问题，特别是在这些领域缺乏代表性的学生。除了生物、化学、数学、物理和计算机科学等特定专业的课程作业以及硕士水平的教学课程外，诺伊斯教师奖学金获得者在赠款有效期内将通过参加教育研讨会、培训研讨会、教学经验和活动来支持，这些活动的重点是改善教育学，以满足不同学生群体的需求。这些经验将得到XULA教育和STEM(科学、技术、工程和数学)教职员工的合作，包括：泽维尔大学夏季科学学院“星星”计划、奥杜邦自然研究所、全国黑人工程师协会儿童工程暑期体验夏令营、STEM NOLA、NASA斯坦尼斯空间中心教师资源中心、国家科学教师协会(NSTA)、国际教育技术协会(ITSE)、NSTA米克尔森埃克森美孚教师学院和全国数学教师委员会(NCTM)。美国面临着为本国学生准备成为国际成就者的挑战。研究人员认为，教师质量直接影响学生的成绩。具体地说，其教师以内容和教学知识为基础的学生比其教师有内容但没有教育学或教育学但没有内容的学生更成功。独立评估将审查与招聘、留住、实习生和学者部分相关的指标，包括MAT和教师素质。在路易斯安那州的奥尔良、杰斐逊和圣查尔斯教区的高中，培养了13名内容深入、教学敏锐、有信心和致力于教授学生的教师，这是STEM教育参与项目对改善科学、数学和计算机科学的教与学做出的重大贡献。

Developing more, highly qualified science and mathematics teachers is a national priority. Through funding from the National Science Foundation, Xavier University of Louisiana's STEM Educational Engagement Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship project will offer scholarship support to thirteen outstanding junior and senior students majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and computer science to enable them to become K-12 teachers. These students will earn their baccalaureate degrees in a scientific, mathematical or computer science major and complete a Master of Arts in Teaching degree which will certify them to teach. In order to spark the interest of undergraduate science, mathematics, and computer science majors in teaching, forty freshman and sophomore students will participate in summer internships working with students from varying grade levels in a variety of summer camps. This investment by the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program in undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds from Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) will contribute to addressing the documented shortage of teachers of science, mathematics and computer science, particularly from students underrepresented in these fields.In addition to the coursework that comprises the particular majors in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and computer science, as well as the Master's level teaching courses, Noyce Teacher Scholars will be supported during the life of the grant by participating in educational seminars, training workshops, teaching experiences and activities focusing on the improvement of pedagogy to meet the needs of diverse student populations. These experiences will be facilitated by collaborations of education and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) faculty at XULA and other organizations including: Xavier University's Summer Science Academy "Stars" Program, The Audubon Nature Institute, National Society of Black Engineers Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) summer camp, STEM NOLA, The Teacher Resource Center at NASA's Stennis Space Center, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), International Society for Technology in Education (ITSE), the NSTA Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The United States is faced with the challenge of preparing its students to become international achievers. Researchers argue that teacher quality directly affects student achievement. Specifically, students whose teachers are grounded in content and pedagogical knowledge are more successful than students whose teachers have content and no pedagogy, or pedagogy and no content. The independent evaluation will examine indicators associated with recruitment, retention, the intern and scholar components, including the MAT, and teacher quality. The production of thirteen teachers with significant content depth, pedagogical acumen, and confidence and commitment to teaching students in high needs schools in Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Charles Parishes in the State of Louisiana is the major contribution that the STEM Educational Engagement project is making to improving teaching and learning in the sciences, mathematics and computer science.