RET Site: Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP)

作为美国经济的第二大部门，占国内生产总值的12%，先进制造业被视为国家安全，创造就业机会和经济增长的推动力。 这个研究经验的教师（RET）在工程网站的目的，研究，通过社区合作伙伴关系（上升），在工程学生，在新罕布什尔州（UNH）的大学是创建UNH，当地学校系统和行业（特别是制造业）之间的伙伴关系，以提高学生的学习通过教师发展/研究培训和学年的后续活动。参与者将有机会参与基于工业的研究项目，在微观现象，数学建模和材料行为的广泛主题内。可再生能源教育计划将针对农村和城市学校，旨在吸引代表性不足的群体，包括第一代大学生。总体目标是有效地将科学和工程实践纳入大学预科课程的活动，从而吸引和激励年轻人学习工程学科。此外，让农村和城市学校以及女教师担任导师，有可能吸引人数不足的个人，包括第一代大学生，学习工程学。 在三年的资助期内，每年夏天，RISE UP网站将举办一个由12名职前和在职中学STEM教师和社区学院教师组成的队列，为期7周的体验（包括方向，深入研究，课程开发，实地考察当地公司，以及学年后续活动，包括研究生，教师和工业导师访问教室）。教师将积极参与他们所选择的研究小组，并在研究生，教师和工业导师的指导下进行研究项目。 RISE UP的智力价值在于实施真实的研究，以在课堂上开发工程实践，并评估对教师的影响。 教师如何沉浸在研究项目转化为更有效的教学;内容的理解和教师的动机;并增加学生的学习和追求工程职业的兴趣将进行评估。还将评估工业重点和参与该项目的影响。新罕布什尔大学的教职员工和研究生将在设计吸引各种学生学习者的活动时体验教师的观点。该项目将汇集一个可持续的合作伙伴社区，在教室中合作开发和实施真正的科学和工程实践，从而在全国范围内产生更广泛的影响。

As the second largest sector in the US economy at 12% of Gross Domestic Product, advanced manufacturing is viewed as an enabler for national security, jobs creation, and economic growth. The objective of this Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering site, Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP), at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is to create partnerships between UNH, local school systems, and industry (specifically the manufacturing sector) to improve student learning through teacher development/research training and academic year follow-up activities. Participants will be provided the opportunity to engage industrial-based research projects, within a broad theme of micro-scale phenomena, mathematical modeling, and material behavior. The RET program will target rural and urban schools, with an aim to attract underrepresented groups, including first-generation college students. The overall goal is to effectively incorporate activities that integrate science and engineering practices into pre-college curricula and thus attract and motivate young people to engineering disciplines. In addition, the inclusion of rural and urban schools and women faculty as mentors has the potential to attract underrepresented individuals to engineering, including first generation college students. Each summer over the three-year grant period, the RISE UP Site will host a cohort of 12 pre- and in-service secondary STEM teachers and community college faculty in a 7-week experience (including orientation, intensive research, curriculum development, field trips to local companies, and academic year follow-up which includes visits to classrooms by graduate student, faculty and industrial mentors). The teachers will be active participants within their selected research groups and conduct research projects guided by the graduate students, faculty, and industrial mentors. The intellectual merit of RISE UP lies in implementing authentic research to develop engineering practices in classrooms, and assessing the impact on teachers. How teacher immersion in research projects translates into more effective teaching; content understanding and motivation for teachers; and increased student learning and interest in pursuing engineering careers will be evaluated. The effect of the industrial focus and participation in the project will also be assessed. The UNH faculty and graduate students will experience the teachers' perspectives in designing activities that engage a variety of student learners. The project will bring together a sustainable community of partners to collaborate on developing and implementing authentic science and engineering practices in classrooms that can generate a broader impact across the nation.