Creating Pathways in STEM Education

创建STEM教育途径是圣文德大学的一个能力建设项目。该项目将通过在圣文德大学设计四个新的课程途径，为培养STEM领域高质量教师的国家利益做出贡献。 这些途径将使学生能够在四年内获得生物，化学，数学或物理学士学位以及中学教学认证。课程设计过程将通过合作参与加强STEM教师和教育教师之间的关系。 当地教师也将参与设计过程，以提供他们对教师准备计划要素的见解，这些计划真正为新的STEM教师做好准备，以便在高需求的学校中发挥作用。该项目还将参与市场研究和招聘活动，这将有助于加深对招聘未来STEM教师的重要因素的理解。 课程开发过程将通过与圣文德大学的STEM和教育教师以及当地高需求学校的教师举办一系列逐步研讨会来进行。研讨会将使与会者建立一个共同的理解：1）高质量的内容和教学法教育的基本特征，为未来的STEM教师，2）STEM教学在高需求的学校的现实，和3）国家要求STEM教师认证计划和有效的模式，以满足要求。 最后一系列会议将邀请教职员工参与概述四条新途径。一名外部顾问将指导这一进程，并就提案草案提出意见，提案草案将在项目期间定稿并作为有形产品提交机构和国家审查。 将对其他机构的模式和这些新学位的潜在学生群体进行市场研究，为审查过程中所需的提案提供支持文件。传播工作的重点是通过会议介绍与当地和机构社区以及全国观众分享经验教训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Creating Pathways in STEM Education is a Capacity Building project at St. Bonaventure University. The project will contribute to the national interest in educating high quality teachers of STEM fields by designing four new curricular pathways at St. Bonaventure University. These pathways will enable students to achieve a BA in biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics as well as secondary teaching certification within four years. The curricular design process will strengthen relationships between STEM faculty and education faculty through collaborative engagement. Local teachers will also participate in the design process to provide their insights into elements of teacher preparation programs that truly prepare new STEM teachers to be effective in high-need schools. The project will also engage in market research and recruiting activities that will contribute to deepening understanding of factors that are salient for recruiting future STEM teachers. The curriculum development process will take place through a stepwise series of workshops with STEM and education faculty from St. Bonaventure University as well as teachers from high need schools in the local area. Workshops will enable participants to construct a shared understanding of 1) the essential features of high quality content and pedagogy education for future STEM teachers, 2) the realities of STEM teaching in high need schools, and 3) state requirements for STEM teacher certification programs and effective models for meeting requirements. A final series of meetings will engage faculty participants in outlining the four new pathways. An external consultant will guide the process and provide comments on draft proposals, which will be finalized and submitted for institutional and state review as tangible products during the project period. Market research on models at other institutions and on the potential pool of students for these new degrees will be conducted to provide the supporting documentation for the proposals that is a required part of the review process. Dissemination efforts will focus on sharing lessons learned with local and institutional communities as well as with a national audience through conference presentations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.